2008 Training Series Materials

Overview Training

On March 11, City-Wide's Executive Director Louise Seeley presented the first of the 2008 Training Series Workshops presenting "An Overview of Housing Court."

We are now at work on a video that will present similar introductory information on housing court's history and function.

Click here for the Overview Materials

Work Advantage

On March 25, over 70 people attended the training on the city's set of rent subsidies collectively referred to as Work Advantage. Josh Goldfein of the Legal Aid Society and Lindsey Davis of the Coalition for the Homeless presented the workshop.

Click here for the Work Advantage training materials.
BEWARE: This is a large .pdf file (190Mb). It may take several minutes to download, depending on the speed of your connection.

Housing Court Programs

On April 8, Rochelle Klempner of the Office of Court Administration, Lauren Donnelly of the Legal Aid Society and Amy Taylor of Legal Services NYC presented information on the various programs that are available at the court, including:

• Volunteer Lawyer for the Day
• Resolution Assistance Program
• Court Interpreters
• Housing Help Program
• Senior Citizen Assigned Council Program
• Guardian Ad Litem Program
• Interactive Assistance Programs (A2J)
• Volunteer Lawyers Project

Click here for the training packet, which includes materials about court programs implemented by the Office of Court Administration, the Housing Help Program (a collaboration of the Legal Aid Society, the city's Department of Homeless Services and the Office of Court Administration) and access to court interpreters.

Click here for the online "A2J" programs that allow litigants to prepare answers to court petitions.

Click here for a link to the court's "frequently asked questions" on court interpretation

NYCHA Termination of Tenancy Procedures

On April 15, Jacqueline Burger of Community Service Society and Lisa Burriss of the Public Housing Residents of the Lower East Side presented information about the New York City Housing Authority's termination of tenancy procedures.

Click here for the first part of the packet, including the cover page, table of contents, workshop agenda, activity outlines and the outline of termination of tenancy procedures.

Click here for the PowerPoint outline of the workshop.

Click here for NYCHA's termination of tenancy procedures.

Click here for management letters 1 and 2; a sample notice of hearing; a sample stipulation; a sample default; a sample determination; a sample request to vacate; a sample release; a sampel Freedom of Information Law letter; and, a sample 30-day notice of eviction.

Click here for the sample NYCHA apartment lease.

Click here for GM-3742 from the Housing Authority, which discusses Mental Competence Assessment and Guardian Ad Litems.

Getting Repairs

On April 22, Bob Kalin and Mark Rivlin of Housing Conservation Coordinators presented information about how people can use the Housing Court to compel their landlords to make repairs to their apartments and to common areas of their buildings.

Click here for the training packet.

Click here to view the video on how to get repairs, in English or Spanish, presented by Bob Kalin.

Click here to visit HPD's web site in order to obtain a list of violations on your building. Enter the address of the building on the right side of the screen.

Click here to visit the Department of Finance's online register, ACRIS, which has records regarding ownership of buildings. Click on "Begin Using ACRIS" about half-way down the page.