City Limits: New York Now Has ‘Right to Counsel,’ but Tenant Organizing Still Matters
Right to counsel stops evictions, but it also creates space to organize and build tenant power to win bigger and bolder demands.
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Metro: NYC evictions down thanks to legal aid program for tenants
Access to legal counsel at NYC Housing Court reduces evictions for those most vulnerable: report.
The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation & Inequality in the New York City Restaurant Industry,
In 2005, the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) and the Restaurant Industry Coalition published Behind the Kitchen Door: Pervasive Inequality in New York City’s Thriving Restaurant Industry. This report showed that the restaurant industry is one of the
Expanding Access to Public Space at the Hudson River Park
The development Hudson River Park is not in line with the objectives and principles set out by the New York State legislature in the Hudson River Park Act. Instead, the development projects and proposals that are being considered by the
Fair Debt Collection Laws
It is important that you know that there are laws that prevent creditors and debt collectors from using abusive and aggressive tactics to collect personal, family or household debt. The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects your rights from
Living in Isolation
This report draws from official government data sources and builds upon the findings of Hear This!, particularly as related to issues of knowledge about and initial access to HPD services. (For more information on research methodology, see Appendix 3.) Based
NYC Anti-Gentrification Network: Summation of Convenings
Therefore, a working group of representatives from several organizations initiated a series of local gatherings among membership-based organizations explicitly working to address gentrification in their communities and a few resource and ally organizations or individuals (see below for more details).
Education Not Deportation: Impacts of NYC School Safety Policies on South Asian Immigrant Youth
National, state and local trends related to immigration, education, and post-9/11 policing and enforcement policies have had profound impacts on immigrant youth in New York City schools. As a result, significant numbers of immigrant students are struggling with a profound
The Hear This! Report: The Need for Multilingual Housing Services in New York City
Based on the findings from 697 surveys conducted between July 2005 and February 2006 with immigrant and LEP tenants, this report shows that immigrant and LEP New Yorkers are living in unhealthy and unsafe living conditions, and yet overwhelmingly do
Dining Out, Dining Healthy
New York City’s restaurants are vital to our economy. But there is a growing problem that is threatening to undermine the vitality of the industry: restaurant owners that maintain bad dining and working conditions, thereby putting the public’s health at