Dear Neighbors,
We hope to see you at tonight's Virtual Housing Clinic, which begins at 6pm.
We will be joined by attorneys from Goddard Riverside Law Project. Tonight's topic: What to do if a landlord claims you are a nuisance.
Please click the link below at 6pm to join the Zoom webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88403010084?pwd=SnR1YlF1bmxlUzgyaDdUaW1XVUlnZz09
Passcode: 2021
Or, phone: 1-646-558-8656
Meeting ID: 884 0301 0084#
To submit a question for the attorneys, please click here.
The attorneys are reviewing the questions as they come in and will be addressing as many as possible. There will also be time during tonight's program to submit questions via Zoom's chat function.
Please be advised that tenants can contact these organizations for free housing-related legal advice. (Phone calls only.)
- Take Root Justice Housing Hotline at (646) 459-3022
- Goddard Law Project at (212) 799-9638, x0
- Housing Conservation Coordinators at (212) 541-5996, Monday evenings, 7-9pm
- PALANTE Harlem, Inc. at (212) 491-2541 — English & Spanish spoken
- Legal Services NYC at (917) 661-4509 — serves residents city-wide in several languages
- Housing Court Answers hotline at (212) 962-4795, Monday thru Friday, 9am-5pm. Language interpreters available. Information on Housing Court / housing law, plus rent arrears assistance and homelessness prevention guidance. NYCHA tenants also assisted.
If you have additional questions, please contact our office at (212) 873-0282, x204 and leave a message for Anna Gago, Housing Director.
Important News for Tenants
NYS COVID Rent Relief: Eligible tenants may seek up to 12 months of rental and utility arrears assistance, as well as three prospective months of rent via the new COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP).
- Applications are now being accepted. Click here to learn about eligibility and apply.
- Tenants are eligible to apply regardless of immigration status if their household income is below 80% of "area median income," which you can look up here.
- If you have an eviction case, it will be stayed while you apply, so you can't be evicted while your application is being processed.
For assistance with the application, call New York State at 844-NY1-RENT (844-691-7368). If you live in Manhattan, the two organizations below are designated ERAP "enrollers" and can also assist you.
- Catholic Charities Community Services at 888-744-7900
- University Settlement at 212-453-4500
A reminder that Governor Cuomo has signed an extension of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 and the Protect Our Small Businesses Act, effectively extending New York’s eviction and foreclosure moratoriums through August 31, 2021.
Tenants facing eviction must submit a declaration of pandemic-related hardship. Tenants who do not submit such a declaration as a justification for non-payment of rent, or who create safety or health hazards for other tenants, can still be evicted. Learn more here.
New York’s various statewide tenant protections remain in force despite the recent federal court decision which found that the CDC's nationwide moratorium on evictions exceeded its statutory authority.
Please check our website for additional resources. We update it on a regular basis with information about public benefits, non-profit services, and health facts Upper West Siders need to get through this crisis.
We look forward to seeing and/or hearing from you tonight!
Warmly,
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