Housing Court News

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.

Housing

How Tenants Are Getting Rent Breaks as ‘Good Cause’ Kicks In

Aug. 23, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 2:57 p.m.

Sometimes it takes as little as a phone call to reduce proposed rent increases — but housing lawyers warn that how cases will play out in court remains unpredictable.

How to New York

How to Avoid Deed Theft and Protect Against Property Scams

Aug. 5, 2024, 4:59 a.m.Aug. 15, 2024, 4:43 p.m.

New York City’s Black and Latino communities in gentrifying areas are especially at risk of speculative real estate practices, some of which are illegal.

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.

How to New York

How ‘Good Cause’ Could Give Some Tenants New Leases and Lower Rent

April 22, 2024, 4:55 a.m.May 15, 2024, 11:07 a.m.

New rules ed by Albany will affect thousands of New York City apartments — but include big exceptions.

Brooklyn Defenders Legal Director Yung-Mi Lee stands outside of criminal court on Schermerhorn Street.

How to New York: Court

How Public Defenders Work in NYC, and Who’s Eligible for a Free Attorney

April 8, 2024, 5:01 a.m.May 30, 2024, 12:34 p.m.

From criminal defense to Family Court, here’s what you need to know about free legal help in New York City courts.

Legal Aid Society housing attorney Kirsten Nelson speaks with a client outside Brooklyn court, April 4, 2024.

How to New York: Court

How to Get Free Legal Help for Evictions and Housing Court in New York City

April 8, 2024, 5:00 a.m.May 29, 2024, 8:39 a.m.

Some New Yorkers will be assigned a free attorney as they start their case. Others will have to help themselves — because there are too many cases and too few lawyers.

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.

Housing

Tenants Take Over Bronx and Brooklyn Housing Courts, Protesting Lack of Lawyers

May 31, 2023, 3:43 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:06 a.m.

Protest songs filled the hallways with demands to boost funding for Right to Counsel program — and pause eviction cases where attorneys are not assigned.

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

Harlem Tenants Ask Judge to Penalize Landlord of Building Rife With Rats and Leaks

March 2, 2023, 5:03 a.m.March 2, 2023, 3:16 p.m.

The city’s housing agency is also suing, seeking to have heat and hot water restored to residents suffering multiple plagues.

Housing Court

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

How Tenants Are Getting Rent Breaks as ‘Good Cause’ Kicks In

How to Avoid Deed Theft and Protect Against Property Scams

How ‘Good Cause’ Could Give Some Tenants New Leases and Lower Rent

How Public Defenders Work in NYC, and Who’s Eligible for a Free Attorney

How to Get Free Legal Help for Evictions and Housing Court in New York City

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

Tenants Take Over Bronx and Brooklyn Housing Courts, Protesting Lack of Lawyers

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

Harlem Tenants Ask Judge to Penalize Landlord of Building Rife With Rats and Leaks

ABOUT

TEAM

FUNDERS

ETHICS

DIVERSITY

DONATE

REPUBLISH

CAREERS

THE CITY IS HERE FOR YOU. BE HERE FOR US TOO.

THE CITY's Spring Campaign

Before you go...

for all things NYC.

local news today!