The New York City Bar Association presented its 27th Annual Legal Services Awards on Wednesday, recognizing those who provide full-time outstanding civil legal assistance to New York’s poor.
The honorees, from left, are Donna Chiu, director of housing and community service at Asian Americans for Equality; Adam Halper, director of legal services at The Legal Wellness Institute at the Family Center; Lucy Newman, staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society; Runa Rajagopal, director of civil action practice at The Bronx Defenders; and Brian Sullivan, staff attorney at MFY Legal Services, Inc.
