Research, Reports & Commentary
Healing-Centered Schools in NYC: A Resource Page
Every child deserves a school where they feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. Students can’t succeed academically when they’re carrying the weight of trauma, instability, bullying, violence, or chronic stress. Too often, schools respond to struggling students with punishment instead…
Take Our LGBTQIA+ Legal Needs Survey!
Share Your Experience. Help Shape Change. Win a $25 Gift Card. LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers face unique legal challenges—but too often, those experiences go unheard. By taking this anonymous 10-minute survey, you’ll help Legal Services NYC better understand the issues affecting LGBTQIA+…
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Turning Outrage Into Impact: How We Leveraged One Client’s Devastating Experience Into Systemic Change for Thousands
This article was originally published in the MIE Journal Spring 2026 edition and is reprinted here with permission. By Luis A. Henriquez Carrero, Director of Litigation at Legal Services NYC-Manhattan[1] In December 2022, a domestic violence shelter in Brooklyn referred a…
Project-Based Section 8 Housing in Crisis: An Investigation Into the Collapse of Oversight, Due Process, and Renters’ Rights
About LSNYC’s Investigation After hearing repeated complaints from tenants in Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance (PBRA) housing, Legal Services NYC verified a troubling pattern of rent miscalculations, unsafe conditions, and negligent landlords. In response, LSNYC formed a PBRA Working Group that…
Look Up Your Building’s CGI Audit on this Interactive Map
How To Use This Map Tenants who live in Project‑Based Section 8 Rental Assistance (PBRA) buildings in NYC can review their buildings audits on this interactive map. You can scroll to find your building address on the left or zoom in…
Legal Services NYC Comments on HUD’s Proposed Elimination of the 30-Day Notice Requirement for Nonpayment of Rent
Proposed Rule: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has proposed a rule eliminating a requirement that public housing agencies and owners of federally assisted housing give tenants 30 days’ written notice before starting eviction proceedings for nonpayment of…
Legal Services NYC Comments on NYC Department of Buildings Proposed Elevator Rule Change
Proposed Rule Change: The Department’s rules regarding elevators, escalators, personnel hoists, and moving walks that are currently in Chapter 11 of Title 1 of the Rules of the City of New York have not been updated in decades. The DOB is…
Legal Services Providers Testify on the Need for Increased Funding for Right to Counsel and Contract Reform
Summary of Testimony New York City’s Right to Counsel program helps tenants facing eviction access free legal representation, but the nonprofit organizations that provide these services are facing significant funding and contracting challenges. In this joint testimony, Right to Counsel providers…
Legal Services NYC Testifies on the Preliminary Budget of the NYC Human Rights Commission and Its Role Enforcing the NYC Human Rights Law
Preliminary Budget: For the first time in five years, the preliminary budget for the City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is slated to decrease. New York City has some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the country, but because of chronic…
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