Legal Aid Society Calls for Reforms to Serve Tenants, Low-income Individuals
Briefly

"New Yorkers everywhere - but particularly low-income New Yorkers - are facing a litany of obstacles including a historic affordability crisis, citywide housing shortages, delays in receiving critical public benefits, and more," said Adriene Holder, chief attorney of civil practice at the Legal Aid Society. "Our leaders in Albany have a responsibility to address these concerns by prioritizing legislative measures that will help improve the lives of all tenants, immigrants, low-income individuals, and other vulnerable New Yorkers. The Legal Aid Society looks forward to working with Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to usher these bills into law immediately next session."
Additional priority legislation includes "Good Cause" eviction, which would provide tenants in unregulated units basic protections against unjust evictions and exorbitant rent increases, and the "Housing Access Voucher Program" to provide homeless New Yorkers a path to permanent and affordable housing.
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