TRU attorneys pride themselves on their zealous advocacy and obtaining excellent results for
clients, even clients with very challenging cases. A small sampling of our Bronx work over the
last year includes commencing an HP Action on behalf of a disabled veteran who had contended
with terrible conditions for years, getting a baseless nuisance holdover against a long-term tenant
dismissed, and assisting a client with serious health issues to leave her apartment with dignity
and transfer to more suitable housing, thereby avoiding litigation in Housing Court. Outside of
the Bronx, Crains New York Business recently featured a TRU victory at trial in this article. We
also recently prevailed in an appeal at the Appellate Term, reversing a Housing Court judge’s
decision in a chronic non-payment holdover, which would have resulted in our client losing an
affordable apartment that she had lived in for over 36 years.

The staff attorney will join Brooklyn A’s Preserving Affordable Housing team. The work involves representing individuals and families facing eviction in court and before administrative agencies with advocacy based on legal research, drafting documents, pleadings, motions, and briefs with knowledge of legal procedures to effectively counsel clients and insure the best possible outcome in each case. Staff Attorneys will handle a full caseload of full representation non-payment and holdover proceedings in Housing Court, which involves frequent motion practice, discovery and depositions, communication with clients, negotiations with opposing counsel and advocacy with outside agencies on behalf of clients.
 

Brooklyn A’s Individual Representation Unit has a 50-year history of meaningful and impactful work
on housing law issues. We understand the dilemma that individuals and families face when stable
housing is lost. Families at risk of homelessness are provided high quality legal representation
and aggressive advocacy that stop evictions and preserve affordable housing. In the face of a
rising tide of gentrification and tenant displacement there is a crucial need for effective advocacy to
insure the best possible outcome in each case through legal research, drafting documents,
pleadings, motions and briefs with knowledge of legal procedures.

The attorney will join Brooklyn A’s Group Representation Unit of its Preserving Affordable Housing team. The Group Representation Unit works in collaboration with an extraordinary coalition of neighborhood organizations throughout North, East, and Central Brooklyn and their tenant and community organizers in order to preserve and expand affordable housing for lower income residents of those areas—in the face of rapid gentrification and tenant displacement throughout their neighborhoods. The work involves representing low-income tenant associations confronting landlords harassing low-income residents and seeking to vacate buildings; individuals and families facing eviction; low-income tenant co-ops seeking to reinforce and sustain themselves; community institutions facing closures or adverse actions due to extraordinary market pressures and neighborhood displacement; low-income tenants in fair housing litigation; as well as community groups involved in struggles against pervasive housing discrimination, neighborhood segregation, and other issues critically affecting the future of their communities.

The Deputy Director will work closely with the Unit Director and other Deputy Directors in the management and leadership of the Unit. The responsibilities of this position include the supervision of a large team of attorneys, advocates, and administrative staff representing tenant associations and individual tenants in Brooklyn suffering from harassment and displacement due to prior/imminent local rezonings and gentrification, including the communities of Bushwick, East New York, Brownsville, and Cypress Hills.
In this role, the Deputy Director will assist the Unit Director in the development and implementation of the
strategic vision for the Unit’s work in these neighborhoods, including all aspects of the unit’s legal advocacy, representation of its clients, and close collaborations with community-based organizations and partners.

The Director will coordinate overall leadership of our housing practice with the Director of our Tenants Rights Coalition Unit and will lead our Universal Access to Counsel in Housing Court initiative, which is working to implement the NYC law mandating universal access to legal counsel in eviction proceedings. The Director will shape the direction and manage the operations of the Housing Unit; develop and strengthen relationships with partner community organizations; handle administrative and grant responsibilities; oversee the work of several Supervising Attorneys and two Deputy Directors; and work to identify systemic housing-related trends that could be affected by strategic litigation.https://www.legalservicesnyc.org/get-involved/opportunities/8-job-openings-and-internships/1471-director-housing-unit-job-562019

The staff attorney will join a vibrant practice in the heart of Southeast Queens, serving low-income tenants throughout the borough. We are looking for candidates who are excited to work in a fast-paced environment on housing-related matters, including landlord/tenant actions, eviction defense and affirmative litigation on behalf of tenants. The attorney will be expected to work closely with community-based organizations and conduct weekly, evening and weekend outreach and off-site intake with our partners.

