Evictions

Bronx Housing Court on the Grand Concourse

Tenants Facing Evictions Increasingly Don’t Have Lawyers Despite NYC Law, Comptroller’s Report Finds

May 2, 2025, 3:26 p.m.May 5, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

Low-income tenants are entitled to a lawyer, but more than half of all tenants appear in court without one — significantly increasing their chances of getting the boot.

Sandy Nurse, City Council member representing District 37.

Tenants

Council Considers ‘Bold’ Slate of Tenant Protection Bills for NYC

Nov. 12, 2024, 5:25 p.m.Nov. 12, 2024, 5:25 p.m.

The aims of the bills, which include curbing illegal evictions and keeping tenants safe during heatwaves, were broadly ed by those testifying — but implementation challenges lingered.

Affordable housing advocates marched through Lower Manhattan, demanding an end to 421-a tax breaks and the age of good cause eviction laws, April 21, 2022.

Rent

How N.Y.’s ‘Good Cause Eviction’ Bill Breaks From Other States’ Laws

Feb. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.Feb. 29, 2024, 11:37 a.m.

Proposed rent-gouging protections are tougher than anywhere in the nation — and a new report says they could make apartments harder to find.

Evictions

NYCHA Sends Eviction Notices to Tenants Who Stopped Paying Rent

Aug. 8, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 7, 2023, 8:01 p.m.

Facing a half-billion dollars in rent arrears, the cash-strapped public housing agency has sent 1,250 notices so far.

Chinatown residents rally outside Manhattan Civil Court in favor of protecting affordable rents, April 19, 2023.

Tenants

Chinatown Residents Rally for a Good Cause Eviction Law, and Against Ever Higher Rents

April 19, 2023, 7:36 p.m.April 20, 2023, 4:05 p.m.

Protesters said that small landlords upset with their tenants should be directing their anger at their banks instead.

Housing

Hochul’s Suburban Development Plan Is Dead, but Adams Keeps Pushing Housing Expansion for NYC

April 18, 2023, 8:54 p.m.April 19, 2023, 10:23 a.m.

The governor indicated she would back a voucher program and make more money available for NYCHA to cover unpaid rent.

Legal Aid

Overwhelmed With Cases, Free Housing Lawyers Ask for Four Times the Funding

April 14, 2023, 5:05 a.m.April 14, 2023, 9:05 a.m.

“We have nonprofits that are stretched too thin, and they are rejecting cases because they’re not getting the resources they need from the city,” said City Councilmember Shaun Abreu.

Housing Court

Tenants’ Friday Night Plans: Testifying at Curiously Timed City Eviction Lawyer Hearing

Feb. 21, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Feb. 23, 2023, 9:57 a.m.

At a time when most tenants in Housing Court lack an attorney, and lawyers are going on strike, official review of the ‘Right to Counsel’ law won’t start until the work week ends.

Evictions

Tenants Facing Evictions Increasingly Don’t Have Lawyers Despite NYC Law, Comptroller’s Report Finds

Council Considers ‘Bold’ Slate of Tenant Protection Bills for NYC

How N.Y.’s ‘Good Cause Eviction’ Bill Breaks From Other States’ Laws

NYCHA Sends Eviction Notices to Tenants Who Stopped Paying Rent

Chinatown Residents Rally for a Good Cause Eviction Law, and Against Ever Higher Rents

Hochul’s Suburban Development Plan Is Dead, but Adams Keeps Pushing Housing Expansion for NYC

Overwhelmed With Cases, Free Housing Lawyers Ask for Four Times the Funding

Tenants’ Friday Night Plans: Testifying at Curiously Timed City Eviction Lawyer Hearing

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