When Tenants Have a Right to Counsel in Eviction Cases, but There Aren't Enough Lawyers to Help

When tenants have a right to counsel in eviction cases, but there aren't enough lawyers to help

When tenants have a right to counsel in eviction cases, but there aren’t enough lawyers to help Icy snow crusted the sidewalks outside the Bronx housing courthouse on a Thursday in late January, a bitterly cold day in a string of bitterly cold days. Inside, spread out over three floors, dozens of people in puffy coats, some cradling babies or hunched over canes, waited to find out whether they wou...