Housing Insecurity
The City: City Tests New Shelter Rules Advocates Warn Will Lead To More Street Homelessness
Deborah Berkman, Director of NYLAG's Shelter and Economic Stability Project, spoke with THE CITY about some of our clients' experiences with navigating the city shelter ...
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Advocacy
Testimony: Supportive Housing and Assisting Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
NYLAG's testimony before the New York City Council on supportive housing and assisting individuals experiencing homelessness, including homeless veterans.
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Housing Insecurity
City Limits: ‘They Assigned Us Far Away’: As Shelter Limit Policy Expands, Some Families Are Already Too Familiar
On Monday, October 16th the City released a policy that limits newly arrived immigrant families to only 60days in shelters. This will only further disrupt ...
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Housing Insecurity
After Pressure, NYCHA Publishes Comprehensive Lists of Laws Governing Tenants
After nearly 2 years of advocacy and push from lawyers at NYLAG, the housing authority has published a public document of all its regulations. NYLAG’s ...
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Housing Insecurity
NYLAG Brings “Secret Laws” Governing NYCHA Residents Out from the Shadows
The New York Legal Assistance Group fought for and secured the publication of the nation’s largest public housing authority’s Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan—and it’s ...
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Housing Insecurity
The City: Housing Agency Ignores Law Requiring Public Disclosure of NYCHA Code Violations
NYLAG’s Jonathan Fox spoke to The City about a demand letter NYLAG sent to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development for its failure to ...
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Advocacy
Testimony: NYLAG Advocates Against NYCHA Significant Amendment
Anna Luft, the supervising attorney in NYLAG’s Tenants’ Rights Unit, critiques NYCHA’s proposed demolition of three buildings and their replacement with a larger development of ...
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FY2023
City Limits: Vacant NYCHA Units Continue to Increase, With Transfers Complicated by PACT
NYLAG’s Anna Luft spoke to City Limits about the delays and denials public housing tenants face when they request to be transferred to another apartment ...
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FY2023
Opinion: NYC’s ‘Right to Counsel’ program in dire need of funding life raft
"The time is now for City Hall to step up and make the Right to Counsel program a reality so that low-income tenants can get ...
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FY2023
Joint Statement Applauding NYC Council Progressive Caucus’ Call for $351 Million in City Budget for ‘Right to Counsel’ so Tenants Facing Eviction Can Stay in Their Homes
"At a time of increasing rents, record level homelessness, and soaring eviction cases, the City must invest in protections that preserve affordable housing and keep ...
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