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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

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Orgs That Help Tenants Sue Landlords Fear ‘Tone Deaf’ City Contract Changes

Nonprofit legal service providers often file group lawsuits that assist tenants fighting landlord harassment across an entire building. But a new solicitation appears to impose limits on this preferred strategy…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness News

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

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

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

Orgs That Help Tenants Sue Landlords Fear ‘Tone Deaf’ City Contract Changes

‘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.

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