Housing Court in the 21st Century

[Anna]

The Housing Court Conference, The New York City Housing Court in the 21st Century: Can It Better Address the Problems Before It?, was convened in October 2004 in furtherance of that mission. Faced with an ever-burgeoning crisis of homelessness and irrefutable evidence linking that societal scourge to residential eviction, NYCLA brought together a remarkable array of individuals who, in one way or another, whether lawyer or non-lawyer, are stakeholders in New York City’s Housing Court. The goal of the conference was simple: foster discussion and debate, test ideas, analyze possible approaches and, ultimately, propose reforms. This Report constitutes tangible evidence that the Conference was a remarkable success. It envisions a path that can lead to greater justice in an overwhelmed, but vital area of the law.

Oct 2005 report, containing summaries of findings, available here:
http://nycla.org/siteFiles/Publications/Publications195_0.pdf

The four articles commissioned for the Conference will be published in a fall 2005 issue of the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal and are included here as very brief summaries.

Assuring Access to Justice: The Role of the Judge in Assisting Pro se Litigants in Litigating Their Cases in New York City’s Housing Court.
Author, Paris R. Baldacci, Clinical Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Why People Who Face Losing Their Homes in Legal Proceedings Must Have a Right to Counsel.
Author, Andrew Scherer, Executive Director, Legal Services for New York City

Protecting the Rights of Litigants with Diminished Capacity in the New York City Housing Courts.
Authors, Jeanette Zelhof, Deputy Director and Managing Attorney at MFY Legal Services, Inc., Andrew Goldberg, Supervising Attorney at MFY Legal Services, Inc., and Hina Shamsi, a former Staff Attorney at MFY Legal Services, Inc.

The Housing Court Act (1972) and Computer Technology (2005): How the Ambitious Mission of the Housing Court to Protect the Housing Stock of New York City May Finally be Achieved.
Author, Professor Mary Marsh Zulack, Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law

The Cardoza journal with full articles http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/cplpej/ is not yet available online: anyone have a copy? or links to one or more articles on other sites?

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