Responsibilities include providing legal advice and counseling; case investigation; drafting legal documents; direct representation of clients in Housing and Supreme Court and administrative proceedings; filing affirmative litigation and appeals; and working closely with community-based organizations, as well as periodic evening and weekend outreach.

The staff attorneys work with organizers, individual tenants and groups of tenants to oppose eviction proceedings, obtain necessary repairs, upgrade building services, stop landlord harassment, resolve building-wide complaints and assert the rights of tenants by representing tenants and tenant associations in New York courts and administrative proceedings. The staff attorneys also disseminate information about tenants’ rights, advocate for tenants with landlords and landlord attorneys and advocate for tenants to obtain other social services as necessary. The staff attorneys may periodically teach classes/trainings and conduct workshops related to housing law or other HCC practice areas.

The Supervising Attorney will be responsible for the smooth and effective day-to-day operations of the Housing Program in the assigned office. The Supervising Attorney will also coordinate some grant projects, mentor and supervise staff, provide legal leadership, and prioritize legal issues. The Supervising Attorney participates in Practice-wide management discussions and decision-making and is responsible for maintaining relationships with other stakeholders in the legal, court, and service communities.

The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice has experienced and entry-level Staff Attorney positions available in the Housing Unit. The Housing Unit handles a broad range of individual and group tenant representation at the trial and appellate levels, including holdovers, nonpayment proceedings, administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation in state and federal courts. The Staff Attorney will also work with tenant associations, tenant organizers, community-based organizations, partner legal services agencies, and pro bono attorneys.

Mobilization for Justice (formerly MFY Legal Services), a non-profit legal services organization that provides a wide range of free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers, is seeking two staff attorneys to further MFJ’s efforts to preserve decent and affordable housing for low income tenants, including families and single adults, through eviction defense, HP proceedings and affirmative litigation. The attorneys will be part of a team that represents tenants in Bronx Housing Court, state Supreme Court, and administrative proceedings as appropriate; works in coalition with advocacy groups city- and state-wide on policy issues; analyzes and provides testimony on proposed housing-related legislation; works with tenant groups and community organizations, including conducting trainings; and communicates regularly with elected officials and the media. The attorneys will work at Mobilization for Justice’s Bronx office.

The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice is seeking a Staff Attorney for the Housing Group Advocacy Unit in the East New York Brooklyn office. The Housing Group Advocacy Unit is an anti-displacement and tenant protection project focusing on supporting specific New York City communities facing rapid gentrification in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Staff Attorneys work with tenant associations, community-based organizations and pro bono attorneys to help stabilize client communities by preventing harassment of tenants and tenant displacement as well as assisting tenants with obtaining repairs and essential services. The Staff Attorney may be required to work in more than one community or borough depending on changing client needs and priorities. The Staff Attorney handles tenant group representation; brings affirmative litigation to enforce tenants' rights; works with community or housing organizers; and may be asked to conduct regular intake with community-based organizations in Housing Court, at Single Stop or at other community sites.

Manhattan Legal Services, a part of Legal Services NYC, is seeking four dynamic and committed attorneys to serve as a Supervising Attorneys in our Housing Unit. Manhattan Legal Services is part of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), the largest provider of free civil legal services for low-income people in the country. The Manhattan office is dedicated to providing high quality legal services in the areas of housing, family law, public benefits, employment, immigration, and consumer, education, and disability rights. We work in partnership with community-based organizations in the low-income communities we serve to address.

Manhattan Legal Services, a part of Legal Services NYC, is seeking a dynamic and experienced attorney to serve as a Deputy Director working with our Housing Unit’s Tenant Rights Coalition.This position will involve helping to lead an established and growing tenants' rights initiative that focuses on supporting communities facing rapid displacement.We seek candidates who are excited to work in a fast-paced environment and to use creative strategies in the pursuit of justice. The Deputy Director will be part of our housing unit supervision team under the supervision of our Housing Unit Director, overseeing the work of attorneys and paralegals as well as working closely with tenant organizers, tenant associations and community partners to identify and address housing needs.

