An Invitation to Defending Public Housing Residents in NYCHA Administrative Termination Proceedings

The NLG-NYC Anti-Racism Committee, together with the student chapters at Cardozo and CUNY School of Law, invites you to join us:

 Fighting the City as Landlord:

Defending Public Housing Residents in NYCHA Administrative Termination Proceedings

Training/CLE

Thursday, October 4, 2012   6 p.m. to 9:15 pm

Cardozo School of Law  55 Fifth Ave., Room 424   New York, NY

 Interested in learning how to defend public housing residents in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) administrative termination of tenancy (i.e. eviction) proceedings? How about organizing to change these proceedings? Yes? Yes! Join us for this training, open to all lawyers, legal workers, law students, and organizers!

Every year, tens of thousands of public housing residents are at risk of losing their affordable housing through NYCHA termination proceedings. Almost none of these residents have any form of representation. This CLE will enable lawyers, law students, and legal workers to learn the basics of these proceedings and to begin providing such representation to public housing residents in the future.

 Speakers/trainers include:

  • Wasim Lone, Director of Housing Services, Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
  • Afua Atta-Mensah, Supervising Attorney, Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project (HOPP) at the Urban Justice Center
  • Avery McNeil and Joe Wong , 3L Law Students, New York University School of Law

 CLE Credit will be available for this event!*

2 credits for Professional Practice and 1 credit for Skills

 RSVP for CLE credit: http://doodle.com/vwgnbaqf7se673yx

RSVP w/out CLE credit: http://doodle.com/eds3yhytyvhvpb92

 Cost: $45 for attorneys, free for law students, legal workers, and organizers (donationrecommended)

Attorneys with financial hardship, please email NLGAntiRacismCLE@gmail.com your request to waive the cost, with a brief explanation.

 **Snacks will be served!**