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COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Resources; All COVID-19 resources are created in partnership with our allies at Housing Justice for All:
- Our Demands!
- COVID-19 Rent Strike Legal Support Guide
- Online Rent Payments-Know Your Rights! English | Spanish
- 7 Steps to Organize to Your Building
- RENT STRIKE TOOLKIT: Going on Rent Strike in NY During COVID-19, Guide and Resources.
- GUIA Y RECURSOS: Como Organizar Una Huelga de Renta en NY Durante COVID-19
- FAQ on What to Do if You Can't Pay Rent because of COVID-19
- Eviction Moratorium FAQ (English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Haitian Kreyol, Yiddish)
- WATCH: Tenant Town Hall on NY's eviction moratorium, our campaign to #CancelRent, and going on rent strike.
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Organizing with Right to Counsel:
- Demands to Make NYC Eviction Free
- Is Your Landlord Evicting You? Read our pamphlet about how to fight your eviction in English and Spanish (printable versions here and here).
- Check out our video featuring tenant leaders on why the Right to Counsel is important in fighting evictions.
- The Case for Going on Rent Strike, Flyer in English and Spanish
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Find outreach tools about how RTC works now here.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about How Right to Counsel Works Now: English, Spanish, French, Haitian Kreyol
- Outreach Flyers about RTC for tenants: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island
- Outreach Flyers for NYCHA tenants!
- Right to Counsel's Impact by the numbers:
- Right to Counsel, Power to Organize! See the legislation, Intro 1104 and Intro 1529, as well as our one pager in English and Spanish on expanding and strengthening RTC!
- See our RTC Campaign Toolkit!
- RTC Jobs Board! Are you an attorney or law school student looking for a job with an organization that does RTC work? The jobs board lists current legal jobs open across the city!
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Resources We Used to Win the RTC Campaign in 2017:
- In March-April of 2015 we held town halls about the Right to Counsel in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, mobilizing over 500 tenants and dozens of elected officials.
- Read our Report!!! Housing Justice: What the Experts are Saying about New Yorkers' Right to Counsel in Eviction Proceedings
- See our list of principles that should guide the implementation of Right to Counsel and a list of sponsors.
- See our Map of Evictions and Rent Regulated Units in NYC
- FACT SHEET: See the facts about why we need Right to Counsel: English Español
- ECONOMIC SAVINGS AND COST: See the summary of an economic study about how Right to Counsel saves us money!
- See essays in the New York Law School's Collection on Expanding Access to Justice by RTCNYC Coalition Members. Read Why a Right, The Right to Counsel and the Ecology of Housing Justice by Andrew Scherer and The Fight for Justice in Housing Court, From the Bronx to A Right to Counsel for All New York City Tenants by Susanna Blankley
- See How Right to Counsel adds to the list of Tenants' Rights that New Yorkers have Won!!! Haz clic aquí para español.