New York Times Takes Aim at Bank of America
Bank of America illegally auctioned an elderly Queens resident’s home after they accepted tens of thousands of dollars of mortgage payments. MFY got her house back. Read at New York Times »
View ArticleClass Action Lawsuit Exposes Housing Scam that Exploits Homeless
Tenants Facing Eviction to Hold Protest on Wednesday, Dec. 15 NEW YORK, DECEMBER 14, 2010 – Three companies that rent housing units to people leaving the shelter system, substance abuse programs and...
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MFY Featured on Brian Lehrer Show at WNYC
WNYC reporter Cindy Rodriguez joins staff attorney for MFY Legal Services, Tanya Kessler, to discuss Cindy’s story on the so-called “three-quarters houses” — boarding homes that pack in poor people,...
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WNYC News Exposes Schemes that Target the City’s Vulnerable
Drug Rehab for Housing: Alleged Scheme Targets City’s Most Vulnerable on WNYC website. WNYC reporter Cindy Rodriguez and staff attorney for MFY Legal Services, Tanya Kessler, discuss the plight of...
View ArticleTenants vs. Three-Quarter Houses
The Daily News reports on MFY’s class action lawsuit against three-quarter house operators. View article
View ArticleRopes & Gray Joins MFY’s Externship Program
MFY Legal Services expanded its externship program with an associate from the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP, who began work on July 9, 2012. Working closely with experienced MFY attorneys, the...
View ArticleJudge Allows ADA Suit Against NYCHA to Proceed
A federal judge has ruled that a suit brought against the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) by a Staten Island resident who is blind may proceed. The plaintiff is arguing that by refusing to...
View ArticleNYCHA Tenants Sue to Get Safe Wheelchair Ramp
Three tenants represented by MFY Legal Services, Inc. filed suit today against the New York City Housing Authority for failing to correct an access ramp that is too dangerous for people using...
View ArticleClass Action for Three-Quarter House Tenants Reinstated on Appeal
A Brooklyn appeals court ruled to reinstate DiGiorgio v. 1109-1113 Manhattan Ave Partners, a putative class action, and ordered the case to be heard by a different judge. The ruling was a victory for...
View ArticleMFY Offers Know Your Rights Training
On March 6, MFY Legal Services, in collaboration with Community Board 2 and Greenwich House, will offer a tenant training on the basics of housing law. Participants will receive an overview and have...
View ArticleSRO Tenants Expose House of Horrors
MFY is representing tenants at Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Hotel who are suing their landlord for egregious building violations. Tenants opened their doors to the press to see their living conditions,...
View ArticleMFY Urges Stronger Referral Criteria for Permanent Housing
MFY urged the City Council to adopt legislation aimed at strengthening referral criteria so that homeless adults are not referred to dangerous three-quarter houses.
View ArticleMFY Calls for End to Harassment of Elderly Tenants
In testimony before the New York City Council on April 15, 2013, MFY urged the Council to take stronger action to combat increasing harassment of elderly tenants.
View ArticleMFY Opposes Rent Hikes for SROs
In testimony before the NYC Rent Guidelines Board, MFY urged the city to protect Single Room Occupancy dwellings, the housing of last resort for single New Yorkers living in poverty.
View ArticleMFY Supports Amendments to Rent Stabilization Code
MFY Legal Services testified in support of most of the proposed amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code and urged further modifications to provide greater protections for tenants.
View ArticleBleak Conditions in Three Quarter Houses Exposed
The Crime Report exposes the bleak conditions at three quarter houses (or sober houses) across the country and discusses the challenges faced by residents and advocates, with commentary from MFY staff...
View ArticleMFY Supports Greenpoint Tenants’ Demand for Livable Conditions
Tenants of the Greenpoint Hotel in Brooklyn, a large single room occupancy (SRO) hotel, demonstrated outside housing court, demanding that the building’s landlord be fined and arrested. MFY was inside,...
View ArticleMFY Announces Partial Settlement of Three-Quarter House Lawsuit
MFY Legal Services, Inc. wishes to notify former residents of three-quarter houses located at 42 Christopher Ave., 44 Christopher Ave. and 85 Kingston Ave. in Brooklyn that they may be entitled to...
View ArticleShoddy Care for Three-Quarter House Tenants and Kickbacks to Operators Exposed
An exposé by Jake Bernstein of Pro Publica and a WNYC interview with the author reveal the financial ties between three-quarter house operators and drug treatment providers that leave vulnerable...
View ArticleJudge Rules that Talking to Yourself Is Not a Nuisance
After a hearing in Manhattan Housing Court conducted by MFY attorney Jason Blumberg on behalf of an elderly tenant with disabilities, a Judge held that “Not every annoyance is a nuisance…” and denied...
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