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** Dear Neighbors,
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We hope to see you at tonight's Virtual Housing Clinic, which begins at 6pm.
We will be joined by attorneys from TakeRoot Justice. Tonight's topic: troubleshooting the NYS Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) & other Rental Arrears assistance.
Please click the link below at 6pm to join the Zoom webinar:
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Passcode: 454394
Or, phone: 1-646-558-8656
Meeting ID: 812 0604 3628#
To submit a question for the attorneys, please click here ([link removed]) .
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.
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Important News for Tenants
The NYS Eviction Moratorium was extended to January 15th, 2022.
Important: tenants can still be evicted in certain cases. Read our overview of the moratorium here. ([link removed])
Tenants facing eviction must submit a declaration of pandemic-related hardship. Landlords can challenge these declarations in certain cases. Visit Eviction Free NY ([link removed]) 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 ([link removed]) , by looking under "Housing"
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NYS Emergency Rental Assistance (ERAP)
New York State reports that total requests for assistance exceed available federal funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP).
Click here ([link removed]) to learn more.
ERAP applications are only being accepted in certain instances ([link removed]) . If you have already applied to the ERAP program and have not received any information about your application status, you may email our office (mailto:
[email protected]) and we will follow up on your behalf.
* For questions about ERAP: call New York State at 844-NY1-RENT (844-691-7368; or the TTY phone number, 833-843-8829, for the hearing impaired).
* If you would like to be notified of possible future opportunities to apply for ERAP, please complete this NYS ERAP - Notify Me Form ([link removed]) .
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Reminder: Older adults with questions about resources for aging in place -- including Medicaid-funded home care, Pooled Income Trusts, and technology tools like TeleHealth -- are invited to join our webinar this Thursday, December 2nd at 6pm.
Register and learn more here ([link removed]) .
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Please check our website ([link removed]) 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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