In March 2013 former employees of BNV Home Care Agency filed a lawsuit alleging that the agency stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from them and systematically violated New York State labor laws. In October 2013 the seven named plaintiffs, who are represented by MFY Legal Services and Abbey Spanier LLP, defeated a motion to …
MFY joined the American Civil Liberties Union and eight other organizations, including the National Consumer Law Center, in filing a joint brief with the United States Supreme Court in Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. urging the court to recognize that “disparate impact” claims can be made under the …
Three-Quarter Houses: The View from the Inside, a report released October 17, 2013 by the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, reveals rampant building violations, dangerous overcrowding, and unlawful evictions in an unregulated industry that preys on people who have no other housing options. MFY Attorneys Tanya Kessler and Matthew …
MFY Legal Services is representing a Queens man who filed suit on October 4 in federal court, charging the New York Motor Group tricked and coerced him into signing documents he was not permitted to first read, which doubled the agreed-upon purchase price. When the buyer and others who had been similarly swindled carried out …
MFY, with Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal and the Coalition for a Real Minimum Wage Increase, will host a Town Hall at Cardozo Law School, 55 5th Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets) on October 22 at 6 pm. Assembly Member Rosenthal, lawyers, advocates, and workers will speak out about the problem of wage theft, what …
In October 2013, MFY submitted comments regarding debt collection rules proposed by the NYS Department of Financial Services. Overall, MFY supports the implementation of rules and believes they will help alleviate some of the debt collection problems faced by our clients, but raises concerns about the length and content of the rules and offers suggestions …
MFY Attorneys Matthew Main and Tanya Kessler spoke at length to NBC investigative reporter Chris Glorioso about the situation faced by three-quarter house tenants, who are generally forced to attend a treatment program chosen by their landlord, even if it is not appropriate to their needs. NBC’s report questions the links between landlords and treatment …
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 the landlord’s petition to evict the tenant. The tenant, who has lived in the apartment for 43 years, was accused of talking …
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 tenants with poor treatment and insecure housing.
MFY’s Kinship Caregiver Law Project finds that grandparents provide 60% of informal kinship care, providing a caring home for children who otherwise would be placed in formal foster care. Yet they face formidable obstacles in navigating Family Court and getting the resources they need to provide for the children in their care.
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