{"id":113,"date":"2023-04-14T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=113"},"modified":"2023-05-18T18:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:50:20","slug":"the-city-overwhelmed-with-cases-free-housing-lawyers-ask-for-four-times-the-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/04\/14\/the-city-overwhelmed-with-cases-free-housing-lawyers-ask-for-four-times-the-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"The City: Overwhelmed With Cases, Free Housing Lawyers Ask for Four Times the Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2023\/4\/14\/23682723\/free-housing-lawyers-more-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Stephon Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The need for no-fee attorneys for people facing eviction in New York City is so great that nonprofit legal providers are asking the city to quadruple the budget for their services. But the City Council speaker says it\u2019s the state that needs to step up.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney groups who represent low-income tenants in Housing Court this week called on City Hall to increase funding from the current $110 million they receive to $461 million for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July 1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The request comes as Mayor Eric Adams has pushed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/04\/nyregion\/nyc-budget-cuts-eric-adams.html#:~:text=The%20message%2C%20delivered%20in%20a,year%2C%20which%20begins%20in%20July.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most agencies to cut 4% from their budgets<\/a>&nbsp;as part of citywide cutbacks. Council Speaker Adrienne Adams\u2019 office said Wednesday that any additional funds for eviction lawyers would have to come from the state budget, not the city\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been advocating for the state budget to support by contributing a major share to fulfill the need,\u201d Adams\u2019 spokesperson told THE CITY. \u201cThis Council is committed to fighting for a city budget that invests in the critical programs New Yorkers rely on, including legal services that keep renters and homeowners alike in their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers are still hashing out a budget in Albany, having blown past&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/new-york-state-legislature-kathy-hochul-stop-gap-budget\/article_c9a3a680-d56a-11ed-ab4a-3b586f3c0bb3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the April 1 deadline<\/a>. Gov. Kathy Hochul extended the deadline to April 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2023\/4\/14\/23682723\/free-housing-lawyers-more-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Stephon Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The need for no-fee attorneys for people facing eviction in New York City is so great that nonprofit legal providers are asking the city to quadruple the budget for their services. But the City Council speaker says it\u2019s the state that needs to step up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/04\/14\/the-city-overwhelmed-with-cases-free-housing-lawyers-ask-for-four-times-the-funding\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}