In testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on Public Housing, Mobilization for Justice Supervising Attorney Justin LaMort urges lawmakers to look carefully at the impact of the Rental Assistance Demonstration program on tenants, which provides federal funding to convert public housing properties into Section 8 project-based housing. While data is sketchy, preliminary research …
For the first time in its 50-year history, the pioneering anti-poverty organization Mobilization for Justice (formerly MFY Legal Services) will launch an office in the Bronx to serve Bronx tenants facing eviction in Housing Court. When Argus Community, Inc. took over BOOM!Health in late June, it decided to downsize and give up a $3.4 million …
On the tenth anniversary of the financial crisis, Bloomberg News opinion writer Joe Nocera tours the Queens neighborhoods still devastated by the foreclosure crisis with MFJ’s Supervising Attorney Elizabeth Lynch. He finds that while some homeowners have saved their homes with legal help, others face continual roadblocks from lenders who improperly deny them loan modifications …
Mobilization for Justice, as part of the ARISE Coalition, joined advocates throughout New York City to ask that the Mayor and City Council increase funding for school accessibility by including a major investment in the FY 2020-24 School Construction Authority Five-Year Capital Plan to make at least one-third of schools accessible to students, parents, and …
MFJ Supervising Attorney Justin LaMort exposes how public housing tenants’ health is put at risk by government policies and practices and how public housing tenants receive unequal treatment compared to private housing tenants in this article in ABA Journal of Affordable Housing. He reviews the origins of public housing in New York City and the …
People impacted by predatory commercial bail practices, community groups & elected officials support City Council consumer protection bills and call on New York State to eliminate the industry The NYC Council passed two bills on July 18, 2018 that will provide consumer protections to vulnerable New Yorkers trying to pay money to get their …
MFJ Attorney Sandra Gresl comments in an investigative report in City Limits that explores whether supportive housing providers in New York City use screening methods that rebuff some who need help. Supportive housing is a critical resource for people who are homeless and suffering from mental illness. There are insufficient units for all those needing …
In an Op Ed in City Limits on June 28, 2018, Mobilization for Justice Supervising Attorney Leah Goodridge, one of two tenant representatives on New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board, defended her call for a rent freeze and her vote against new rent increases. She showed that while New York rent regulated tenants enjoyed two …
Mobilization for Justice Supervising Attorney Leah Goodridge, one of two tenant representatives on New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board (RGB), led an effort to convince the Board to adopt a rent freeze. Despite compelling testimony on the impact of another rent hike on low-income tenants, and expert commentary on how earlier large rent increases were …
On June 11, 2018, Partnership for Children’s Rights (PFCR), a not-for-profit law firm founded in 1999 to protect the rights of New York City’s disadvantaged and disabled children, will be merging into Mobilization for Justice (MFJ), a 55-year-old prominent anti-poverty organization formerly known as MFY Legal Services. The merger will dramatically expand MFJ’s ability to …
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