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Brad Lander: “The only borough where representation improved was Staten…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures

Published | Video Starts at 38:52

That's a pretty good reason, honestly. Go ahead. Yeah, so the data for each borough is in the report about representation and you can see it by borough. The only borough where representation improved was Staten Island. Actually, it declined in all other four of the four boroughs. You know what I thought was interesting about the Bronx? I mean, again, Bronx had the most concentrated evictions before went up since the pandemic. (38:52–39:01)

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Asserts that tenant representation improved only in Staten Island and declined in the other four boroughs.

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