Medical Legal Community Partnership- Los Angeles Improves Well-Being of Vulnerable Patients During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
By Anna Gorman, Director of Community Partnerships and Programs at the L.A. County Department of Health Services
Published February 4, 2021
Judy Balch had come to the Wilmington Health Center for a medical appointment when she told a social worker that she was worried about being evicted from her apartment. The social worker referred her to Melody Osuna, an attorney assigned to help patients with legal issues.
Osuna, who works for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, helped Balch complete and submit the necessary documents to fight the eviction in court. “Had we not done this, she would have defaulted on her eviction case and lost her housing,” Osuna said.
WNY Landlords Paying The Price For COVID-19 Relief
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures in New York. While providing relief for tenants has meant landlords have been severely hampered trying to collect rent and many times affecting them paying their own mortgages.
WIVB-TV reports Western New York too has been operating under that statewide pause order since last year, closing courts to evictions against tenants and at the same time bank foreclosures against local landlords.
That moratorium, under state law, remains in effect until May 1, but tenants have to show proof they are unable to pay the rent.
Blacks More Likely to Be Searched During Stops, Data Shows
By City News Service
Published January 7, 2021
LAPD officers search vehicles in Glassell Park, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. They were searching for a suspect who fled after a Los Angeles police officer was involved in a shooting that left another man dead, in the area southeast of Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Glendale. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Francine Orr) MANDATORY CREDIT NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO FOREIGN, NO TELEVISION, NO INTERNET. LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, VENTURA COUNTY STAR, INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN, SAN BERNARDINO SUN AND LA OPINION OUT
Black and Hispanic Los Angeles residents are more likely to be searched or subjected to force if stopped by police or sheriff’s deputies, a statistic true statewide, according to a data-rich report released today by the California Department of Justice.
Christopher Mazur Announces Candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge
By: Staff Reporter
Long time Special Prosecutor and current City of Niagara Falls Corporation Counsel, Christopher M. Mazur, has announced his candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge for 2021. Mr. Mazur is seeking the seat currently held by Judge Mark Anthony Violante, who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year.
“My professional and life experience has prepared me to take the next step in my legal career as I am ready to follow in the footsteps of past and current City Court judges who are alumni of the Corporation Counsel’s office.”
Chris Mazur
Longtime special prosecutor and current City of Niagara Falls Corporation Counsel, Christopher M. Mazur has announced his candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge for 2021.
Mazur will look to fill the seat currently held by City Court Judge Mark Anthony Violante, who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year.
âMy professional and life experience has prepared me to take the next step in my legal career as I am ready to follow in the footsteps of past and current City Court judges who are alumni of the corporation counselâs office, Mazur said.Â
A lifelong resident of Niagara Falls, Mazur is a graduate of the former Niagara Catholic High School. The first member of his family to attend college, he graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with degrees in political science and history prior to obtaining his law degree from the SUNY Buffalo Law School.