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. That the Adams administration is entirely failing to meet. This Right to counsel is one of the laws that I was proudest to co-sponsor when I was a city council member. You know, for years before I was a city council member, I worked as a tenant advocate and a housing organizer. (10:49–10:56)
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Asserts that Brad Lander co-sponsored the right to counsel law for tenants.
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