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: legal rights of rent stabilized & rent controlled tenants, plus a refresher on the NYS tenant protections passed in 2019.
Please click the link below at 6pm to join the Zoom webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83015704042?pwd=SDVZOHZCb2FmNDZIWnh3ckpJM2pTdz09
Passcode: 049396
Or, phone: 1-646-558-8656
Meeting ID: 830 1570 4042#
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 (929) 506-0303
- 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
The NYS Eviction Moratorium has been extended to January 15th, 2022.
Important: tenants can still be evicted in certain cases. Read our overview of the moratorium here.
Tenants facing eviction must submit a declaration of pandemic-related hardship. Landlords can challenge these declarations in certain cases. Visit Eviction Free NY to learn more and use their online tool which automatically sends the hardship declaration to housing court, and your landlord, at no cost.
Tenants whose eviction cases are scheduled for appearance in Housing Court --including hearings about Hardship Declarations-- have access to free legal services, regardless of ZIP code, under NYC’s right-to-counsel law.
- Call 311 and ask for the Tenant Helpline
- Visit the NYC Human Resources Administration’s Office of Civil Justice online at www.nyc.gov/civiljustice
- Call Housing Court Answers at (718) 557-1379
- Find additional free legal services on our website, by looking under "Housing"
NYS Emergency Rental Assistance (ERAP)
New York State reports that federal funding for the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) program is almost fully committed to eligible New Yorkers who applied. ERAP provides eligible tenants with up to 12 months of rental and utility arrears assistance, as well as three prospective months of rent. Click here to learn more.
While applications are still being accepted, funding is not likely to be available except for certain categories. If you have already applied to the ERAP program and have not received any information about your application status, you may contact our office and we will follow up on your behalf.
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 have needed to get through this crisis.
We look forward to seeing and/or hearing from you tonight!
Warmly,
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