The Crime Report exposes the bleak conditions at three quarter houses (or sober houses) across the country and discusses the challenges faced by residents and advocates, with commentary from MFY staff attorney Matthew Main.

MFY Legal Services testified in support of most of the proposed amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code and urged further modifications to provide greater protections for tenants.

In testimony before the NYC Rent Guidelines Board, MFY urged the city to protect Single Room Occupancy dwellings, the housing of last resort for single New Yorkers living in poverty.

In testimony before the New York City Council on April 15, 2013, MFY urged the Council to take stronger action to combat increasing harassment of elderly tenants.

MFY urged the City Council to adopt legislation aimed at strengthening referral criteria so that homeless adults are not referred to dangerous three-quarter houses.

MFY is representing tenants at Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Hotel who are suing their landlord for egregious building violations. Tenants opened their doors to the press to see their  living conditions, including  rats, bedbugs, mold and crumbling bathrooms.  Read coverage in the Daily News, Brooklyn Paper and DNAinfo.

On March 6, MFY Legal Services, in collaboration with Community Board 2 and Greenwich House, will offer a tenant training on the basics of housing law. Participants will receive an overview and have the opportunity to ask questions about their rights as tenants. Click here for more details.

A Brooklyn appeals court ruled to reinstate DiGiorgio v. 1109-1113 Manhattan Ave Partners, a putative class action, and ordered the case to be heard by a different judge. The ruling was a victory for some 70 low-income tenants who will now have a chance to show that they are lawful tenants under the rent stabilization …