07/08/2026
"Unionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in New York City voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hundreds of lawyers and support staff walking off the job and hampering criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn.
"'We just have not seen the kind of offers from management that would tell us a strike is off the table,' Brian Holbrook, a public defender and Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys - UAW 2325 member, told the Queens Daily Eagle. 'We need management to know the seriousness of the situation.'"
Unionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in the city voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hundreds of lawyers and support staff walking off the job and hampering criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn.