MFY Legal Services filed a special proceeding charging that the NYS Department of Health failed to comply with its obligation to enforce laws and regulations protecting adult home residents from psychological abuse and financial exploitation. MFY Sues NYS Department of Health to Ensure Protection of Disabled Adult Home Residents
Justice Deceived: How Large Foreclosure Firms Subvert State Regulations Protecting Homeowners, released in conjunction with a class action lawsuit against Steven J. Baum P.C., found that large foreclosure law firms file foreclosure proceedings but fail to file the specialized Request for Judicial Intervention and Due Diligence Attestation, which would cause the cases to be assigned …
MFY Legal Services and Harwood Feffer LLP filed suit against Steven J. BAum PC, a law firm that files 40% of the foreclosure actions in New York State, charging unfair debt collection and deceptive practices in filing thousands of foreclosure lawsuits. Law Firm Sued for Undermining New York State’s Protections for Homeowners in …
Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law & Policy’s recent article, Public Interest Lawyers Are Key in Passage of Landmark Legislation to Stem “Sewer Service” in New York City shows how MFY’s groundbreaking report, “Justice Disserved,” was a critical step in raising awareness of the extent and disastrous consequences of “sewer service.” Public Interest Lawyers Are …
In the New York Law Journal, MFY Staff Attorney Elizabeth Lynch argues that a new wave of foreclosure filings will leave thousands of homeowners vulnerable to a system that favors banks unless the New York State legislature renews funding for foreclosure defense. Foreclosure Prevention Funds Still Necessary
The Staten Island Advance reports on MFY’s efforts to save the home of a Staten Island father of three who was denied a mortgage transfer after his wife died of cancer. Wells Fargo Denies Mortgage Transfer to Widow
The New York State Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the New York City Department of Education (DOE) acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner in denying employment clearance to a clerical aide because of a 13-year-old criminal record.
A Queens Supreme Court judge granted MFY’s motion to dismiss a foreclosure action against a Queens homeowner by showing that HSBC, as trustee for a residential mortgage-backed security trust, did not own the note or the mortgage and therefore had no legal standing to foreclose. Queens-Homeowner-Beats-Back-HSBC’s-Attempt-to-Foreclose
The Daily News reports on MFY’s class action lawsuit against three-quarter house operators.
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera shows how a tenacious MFY attorney saved the home of an elderly Queens homeowner.
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