All right. Good morning. I'm New York City Controller Brad Lander, and I'm here this morning to release a report whose title unfortunately speaks entirely for itself. Evictions up, representation down [under the Adams administration]. At a time of skyrocketing rents, the Adams administration is failing utterly to provide legal representation to low income tenants facing eviction who have a right to counsel under New York City law. (19:17–19:21)
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