Housing Court | Community Action for Safe Apartments

Intro 214 (Right to Counsel) bill co-sponsor and coalition member Councilman Mark Levine along with the CEO of Coalition for the Homeless talk about Right to Counsel as a key addressing and preventing the NYC homelessness crisis.
The New York Times, October 19, 2015

De Blasio Says Right To Counsel “On the Horizon”–But Only if Feds Pay

Observer, September 29, 2015

Homelessness in New York, Ways to Help–Pass RTC!

The New York Times, September 11, 2015

Comptroller Calls for More Interpreters and Better Signs in Housing Court

The Observer, February 23, 2015

Push to Expand Your Right to an Attorney Gains Momentum

Gotham Gazette, February 12, 2015

NY1 Online: Panel Weighs In on Whether NYers Should Have Right to Lawyer in Housing Court

CASA Director joins Andy Scherer of NY Law School and Council Members Vanessa Gibson and Mark Levine on Inside City Hall to talk about why we need Right to Counsel for Tenants in Housing Court!
February 6, 2015

Poor tenants need representation, says comptroller

CASA Leader, Mildred James is featured in this important article!
Mott Haven Herald, February 6, 2015

Comptroller Stringer, Outside the Bronx Housing Court, Backs Right to Counsel

Norwood News, February 4, 2015

Justice Gets Evicted: Bronx Housing Court Meets a City’s Crisis

City Limits does an expansive piece on the Bronx Housing Court, largely featuring our work to reform the court system and highlighting CASA Leader, Fitzroy Christian.
February 4, 2015

Retired Supreme Court Justice, Emily Jane Goodman on Right to Counsel

New York Law Journal, January 6, 2015

Activists Mobilizate for Right to Counsel

Truth Out, January 5, 2015

Push to Provide Lawyers in Housing Court Gains Momentum

The New York Times covers our work to pass Right to Counsel!
New York Times, December 16, 2014

Housing as the Other Civil Rights Issue

A great article in Newsweek about RTC as a civil rights and racial justice issue.
Newsweek, December 11, 2014

A Powerful Video about the Need for Right to Counsel for Tenants in Housing Court

Thanks to members of Make the Road NY, Pratt Area Community Council, Flatbush Tenants Coalition and especially to CASA members for spending weeks writing the script and putting the entire plan together. And a shout out to our filmmakers, CASA Leader Emmanuel Yusuf and CASA interns and students Cesar Mesias and Gerard Giraldo.

Justice Denied: A Call For Action in Our City’s Housing Courts

Op-ed by Council Member Mark Levine on the need for tenants to have legal representation at housing court.
Gotham Gazette June 10, 2014

Bronx Housing Advocates and Residents Courting Changes for Housing Court

Bronx residents are pushing the City Council to pass legislation that would provide free legal representation for those facing eviction.
Bronx News 12 June 4, 2014

Law Would Give Tenants Free Attorneys in Housing Court

A staggering nearly 30,000 families were evicted from their homes in 2013 – The Bronx had the most evictions out of any borough! This news piece features moving testimony from CASA Leaders Randy Dillard and Fitzroy Christian.
Pix 11 News June 1, 2014