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Kathy Hochul’s first State of the State proposal included sweeping plans for affordable housing, free legal assistance for low-income tenants and sending social workers into the subways to conduct homeless…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Nov 2021

Every NYC Tenant Has Access to Housing Court Lawyer, as Eviction Protections Near End

All tenants in New York City Housing Court now have a right to legal assistance, with lower-income renters eligible for full representation from nonprofit attorneys through an initiative funded with…

ByDavid Brand 15Comments

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Oct 2019

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Courts Need to Adapt to New Rights for Tenants: Report

Many tenants facing eviction in housing court are unaware of their right to a publicly funded lawyer, Bronx advocacy organizations contend.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2019

Opinion

CityViews: It’s Time to Provide Legal Help to Families Facing Child-Welfare Probes

‘It’s time we recognize that the interests at stake for parents under ACS investigation are just as compelling, with consequences that can be just as grave, as in a criminal…

ByMichele Cortese

ByTehra Coles 0Comments

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Jan 2019

In Depth Investigations Justice

New Push to Provide Legal Advice to Parents Facing Abuse and Neglect Investigations

When facing the possible loss of their children, New York state parents have the right to a lawyer only when a case moves to court. Even then some counties fail…

ByRachel Blustain 6Comments

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Dec 2018

Housing and Homelessness

As Other Cities Look to Copy it, a Report on How Right to Counsel is Working in NYC

San Francisco voters approved a similar program, Los Angeles lawmakers tasked that city’s housing department with developing one, and places like Philly, Newark and the nation’s capital are headed down…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Opinion

CityViews: New York Now Has ‘Right to Counsel,’ but Tenant Organizing Still Matters

‘Without organizing, RTC will be just a legal services program; it’s really only a right that people know and claim when organized tenants have ownership over it.’

BySusanna Blankley 0Comments

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Mar 2018

Resources Uncategorized

Understanding Your ‘Right to Counsel’: New Resources for Tenants Facing Eviction

The Right to Counsel program is being phased in over five years by zip code and is currently available to 15 zip codes, three in each borough.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jan 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

City Tackles Roll-Out of Right to Counsel in Housing Court

Legal service providers say the phase-in of the city’s unprecedented right to counsel program is going well but comes with challenges.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Reaction to City Announcing Right to Counsel in Housing Court

Preparations over the weekend for the mayor’s State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. In the three days before the final State of the City address…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

Hochul, Housing and Homelessness: 5 Takeaways from the Governor’s 2022 Plan