New York City’s plan to offer free counsel to low-income Housing Court tenants facing eviction doesn’t mean tenants who fail to meet income requirements won’t receive any help.
City leaders this month agreed to allocate an extra $93 million to expand representation for tenant with incomes below 200 percent of the poverty level, or $50,000 for a family of four. According to City Councilman Mark Levine, two-thirds of tenants in Housing Court fall into that category.
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