NYC’s Floundering ‘Right to Counsel’ Fails to Keep Pace With Eviction Cases
New York City’s Right to Counsel law was the country’s first to promise legal representation to the tenants most at risk for eviction: low income New Yorkers.
But five years after its passage, the city’s trailblazing program is struggling meet demand. Legal service providers say they're overwhelmed by tenants' requests for an attorney since the state's COVID eviction moratorium ended a year ago. The Right to Counsel program had to decline some 10,000 cases since March 2022, with the courts scheduling eviction cases quicker than eligible tenants can access an available pro-bono housing lawyer.
"The court thinks that they can decide our caseloads. A lot of longtime practitioners are exhausted," housing attorney Cathy Barreda, above, a steering committee member of the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition.
New York City, 2022: A Year in Photos As a new year begins, City Limits looks back at images that defined some of New York City’s biggest news stories and most pressing policy issues in 2022.
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The Chief Operating Officer/Chief Administrative Officer (COO/CAO) will be responsible for overseeing the Operations, Administrative and IT activities of Anthos|Home. The position requires strong, well developed operational, technical, and administrative skills. The ideal candidate will also have an adeptness and savvy with knowledge of government funding and reimbursement, and organization leadership abilities.
Vice President of Tenant Coordination and Aftercare at Anthos|Home The Vice President of Tenant Coordination and Aftercare (VPTC&A) will be responsible for matching tenants to housing, supporting tenants to move into housing and ensuring housing stability. The ideal candidate will be creative, mission-driven and entrepreneurial in finding ways to support tenants and landlords.
Senior Account Executive, Cities and Real Estate at BerlinRosen BerlinRosen is seeking a Senior Account Executive to join our rapidly-growing team and work with clients in the commercial real estate space. This is a great opportunity for someone who has a full roster of media relationships in the world of commercial real estate media and wants to take the lead on client initiatives and work, and help further grow the practice area.
Social Work Positions at Brooklyn Community Services
BCS strengthens communities by fostering the educational success of children, the leadership development of youth, the employment and housing stability of adults, the advancement of individuals living with disabilities, and the empowerment of seniors and families. The organization will host a career fair on Jan. 19 to help fill several open social worker roles.
The Supervisor is expected to have extensive experience working with Older Adults and their families and some familiarity of the challenges experienced by caregivers. Supervisor will oversee appropriateness of referrals, care plans and overall service delivery to clients. The Supervisor will have a small caseload of high need clients, provide direct services in support of the program and provide outreach in the community to identify and build a new client base.
Emergency Grants Associate at MADRE
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization and feminist fund that partners with community-based women's groups in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East who face war and humanitarian disasters. The Emergency Grants Associate will provide rapid response funding and other support to frontline women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and local partner organizations under threat or attack because of their work to promote and protect human rights.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Grantmaking and Partnerships, the Associate Director of Grantmaking will be part of the Grantmaking and Partnerships team. It will lead all aspects of our long-term intersectional feminist grant-making by supporting existing partners, identifying new partners, recommending strategy and grant amounts, and collaborating with other members of the Grantmaking and Partnerships team to incorporate an intentional decolonizing philanthropic lens across all our work.
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