Negligent landlords are in the city’s crosshairs for code violations, but some tenants say that the program doesn’t give them a chance to take over their buildings themselves.
In California, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is taking on some of the toughest policies about drug use and public housing evictions–and New York lawyers are hoping a precedent is set.
With a media-ready case against the city’s child welfare system, Marcia Robinson Lowry steps up to defend children who never should have been taken into foster care.
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