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

Published May 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 16:39

8 out of 10 Bronx low income tenants facing eviction had a lawyer in housing court. And remember, that'll translate to 9 out of 10 of them avoiding eviction. The rate last year for The Bronx was 31% [for legal representation]. Fewer than 1 in 3 of low income tenants in the Bronx facing eviction in. (16:39–16:44)

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Asserts a significant drop in legal representation for Bronx tenants facing eviction.

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“89% of low income tenants who are facing eviction in housing court who have a lawyer, they don't get evicted, they're able to stay in their…”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 13:32-13:42
“Eviction filings have increased by 440% since the pandemic.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 14:11-14:21
“Legal representation in housing court has dropped from 71% in 2021 to 42% citywide last year.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 14:57-15:09
“All 10 of the top 10 community districts for eviction filing rates are in the Bronx.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 15:37-15:44
“Representation rates in the Bronx were up to 81% in the previous administration.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 16:23-16:28
“Nearly 34,000 families have been evicted from the start of 2022 until the end of 2024.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 17:02-17:13
“The state only pays 6% of shelter costs, which have gone up dramatically.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 21:00-21:06
“About a third of the donors to [Andrew Cuomo's] super PAC are landlords, are real estate owners.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 23:18-23:25
“We had reached 81% representation [in the Bronx] and now it's down to 31% representation.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 39:07-39:14
“Evictions up. Representation down.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 10:25-10:29
“The Adams administration is failing utterly to provide legal representation to low income tenants facing eviction who have a right to…”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 10:32-10:44
“Right to counsel is one of the laws that I was proudest to co-sponsor when I was a city council member.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 10:49-10:56
“Unrepresented tenants are dramatically more likely to be evicted in housing court.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 11:52-11:58
“After it was implemented and before Eric Adams was elected, the rates rose and rose and rose till they got up to almost three quarters of…”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 13:10-13:23
“CityFeps [rent share] will increase from 30% to 40% [of income].”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 17:35-17:37
“Eric Adams appointees on the rent guidelines board indicated support for two-year rent increases up to 7.75%.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 18:32-18:50
“Evictions up, representation down [under the Adams administration].”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 19:17-19:21
“Andrew Cuomo took away [right to counsel funding] from New York City, somewhat at the behest of his real estate donors.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 21:11-21:22
“90% of tenants avoid eviction [when they have legal representation].”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 21:29-21:32
“There should be a statewide right to counsel.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 21:35-21:39
“The state would pay half the cost [for a statewide right to counsel].”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 21:53-21:56
“The cost of shelter dramatically outpaces what it would have cost us to pay for the lawyers to keep those families in their homes.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 22:43-22:53
“Andrew Cuomo is not on the side of tenants facing eviction.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 23:28-23:32
“Cuf, or Congregations United for Fair Housing, is an amazing tenants rights organizing group that was part of helping win Right to Council.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 32:26-32:35
“The only borough where representation improved was Staten Island. Actually, it declined in all other four of the four boroughs.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 38:52-39:01
“Bronx had the most concentrated evictions before [the pandemic] went up since the pandemic.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 39:02-39:08
“In Brooklyn it fell from 55% representation. It only got up to 55% and is now back down to 50.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 39:23-39:32
“Basically kind of more or less where it is citywide, only half of tenants being represented in court.”
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander's Report on Evictions and Right to Counsel Failures | Uploaded May 2, 2025 | 39:31-39:38