You’ve heard the old saying, “don’t shoot yourself in the foot“ — but that’s exactly what New Yorkers are doing by pouring state and local tax dollars into the Legal Aid Society.
Most people think Legal Aid, which is publicly funded, exists to defend the poor in court.
But it spends millions of dollars — your hard-earned dollars — on class-action litigation and lobbying to force changes in the law that benefit criminals and handcuff cops…