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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

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May 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Events in NYC This Week: Rally for Right to Counsel

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Events in NYC This Week: Jane’s Walk, Council Budget Hearings

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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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

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

At Overdue Hearing, Advocates Push NYC to Fulfill Promise of Housing Court Help for Low-Income Tenants

The city’s landmark Right to Counsel law was the country’s first to guarantee legal representation in housing court to low-income tenants most at risk for eviction. But advocates and providers…

ByAnnie Iezzi

ByFrank Festa 2Comments

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.

Housing Events in NYC This Week: Rally for Right to Counsel

Housing Events in NYC This Week: Jane’s Walk, Council Budget Hearings

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

At Overdue Hearing, Advocates Push NYC to Fulfill Promise of Housing Court Help for Low-Income Tenants

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