We are excited to announce that there is a new Right to Counsel hotline for tenants.

Those who are facing eviction in Right to Counsel zip codes can call this hotline to see if they are eligible for a lawyer and get more information about how the law works.

The hotline will run from Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM and will be in English and Spanish, with the ability to take calls in all languages using the Language Line.

We are excited to announce that there is a new Right to Counsel hotline for tenants.

Those who are facing eviction in Right to Counsel zip codes can call this hotline to see if they are eligible for a lawyer and get more information about how the law works.

The hotline will run from Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM and will be in English and Spanish, with the ability to take calls in all languages using the Language Line.

We are excited to announce that there is a new Right to Counsel hotline for tenants.

Those who are facing eviction in Right to Counsel zip codes can call this hotline to see if they are eligible for a lawyer and get more information about how the law works.

The hotline will run from Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM and will be in English and Spanish, with the ability to take calls in all languages using the Language Line.

By Patricia Bowles-Simmonds

My name is Patricia Bowles-Simmonds, and I am a tenant leader with Goddard Riverside Community Center. I am writing today to ask you to sign our petition to Mayor DeBlasio to support tenant organizing in New York City.

By Yarisme Guilamo

My name is Yarisme Guilamo, and I’m a tenant leader with the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC). I’m writing today to ask you to sign our petition to Mayor de Blasio to support tenant organizing in NYC.

By Lauren Springer

My name is Lauren Springer, and I’m a tenant leader with Catholic Migration Services (CMS) in Queens. I’m writing today to ask you to sign our petition to Mayor DeBlasio to support tenant organizing in New York City.

In NYC, landlords try to evict hundreds of thousands of people every year. It's time we put them on trial for the eviction crisis in NYC.

Join tenants from across the city, and members of the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition as we put landlords and the government on trial for their role in the eviction crisis.

By Nadia Metayer

My name is Nadia Metayer, and I am a Bronx tenant leader with Community Action for Safe Apartments, which is part of the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition. I’m writing to you today to urge you to sign our petition to Mayor de Blasio to fund tenant organizing in NYC.  

We are so excited to announce that Right to Counsel for NYCHA tenants facing a termination of tenancy (administrative) proceeding at 803 Atlantic Ave, has now begun!!!  To phase it in for NYCHA tenants, the city is starting with seniors.  NYCHA tenants, age 62+ may be eligible for an attorney! And remember, all NYCHA tenants who have eviction cases in Housing Court, regardless of age, have the right to an attorney if they live in a current RTC zip code. 

For more information about how this works now, please see the updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) on our website, or enter your information online at: www.evictionfreenyc.org.  

And don't forget, if you haven't signed our petition to pass legislation that would strengthen and expand Right to Counsel, what are you waiting for?! Sign today! 

The implementation of Right to Counsel is constantly evolving! We will continue to update our website and resources as the implementation of the law progresses. 

After introducing our new bill last month, we are officially launching our "Right to Counsel, Power to Organize" campaign, calling for legislation (Intro 1104 and Intro 1529) to be passed to expand NYC's current Right to Counsel (RTC) law. We want to ensure that nearly all tenants facing an eviction have RTC and know about it. Sign our petition to Mayor DeBlasio now!