Peeling paint and mold in the bathroom of a NYCHA apartment. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP
One councilman wants to see the program expanded to cover tenants who are at 400 percent of the poverty level or below, the equivalent of making $15 an hour at a full-time job.
September 14, 2018 at 06:26 PM
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The New York City Council member who made a successful push for a law to ensure that low-income tenants facing proceedings in Housing Court have an attorney at their side says the law should be expanded to cover a wider range of incomes.
The city’s right to counsel law, which was implemented last year and is the first of its kind in the country, guarantees representation to tenants facing eviction and whose income is 200 percent of the federal poverty level or less.
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