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New York City is setting unreasonable expectations for nonprofit attorneys tasked with staving off evictions across the city, according to a protest letter submitted Thursday by the Legal Aid Society.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

‘A Down Payment’: Budget Boost For Tenant Lawyers Falls Short Of Demands

Lawyers who represent tenants facing eviction in housing court are poised to see millions of dollars in new funding in the coming year, yet far less than the roughly $350…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

A NY Law Puts A Steep Price On ‘Serious’ Building Disrepair. These Tenants Are Fighting To Use It.

Brooklyn tenants are trying to dismantle barriers around a seldom-used 1960s-era law that can prohibit landlords from collecting rent when they fail to fix dangerous building conditions for months on…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

NYCHA Expected to Get ‘Significant Majority’ of State Budget Rent Relief Funds

While the total won’t be clear until remaining applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) are processed, a majority of the $391 in aid will likely go to the…

ByTatyana Turner 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time for Supportive Housing to Live Up to its Name

“For decades, the government agencies that oversee and fund the supportive housing systems have disregarded the voices and needs of applicants and tenants, and instead prioritized the needs of providers,…

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Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim

Seventeen previously rent-stabilized apartments in Cristina Ramirez’s Harlem building haven’t been registered with the state since 2018. Her legal team says her case is illustrative of the need for greater…

ByDashiell Allen 3Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

What Would It Take To Fully Fund Right To Counsel For NYC Tenants?

“It’s a complicated question,” said Rosalind Black, citywide housing director at Legal Services NY, which aids tenants under the landmark city initiative to provide free representation to low-income New Yorkers…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Courts Dismissed 121K ‘Dead’ Eviction Cases in NYC. What Does it Mean?

The process, called an administrative dismissal, is enshrined in state law. The Office of Court Administration wiped out a category of older eviction cases that property owners started before the…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

A new data tool by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University breaks down a trove of housing-related data for each of the state’s Senate and Assembly…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Housing Policy Faultlines Emerge Ahead Of Final Albany Budget Deal

The Senate and Assembly on Tuesday released their annual budget resolutions, responding to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $227 billion spending proposal unveiled last month. They rejected the bulk of Hochul’s…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

‘Woefully Insufficient’: Future Right-to-Counsel Terms Met With Protest

‘A Down Payment’: Budget Boost For Tenant Lawyers Falls Short Of Demands

A NY Law Puts A Steep Price On ‘Serious’ Building Disrepair. These Tenants Are Fighting To Use It.

NYCHA Expected to Get ‘Significant Majority’ of State Budget Rent Relief Funds

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim

What Would It Take To Fully Fund Right To Counsel For NYC Tenants?

Courts Dismissed 121K ‘Dead’ Eviction Cases in NYC. What Does it Mean?

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

Housing Policy Faultlines Emerge Ahead Of Final Albany Budget Deal

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