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  • May 13, 2024 

    LSNYC, Legal Aid Society Petition to Intervene Against Landlords' Lawsuit Attacking New York City Housing Courts  
    New York, NY (May 13, 2024) – Legal Services NYC and The Legal Aid Society filed a motion to intervene on behalf of Make the Road NY, Housing Court Answers, and the MinKwon Center for Community Action, to oppose a lawsuit brought by a group of landlords against the New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) – which oversees the City’s Housing Courts – that seeks to expedite eviction cases and displace tenants more swiftly.

  • May 02, 2024 

    Legal Services NYC Welcomes Shervon M. Small as Executive Director
    New York, NY (May 2,2024)– Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), the largest provider of free civil legal services in the country, has named Shervon M. Small, Esq. as its next Executive Director, effective June 17, 2024. The LSNYC Search Committee, comprised of board and staff, led a rigorous national search in partnership with Koya Partners/Diversified Search Group, a search firm that specializes in placing CEOs in mission-driven roles.

  • April 22, 2024 

    Statement from Legal Services NYC on Gov. Hochul’s Housing Plan in New York State’s FY25 Budget
    New York, NY (April 22, 2024) – Over the weekend, Governor Hochul released an executive budget containing a housing deal that adds new protections to market rate tenants and incentives for new affordable housing, yet at the same time, rolls back tenant protections in the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) and includes severely weakened Good Cause Eviction measures.
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