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Recent clarifications and updates to city funding terms for tenant lawyers have alleviated some fears among legal service nonprofits while sparking others. ....
Nonprofit legal service providers often file group lawsuits that assist tenants fighting landlord harassment. A new city solicitation appears to impose limits on this legal strategy. ....
“It’s a complicated question,” said Rosalind Black, citywide housing director at Legal Services NY, which aids tenants under the landmark city initiative to provide free representation to low-income New Yorkers facing eviction in housing court. Though the results have been overwhelmingly positive, the program has never been funded to cover every eligible tenant. ....