We are seeking a staff attorney to work in our Housing Unit assisting low-income tenants throughout the borough in avoiding displacement through a range of legal avenues. The attorney will litigate cases in housing court, administrative forums, and other state and federal courts on behalf of people facing eviction, and in affirmative cases challenging landlords, administrative agencies and other actors who threaten Staten Island residents' ability to obtain and retain safe and affordable housing. The work will involve developing expertise in housing court practice, housing programs and subsidies, and public benefits. The attorney will have opportunities to conduct community outreach and to provide trainings to other advocates, tenant associations, community members and community organizations.

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Legal Advocacy Department of 26 lawyers and legal advocates is seeking a Bilingual Housing Attorney (English/Spanish) to join our growing team that provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals and families in Manhattan. The Bilingual Housing Attorney will play a significant role in our efforts to prevent tenant harassment and displacement in East Harlem, as part of the Universal Access to Counsel Program, New York City’s groundbreaking movement for social justice. This is a wonderful opportunity for a dedicated public interest attorney to join an established community-based legal services program in a dynamic nonprofit organization.

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Legal Advocacy Department of 26 lawyers and legal advocates is seeking a Housing Attorney to join our growing team that provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals and families in Manhattan. The Housing Attorney will join our efforts to prevent tenant harassment and displacement throughout Manhattan, as part of the Universal Access to Counsel Program, New York City’s groundbreaking movement for social justice. This is a wonderful opportunity for a dedicated public interest attorney to join an established community-based legal services program in a dynamic nonprofit organization.

The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice is seeking a Staff Attorney to be based in the Bronx Neighborhood Office and conduct Single Stop outreach intake at several Single Stop sites. Our host agency partners will give clients appointments to be interviewed, and there may also be walk-in clients at sites where permitted. Some clients will be referred to the attorney by telephone or email at times when pressing or emergency cases cannot wait until the time of the next site visit. The attorney will review cases with a supervisor and will be assigned such cases as may be deemed appropriate. In the event that few cases suitable for representation are seen or other needs arise, cases from other sources may also be assigned. The attorney will also engage in more general community outreach to better serve clients. Although assigned to the Housing Unit, the attorney may be asked to provide representation on non-housing cases that are seen at Single Stop intake. Single Stop sites are currently at the offices of Community Based Organizations and Community Colleges and are subject to change. Several sites remain open until 6 PM. Site hours are subject to change.

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) seeks an attorney, with at least 5 years experience, to work in its Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Group Representation Unit, which brings affirmative litigation and fair housing cases on behalf of low-income tenants in Brooklyn. Since 1968, Brooklyn A has provided free legal services for low-income residents and organizations of Brooklyn, pursuing a uniquely neighborhood-based mission of justice, empowerment and community development.

Queens Legal Services (QLS) seeks two staff attorneys to join our Housing Rights Project in a vibrant community-based civil legal advocacy organization in Queens. The staff attorneys will join a vibrant practice in the heart of Southeast Queens, serving low-income tenants throughout the borough. We are looking for candidates who are excited to work in a fast-paced environment on housing-related matters, including landlord/tenant actions, eviction defense and affirmative litigation on behalf of tenants. The attorneys will be expected to work closely with community-based organizations and conduct weekly, evening and weekend outreach and off-site intake with our partners.

RiseBoro Legal Empowerment and Assistance Program (LEAP), seeks a Staff Attorney to further LEAP’s mission of providing underserved low-income residents in Brooklyn with high quality, free legal services and assistance designed to preserve safe and affordable housing, and prevent needless homelessness by representing tenants facing illegal or unnecessary evictions, displacement, and tenant harassment. RiseBoro/LEAP is a uniquely holistic community based housing organization that provides clients with brief legal advice, full representation in housing court and other administrative agencies, tenant organizing, and tenants' rights workshops.

