New York, NY (May 15, 2024) – Legal Services NYC is proud to announce that two of our organization’s longtime attorneys, Marie Richardson and Luis Henrίquez Carrero, are receiving richly deserved Legal Services Awards from the New York City Bar Association. See the full list here.

New York, NY (May 13, 2024) – Legal Services NYC and The Legal Aid Society filed a motion to intervene on behalf of Make the Road NY, Housing Court Answers, and the MinKwon Center for Community Action, to oppose a lawsuit brought by a group of landlords against the New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) – which oversees the City’s Housing Courts – that seeks to expedite eviction cases and displace tenants more swiftly.

New York, NY (May 2,2024)– Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), the largest provider of free civil legal services in the country, has named Shervon M. Small, Esq. as its next Executive Director, effective June 17, 2024. The LSNYC Search Committee, comprised of board and staff, led a rigorous national search in partnership with Koya Partners/Diversified Search Group, a search firm that specializes in placing CEOs in mission-driven roles.

New York, NY (April 22, 2024) – Over the weekend, Governor Hochul released an executive budget containing a housing deal that adds new protections to market rate tenants and incentives for new affordable housing, yet at the same time, rolls back tenant protections in the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) and includes severely weakened Good Cause Eviction measures.

ALBANY, NY (April 19, 2024) - Today, advocates and housing counselors from across the state celebrated the funding of Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP), which provides free housing counseling and legal services to New York homeowners at risk of foreclosure, in the FY25 state budget but expressed disappointment and concern over the sweeping of $40 million from the state’s Interest on Lawyer Account (IOLA) to fund HOPP.