For Tenants Facing Eviction, New York May Guarantee a Lawyer (The New York Times)

The New York Times, September 26, 2016

For Tenants Facing Eviction, New York May Guarantee a Lawyer

“The bill has brought together a broad coalition that includes labor unions and the New York City Bar Association, as well as traditional tenant rights advocates. On the steps of City Hall on Monday, elected officials, including borough presidents from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan, the city comptroller and the public advocate, gathered to register their support for the bill. A large crowd of tenants who turned out waved signs and chanted ‘legal aid.'”

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