Tenants vs. Three-Quarter Houses
The Daily News reports on MFY’s class action lawsuit against three-quarter house operators.
News & Press
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.
Class Action Lawsuit Exposes Housing Scam that Exploits Homeless
MFY charges that three companies that rent housing units to people leaving the shelter system, substance abuse programs and prisons engaged in widespread deceptive practices, pressured tenants into signing away their rights, violated the rent stabilization code and laws, and unlawfully evicted tenants onto the street when they became unprofitable.
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.
MFY Sues Bank of America on Foreclosures
A class action lawsuit charges that Bank of America broke the law by failing to carry through on contractual promises to permanently modify mortgage payments for New York homeowners who successfully completed the trial modification period under the federal government’s Make Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).
Harassing Tenants
The Daily News reports on a tenant rally to draw attention to abuses by three-quarter house operators.
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