The city’s trailblazing program guaranteeing legal representation to the city’s poorest tenants facing eviction has been falling short since the state eviction moratorium was lifted last year; many still face housing court alone. State officials told City Limits the program has declined more than 10,000 cases since March 2022.
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The Legal Aid Society will tell court administrators on Monday that it can’t take 130 cases in Manhattan and 100 in Brooklyn this month. Another group, Legal Services NYC, can’t take any more cases in Brooklyn.
More than 6,000 eviction lawsuits were filed in the city in February and 7,000 in March, according to the state Office of Court Administration. That’s in addition to more than 200,000 eviction lawsuits filed during the pandemic, most of which were on pause until the eviction moratorium was lifted.