right to counsel law

As the number of eviction cases rises, a shortage of attorneys is forcing an increasing number of tenants to move forward with legal representation under a city program meant to keep New Yorkers in their homes.

A city program that provides free legal services for low-income New Yorkers is struggling with a shortage of lawyers as a slate of eviction cases moves forward more than two months after a statewide moratorium was lifted.

The news comes on the same day of a City Council hearing on two new bills that would expand the so-called "Right to Counsel" law.

The Worst Evictors NYC website shows a concentration of evictions in central Brooklyn, East Harlem, and the South Bronx.