Statement of Management and the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NASSAU COUNTY

40 MAIN STREET

HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11550

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Unanimous Statement Opposing the Resolution of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), UAW Local 2325

The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County is issuing the following statement on a proposed resolution from the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), Local 2325:

The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County (NCLAS), by its management and Board of Directors unanimously and emphatically rejects the resolution from the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), UAW Local 2325, the chief bargaining unit of Nassau County Legal Aid Attorneys, which includes antisemitic language and a thinly veiled call for the destruction of the State of Israel.  This resolution does not represent the values or mission of our office, and is divisive and hurtful to so many members of our staff and clients.  We will never support an antisemitic, anti-religious, anti-ethnic or racist statements made by any organization.

While the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County has a longstanding policy against taking positions on international and national political events, and while we are well aware and concerned about the ongoing humanitarian issues on both sides of this conflict, NCLAS will not stand idly by and allow this irresponsible and antisemitic resolution to stand as it does not reflect the mission of our office.  Notably, the ALAA resolution inexplicably fails to mention the atrocities inflicted by Hamas against 1,400 men, women and children from Israel and other countries who were raped, killed, beheaded, burned and kidnapped on October 7, 2023.  The resolution cannot be defended and must be rejected in its totality.