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25,000-member NYC Bar calls on state to boost aid for renters (Queens Daily Eagle)

Queens Daily Eagle, February 3, 2021

25,000-member NYC Bar calls on state to boost aid for renters

Most pending evictions in the state can be resolved through emergency rent relief or stronger rental subsidies, said three New York City Bar Association committee leaders in a statement Tuesday. ‘At this juncture, we must use this time to address and prevent the eviction and foreclosure catastrophe looming just over the horizon,’ said Housing Court Committee Chair Sarah Wagner and Civil Right to Counsel Task Force co-Chairs Alison King and Andrew Scherer.

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