Andrew joined PLS in November 2017.  He was previously a Staff Attorney at Disability Rights New York, where he advocated for the civil rights of people with mental illness in a variety of areas, including housing, employment, state prisons, and local jails.  Prior to his work at DRNY, Mr. Stecker served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Lawrence E. Kahn of the U.S. District Court for Northern District of New York.  He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2013