Details Meeting Name: Committee on Courts and Legal Services (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/26/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (4) 4 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0214-2014 * Mark Levine   Proposed Int. No. 214-A Providing legal services for tenants who are subject to eviction proceedings. Introduction The bill would require the Office of Civil Justice Coordinator to establish programs to provide all tenants facing eviction with access to legal services within five years. Low-income individuals with eviction cases in housing court would have full legal representation, while other tenants would receive brief legal assistance. By October 2017, the Office would also establish and begin implementing a program to provide legal services to all New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants in administrative proceedings to terminate their tenancy. Each year, the Office would hold annual public hearings and issue reports on the progress and effectiveness of the programs, as well as the amount of funding needed to continue its implementation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0214-2014 * Mark Levine     Providing legal services for tenants who are subject to eviction proceedings. Introduction The bill would require the Office of Civil Justice Coordinator to establish programs to provide all tenants facing eviction with access to legal services within five years. Low-income individuals with eviction cases in housing court would have full legal representation, while other tenants would receive brief legal assistance. By October 2017, the Office would also establish and begin implementing a program to provide legal services to all New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants in administrative proceedings to terminate their tenancy. Each year, the Office would hold annual public hearings and issue reports on the progress and effectiveness of the programs, as well as the amount of funding needed to continue its implementation. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0214-2014 * Mark Levine     Providing legal services for tenants who are subject to eviction proceedings. Introduction The bill would require the Office of Civil Justice Coordinator to establish programs to provide all tenants facing eviction with access to legal services within five years. Low-income individuals with eviction cases in housing court would have full legal representation, while other tenants would receive brief legal assistance. By October 2017, the Office would also establish and begin implementing a program to provide legal services to all New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants in administrative proceedings to terminate their tenancy. Each year, the Office would hold annual public hearings and issue reports on the progress and effectiveness of the programs, as well as the amount of funding needed to continue its implementation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available