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Legal service providers who aid tenants through the city’s Anti-Harassment Tenant Protection (AHTP) program say their efforts are being diminished by recent city contract cuts, which saw their funding for…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, July 29-Aug. 5

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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May 2024

Housing and Homelessness Justice Labor News

Comptroller to Probe Legal Organization’s Housing Court Performance During Strike

Mobilization for Justice has been operating for more than 12 weeks without the workers who typically execute its mission to combat economic injustice—its more than 100 unionized staff.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Try It Out: City Limits’ NYC ‘Good Cause’ Rent Calculator

Tenants who believe they may be covered by New York’s new Good Cause Eviction Law can plug in their current rent to see the maximum rent that would be deemed…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Justice Labor

Legal Organization Workers On Strike Say NYC Tenants Deserve More

While Mobilization for Justice’s staff union has particular grievances—they say their employer has failed to stay competitive with its peers—many members are experiencing a strain familiar to tenant lawyers citywide.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘Why Are You Making It So Difficult’? NYC Cash Aid Applicants Face Denial Surge

The volume of cash assistance applications in New York City has increased dramatically in recent years. But as more households receive aid, the city is also issuing more procedural denials,…

ByEmma Whitford

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Justice

‘Eviction is a Tragedy’: Tenant Advocates Press to Expand Right to Counsel Statewide

While supporters say New York City’s right to counsel program needs additional funding to cover all the qualified tenants who need the legal help, they’ve also hailed it a success,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Building a Better New York for Renters

“Vulnerable New Yorkers are suffering from predatory landlords, an overburdened court system, and an economy that continues to sideline them. They deserve better from their city.”

ByClaudia Valdivia 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Evolving Requirements For Tenant Lawyer Funding Met With Protest

Recent clarifications and updates to city funding terms have alleviated some fears among legal service nonprofits while sparking others, as the organizations demand Mayor Eric Adams’ administration stop the contracting…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

City Cuts Funding for Tenant Lawyers Who Combat Landlord Harassment, Building Violations

NYC Housing Calendar, July 29-Aug. 5

Try It Out: City Limits’ NYC ‘Good Cause’ Rent Calculator

Legal Organization Workers On Strike Say NYC Tenants Deserve More

‘Eviction is a Tragedy’: Tenant Advocates Press to Expand Right to Counsel Statewide

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

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