Council member Shaun Abreu is calling on Governor Hochul to issue an executive order directing judges to slow the pace of eviction cases due to a shortage of city-paid attorneys that can be provided for low-income renters facing eviction.
A New York City council member is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to help reduce the volume of eviction cases in state housing courts to prevent what he described as the possible “collapse” of a city program that provides free legal services to low-income renters facing eviction.
“Essentially it could lead to the collapse of Rights to Counsel as we know it,” Abreu said in an interview on Monday. “And so what we're calling is on OCA to slow the pace at which cases are coming before judges, and the governor, with the stroke of a pen, can do that through an executive order.” Abreu said he had two conversations with officials in Hochul’s office last week and this week he plans to put pressure on the governor to take action.
“We will continue to work closely with the legislature and members of the advocacy community to protect vulnerable New Yorkers and keep tenants in their homes,” Small said in an email sent Monday. Lawyers leave for better jobs, switch jobs within the same organization, or decide they don’t want to return to the office.
Starting Tuesday, The Legal Aid Society, for the first time, said its lawyers cannot accept new eviction cases in Queens Housing Court due to what it said was a confluence of factors, including new cases being added to a backlog in the hundreds of thousands.
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