Tenants vs. Three-Quarter Houses
The Daily News reports on MFY’s class action lawsuit against three-quarter house operators.
MFJ in the News
Shamed Into Altering a Mortgage
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera shows how a tenacious MFY attorney saved the home of an elderly Queens homeowner.
Payback: Lawyers on both sides of collection are feeling debt’s sting
The December 2010 ABA Journal explores the thorny field of debt collection, citing MFY’s groundbreaking study Justice Disserved on the relationship between “sewer service” and default judgments in debt collection cases. Read article.
WNYC News Exposes Schemes that Target the City’s Vulnerable
Tanya Kessler of MFY interviewed by Cindy Rodriquez about three-quarter house abuse.
MFY Featured on Brian Lehrer Show at WNYC
Tanya Kessler, attorney for MFY, and WNYC reporter, Cindy Rodriguez, discuss MYF’s programs to help those in three quarters houses.
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.
Staten Island Homeowner Challenges 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.
Harassing Tenants
The Daily News reports on a tenant rally to draw attention to abuses by three-quarter house operators.
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