WNYC News Exposes Schemes that Target the City’s Vulnerable

Drug Rehab for Housing: Alleged Scheme Targets City’s Most Vulnerable on WNYC website.

WNYC reporter Cindy Rodriguez and staff attorney for MFY Legal Services, Tanya Kessler, discuss the plight of Jerome David who had had lost his job, been evicted from his apartment and needed a permanent place to stay. He had turned to a caseworker at a local non-profit who referred him to a three-quarter house that he thought would help David move on with his life. Listen to the interview below.


Tanya Kessler of MYF.

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