The Legal Aid Society and attorneys for the Adams and Hochul administrations will meet this week for a court conference in an ongoing case around the city’s obligations to provide shelter to those in need.
Low-income tenants at risk of eviction in New York City are supposed to be entitled to free legal representation under a 2017 law known as Right to Counsel. But the program has struggled to live up to its mission as legal services groups have been overwhelmed with demand.