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.
Local housing rights advocates launched a tool to monitor evictions and the rate of legal representation in New York City, and their findings are bleak.
Local housing rights advocates launched a tool to monitor evictions and the rate of legal representation in New York City, and their findings are bleak.
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