Help more New Yorkers fight evictions: The city’s landmark right-to-counsel law must be expanded
January 22, 2020, 12:58 pm
By establishing a right to counsel in housing court, New York is at the vanguard of a movement taking place across the nation. San Francisco, Newark, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Santa Monica have since passed similar legislation, with other efforts underway in dozens of other cities. It’s even reached the federal level: Multiple presidential ...