Queens Legal Services (QLS) seeks a full-time staff attorney to coordinate Legal Hand Queens, a storefront community legal resource center operated in partnership with the Center for Court Innovation (CCI). Legal Hand is one of the Access to Justice Initiatives implemented by NYS Court’s Permanent Commission on Access to Justice. Legal Hand currently operates in Queens, Bronx and Brooklyn. http://www.legalhand.org

Staten Island Legal Services (across the street from the ferry), is part of Legal Services NYC, the largest provider of free civil legal services in the nation. We are seeking a staff attorney to work in our Housing Unit assisting low-income tenants throughout the borough in avoiding displacement through a range of legal avenues. The attorney will litigate cases in housing court, administrative forums, and other state and federal courts on behalf of people facing eviction, and in affirmative cases challenging landlords, administrative agencies and other actors who threaten Staten Island residents' ability to obtain and retain safe and affordable housing. The work will involve developing expertise in housing court practice, housing programs and subsidies, and public benefits. The attorney will have opportunities to conduct community outreach and to provide trainings to other advocates, tenant associations, community members and community organizations.

After decades of the continued loss of affordable housing in NYC, many low-income New Yorkers face a desperate situation in trying to maintain their housing. Through the work of our Housing Units, Legal Services NYC is at the forefront of the fight to prevent evictions, preserve affordable housing, and ensure that our clients’ apartments are safe.

The Housing Unit, in particular, preserves affording housing for Brooklyn's low-income communities through representation of low-income individuals and families throughout Brooklyn who are facing threats of eviction, harassment, or issues of habitability. Additionally, we advocate on the behalf of clients to retain or attain crucial public benefits that can preserve affordable housing.

As NYC’s Universal Access initiative continues to expand the Right to Counsel to all low-income New Yorkers facing eviction, NYLAG’s Tenants’ Rights Unit (“TRU”) has an immediate opening for a Supervising Attorney in its Tenants’ Rights Unit (TRU) to supervise attorneys that practice in Brooklyn. We are looking for an experienced attorney with strong leadership and management skills who is passionate about asserting tenants’ rights and is ready to fight hard to defend our client population, which consists primarily of low-income tenants of color threatened with eviction and displacement due to rapid development and gentrification.

The Housing Unit preserves affording housing for Brooklyn's low-income communities through representation of low-income individuals and families throughout Brooklyn who are facing threats of eviction, harassment, or issues of habitability. Additionally, we advocate on the behalf of clients to retain or attain crucial public benefits that can preserve affordable housing.

Bronx Legal Services' Housing Unit is hiring attorneys to work as part of New York City's Universal Access to Counsel in Housing Court initiative (UAC), which seeks to provide legal assistance to all tenants facing eviction in court. UAC attorneys will primarily litigate cases in housing court, administrative forums and other state and federal courts on behalf of people facing eviction, and may also litigate affirmative cases challenging agencies and actors who threaten Bronx residents' ability to obtain and retain affordable housing.

The Housing Unit is also hiring attorneys for its Tenant Rights Coalition (TRC), which seeks to combat tenant harassment and displacement through individual representation, as well as representation of tenant groups in affirmative litigation to address building-wide issues that could include repairs, overcharges or other issues. TRC attorneys work closely with community-based organizers.

Brooklyn Legal Services seeks a Staff Attorney for its Housing Law Unit. 

The Staff Attorney will represent tenants and groups in Housing Court eviction proceedings, administrative proceedings, Supreme Court actions against administrative agencies, impact litigation in Federal and other courts, and other litigation. Other duties include intake, community education, and community outreach. The position may be located in any of our four offices in Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, East New York/Brownsville, and downtown Brooklyn. 

Manhattan Legal Services seeks at least five staff attorneys to work in our Housing Unit. 

The Housing Unit represents low-income clients in many different forums, including defending tenants in eviction proceedings in Housing Court and Supreme Court, representing tenants at administrative hearings, bringing affirmative litigation and handling appeals at all levels.

Queens Legal Services (QLS) seeks two staff attorneys to join our Housing Rights Project in a vibrant community-based civil legal advocacy organization in Queens. 

The staff attorneys will join a vibrant practice in the heart of Southeast Queens, serving low-income tenants throughout the borough. We are looking for candidates who are excited to work in a fast-paced environment on housing-related matters, including landlord/tenant actions, eviction defense and affirmative litigation on behalf of tenants. The attorneys will be expected to work closely with community-based organizations and conduct weekly, evening and weekend outreach and off-site intake with our partners.