NYLAG’s Associate Director of Tenants’ Rights, Ed Campanelli provided written and verbal testimony at the annual public hearing on the NYC Office of Civil Justice’s program to provide Universal Access to Legal Services for Tenant’s Facing Eviction. He argued that there’s an urgent need to expand universal access/right to counsel, improving communications between HRA and tenants, and improving referral mechanisms that connect attorneys with tenants at risk of eviction at the earliest stage.
NYLAG’s Policy Agenda for the Biden Administration
With Joe Biden now the 47th President of the U.S., NYLAG urges the Biden Administration to reverse policies that harm the communities we serve.