On October 4, 2012 dozens of New Yorkers came to MFY after a job placement agency took between $200-$400 from each job seeker, then disappeared, leaving documents with personal information strewn about their office. MFY advised the job seekers of their rights and how to protect themselves from identity theft, and then facilitated an official …
MFY Legal Services, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and the Urban Justice Center submitted joint testimony making recommendations that would improve the New York State Department of Health’s proposed regulations limiting the percentage of residents with serious mental illness in adult homes with a certified capacity of 80 or more beds to less …
In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, MFY shows how Fannie and Freddie Mac’s refusal to reduce mortgage principal will blight once thriving neighborhoods and add to taxpayers’ burdens.
The Queens Ledger cites the findings in MFY’s report, Justice Unsettled, to alert homeowners in Queens, which has the highest rate of foreclosure in the state, to the dangers of the “shadow docket.” Queens Ledger Alerts Homeowners to Dangers of “Shadow Docket”
WBAI, a New York City public radio station, interviewed MFY Deputy Director Elise Brown and foreclosure Senior Staff Attorney Adam Cohen on “Talk Back,” on June 12, 2012, about MFY’s recently released report, Justice Unsettled, which describes the devastating impact of the “shadow docket” on the state’s distressed homeowners. Click here for a link to …
MFY Legal Services’ Kinship Caregiver Law Project is working with child welfare advocates across the state to urge the state legislature to amend Domestic Relations Law 72 to give relative caregivers (e.g. aunts, uncles, older siblings, etc.) the same rights as grandparents when seeking legal guardianship or custody of a related child who has been …
The New York Daily News reports on the conditions at Surf Manor Adult Home in Brooklyn, where with MFY’s help residents are suing the home for bedbug infestations and other unhealthy and dangerous conditions.
The July issue of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel includes an interview with MFY’s Executive Director, Jeanette Zelhof, highlighting MFY’s projects and significant involvement of pro bono counsel in impact litigation.
The New York Daily News reports that residents at the Garden of Eden home in Brooklyn charge that home threatens them with eviction and bullies them if they complain about conditions or ask for help with medical problems. MFY has filed suit against the New York State Department of Health for failing to enforce regulations …
In an Op-Ed on September 23, 2011 in the Albany Times Union, MFY urges the state to move forcefully on reining in Medicaid fraud, particularly abuses that result in Medicaid overbilling in adult homes, where residents are often forced by operators to submit to unnecessary services while their real medical needs are ignored.
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