Expanding the definition of “home loans” to cover reverse mortgages affords senior citizens facing foreclosure with consumer protections now enjoyed by all other residential home loan borrowers. These basic protections have prevented thousands of foreclosures across New York State. This bill will ensure that seniors with reverse mortgages have the equal protection they deserve in order to save their homes from foreclosure.
Read NYLAG’s letter of support here
The complaint alleges that the New York State Department of Labor discriminates against its clients and workers who have limited English proficiency by failing to provide meaningful multilingual access to unemployment insurance.
“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 tenants safe, not take them away.”
NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, and others call for $351 million in increased funding in the City’s FY24 budget to save New York’s landmark Right to Counsel program.
“The rights of New Yorkers are in jeopardy if civil legal services providers and public defenders are not adequately funded.” – President and CEO Lisa Rivera
NYLAG and fellow legal services providers released the following joint statement in response to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ State of the City address remarks on funding for public defender and civil legal services organizations.
NYLAG’s Jessica Ranucci was interviewed for this piece from New York Focus on New York State’s tuition subsidies for poorly-performing for-profit colleges.
