The office of state Attorney General Tish James will hold a Deed Theft and Foreclosure Prevention Educational Panel and Resource Fair next Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Robert Ross Johnson
The city’s landmark Right to Counsel law was the country’s first to guarantee legal representation in housing court to low-income tenants most at risk for eviction. But advocates and providers say it's been undermined in recent months as the courts schedule eviction cases faster than there are available housing attorneys to take them. “When the law was first passed, it worked,” Ruth Riddick, a Flatbush tenant, testified Friday at a city hearing on the initiative.
The Twin Parks fire killed 17 Bronx residents last month, largely because self-closing fire safety doors didn’t function properly. Malfunctioning doors on the property had previously been the subject of housing code violations.
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