MFY joined more than 100 organizations in demanding that the Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight enforce the national mortgage settlement’s servicing reforms and fair lending requirements and ensure transparency in banks’ reporting of consumer relief activities.
In a March 21, 2013 article in the Huffington Post, MFY Attorney Elizabeth Lynch comments that the FHFA report showing banks’ failure to report homeowner complaints of mortgage abuses is further evidence of the failure of government regulations to protect homeowners.
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.
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, including rats, bedbugs, mold and crumbling bathrooms. Read coverage in the Daily News, Brooklyn Paper and DNAinfo.
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 the opportunity to ask questions about their rights as tenants. Click here for more details.
MFY Attorney Anamaria Segura offered testimony to the New York City Council in support of the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act.
In a decision filed February 26, 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an inadequate settlement and vacated a judgment certifying a nationwide class in a case involving claims that robo-signing of affidavits violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The Federal Trade Commission and at least 38 state attorneys general, along with several …
In a February 18, 2013 Op-Ed in the New York Times, MFY Attorney Elizabeth M. Lynch reveals how flaws in government settlements with banks have failed to stem foreclosures and keep people in their homes.
MFY attorney Evan Denerstein presented testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Higher Education about the problems faced by students in for-profit colleges and training programs, from the failure of schools to deliver on promises to high rates of default on student loans.
MFY, with six other worker advocacy groups, submitted an amicus brief to the Appellate Division, First Department of the New York Supreme Court, in Bonito v. Avalon Partners (N.Y. County Clerk Index No. 650541/2011), supporting legal rules that would help low-wage workers recover unpaid wages from employers who try to dodge liability.
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