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For more than 45 years, our staff of talented attorneys, paralegals, social workers and clerical workers have helped low-income New Yorkers navigate the civil legal system. Each year, through our efforts, we have helped more than 10,000 families avoid homelessness and more than 50,000 poor and low-income New Yorkers with a full range of their legal needs. Our network is community-based and includes offices in low-income communities and transportation hubs throughout New York City. |
What's New at Legal Services NYC
February 9, 2012—Legal Services NYC applauds Attorney General Schneiderman's advocacy on behalf of New York’s homeowners and his efforts to strengthen the national settlement with mortgage servicers, and we look forward to learning more details about the settlement, with the hope that this settlement is enforced with more vigor than some previously-heralded settlements whose impacts have been disappointing. We are especially relieved to learn that the Attorney General’s lawsuit against several major servicers and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) was not withdrawn as the banks had demanded, as there is still much more work to do to address unfair and deceptive foreclosure practices in New York.
Legal Services NYC—Bronx Education Staff Attorney Nelson Mar appeared on BronxNet on February 1st to discuss the rights of parents whose children are sent to hospitals by their schools or by EMS for psychiatric evaluation.
Albany, N.Y., January 31, 2012 - Today elected officials, including New York State Senators David Carlucci (Rockland), Adriano Espaillat (Upper Manhattan), Mark Grisanti (Buffalo), Jeffrey D. Klein (Bronx/Westchester), Diane J. Savino (Staten Island/Brooklyn), Malcolm A. Smith (Brooklyn) and David Valesky (Syracuse), and Assemblymembers James D. Conte (Nassau/Suffolk), Guillermo Linares (Upper Manhattan),Vito J. Lopez (Brooklyn), Francisco P. Moya (Queens) and Helene E. Weinstein (Brooklyn) and other legislators along with non-profit housing counseling and legal services organizations held a press conference at the Legislative Office Building to call on Governor Cuomo to restore $25 million for the statewide Foreclosure Prevention Services Program in his 30-day amendments to the Executive Budget.
Brooklyn, NY, January 19, 2012—Over 60 tenant-side housing attorneys in Brooklyn have joined together to form The Brooklyn Tenant Lawyers Network (“BTLN”). The mission of the BTLN is to strengthen the voice and influence of the tenant-side bar and foster the effective provision of high quality legal representation to tenants in Brooklyn. The BTLN will provide a forum for tenant-side attorneys to discuss and develop strategies for improving the administration of justice in the Brooklyn Housing Court.
January 11, 2012, Brooklyn, NY— South Brooklyn Legal Services (“SBLS,” a
program of Legal Services NYC) and the Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.,
today announced a precedent-setting State Supreme Court decision holding
that a mortgage holder can be held liable for maintaining building
conditions once a foreclosure is initiated and a receiver is in place.
The New York Times Neediest Cases series focused its attention on Staten Island Legal Services Client Jose Perez and his family. The Perez family had only recently moved into their new home when disaster struck in the form of flooding, which was not covered by insurance. Shortly after, Mr. Perez was diagnosed with renal failure which left him unable to work as the bank began foreclosure proceedings on his home.
