NEWS

A newly filed lawsuit against Cook County judges alleges that thousands of impoverished arrestees are being illegally detained in Cook County jail due solely to their inability to pay their monetary bonds, and that the illegal practices complained of disparately impact African Americans.

HSPRD was a proud sponsor of this year’s Illinois Bar Foundation Gala and proud to support our very own Deane B. Brown, Third Vice-President and a Board Gala Co-Chair of IBF.

September 28, 2016 marks the first step towards a change in Chicago Public Housing’s utility allowance practices.

Kalman Resnick of HSPRD was honored with Centro Romero’s prestigious Monsignor Romero Award. This distinction reflects Mr. Resnick’s lasting and strong commitment to immigration issues, one which HSPRD has long shared.

The U.S. Department of State has announced that online registration for the Fiscal Year 2018 Diversity Visa Program, also known as the Diversity Visa Lottery, will be open on October 4, 2016 and will close on November 7, 2016.

In another legal blow to the Chicago Fire Department’s hiring practices, the federal Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled, today, in favor of female paramedics in their sex discrimination lawsuit. The Court struck down a physical performance test that Chicago used for more than a decade to screen applicants for paramedic positions in the Fire Department.