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Legal Services NYC Launches Citywide Survey to Understand Legal Needs of LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers
New survey seeks community input as LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers face rising threatsto housing, healthcare, economic security, and civil rights New York, NY – Roughly one in five LGBTQIA+ people nationwide lives in poverty, facing disproportionate barriers to housing, healthcare, employment, and…
Brooklyn Tenants Secure New Preservation Owner After Years of Fighting for Repairs and Accountability
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After Nearly a Decade of Organizing, Crown Heights Tenants Oust Negligent Owners
BROOKLYN, NY – In a major win for the Dukler Tenant Union, the Dukler family has been removed as owners of 1018 Eastern Parkway, 1074 Eastern Parkway, and 1392 Sterling Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, through a sheriff sale held on…
LSNYC, Legal Aid Welcome Court Decision Granting Tenant Advocates’ Motion to Intervene in Rent Freeze Lawsuit
(NEW YORK, NY) — Legal Services NYC and The Legal Aid Society released the following statement after a court granted Tenants & Neighbors and Met Council on Housing’s motion to intervene in litigation challenging the New York City Rent Guidelines Board’s…
Legal Services NYC, Legal Aid Intervene in Landlords’ Lawsuit Seeking to Block Rent Freeze for New Yorkers Living in Rent-Stabilized Housing
(NEW YORK, NY) — Legal Services NYC and The Legal Aid Society filed a motion on behalf of Tenants and Neighbors and the Met Council on Housing asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of landlords that seeks to block a recently approved rent freeze that, beginning in October, will freeze the rent…
Landmark Decision Keeps Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit Against New York City Alive, Affirms Reach of NYC Human Rights Law
New York , NY – On Friday, the New York County Supreme Court issued a landmark Decision and Order denying in its entirety the City’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Jane Doe’s discrimination claims under the New York City Human Rights Law. …
Tenants Sue #6 on City’s Worst Landlords List, Gov. Agencies Over Decades of Unsafe Living Conditions
The landlord, Robyn Lucas-Cora, has left tenants with periodic flooding of raw sewage in their apartments, brown water coming out of the tap, mold growth and broken security systems Brooklyn, NY – Tenants of the Rutland Plaza, a 438-unit development in Brownsville…
Legal Services NYC Launches Citywide Survey to Understand Legal Needs of LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers
New survey seeks community input as LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers face rising threatsto housing, healthcare, economic security, and civil rights New York, NY – Roughly one in five LGBTQIA+ people nationwide lives in poverty, facing disproportionate barriers to housing, healthcare, employment, and…
Legal Services NYC Applauds New York Legislature for Passing Bill Making Homeowner Protection Program Permanent, Urges Gov. Hochul to Sign into Law
The New York State Legislature approved measures to secure New York’s foreclosure prevention and anti-deed theft program which helps thousands of distressed New York homeowners stay in their homes each year. New York, NY – Legal Services NYC applauds the New York…
Legal Services NYC Applauds Gov. Hochul, Lawmakers for Funding Homeowner Protection Program in FY27 Budget, Calls to Make Program Permanent
The Homeowner Protect Program (HOPP) is the state’s only program that provides free legal help and housing counseling to thousands of homeowners targeted by mortgage fraud, scams and foreclosures in every county of the state The New York State Assembly included…
Statement from Legal Services NYC on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s New Block by Block Housing Plan
New York, NY – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani just unveiled a sweeping new plan to address NYC’s housing crisis, Block by Block: The Housing Plan for a New Era. Below is a statement from Shervon M. Small, executive director of Legal…
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