Legal and Technological Empowerment

Organizes and delivers seminars, lectures, conventions, and publications aimed at educating members and the public about forfeiting and international trade finance practices.

Works to promote collaboration and information exchange between forfeiting and international trade finance institutions globally.

Offers advice and counsel to individuals and organizations seeking guidance on forfeiting and international trade finance matters.

Operates a weekly email alert system that notifies subscribers of buildings in specific areas at high risk of tenant displacement.

Provides an online eligibility screener and rent calculator to help tenants in New York City determine if they are protected under Good Cause Eviction laws.

Operates a text messaging service that allows tenants to request and receive their apartment’s rent history information via SMS.

Provides tenants with their apartment’s historical rent data via postal mail to help determine rent stabilization status and identify potential overcharges.

Offers a digital tool that enables tenants to research their landlord, view building violations, and identify other properties owned by the same landlord to support informed advocacy and organizing.

Conducts and publishes annual research identifying the landlords who file the most eviction cases against tenants in New York City, increasing public accountability.

Sends customized repair request letters to landlords via USPS Certified Mail at no cost to tenants, helping them address apartment disrepair and landlord harassment.

Provides information on eviction defense, including eligibility checks for free legal representation and connections to community-based organizations.

Advocates for equal access to justice by promoting legal representation and support for low-income individuals facing housing court proceedings without counsel.

Operates a telephone hotline offering eviction prevention and housing stabilization services to New Yorkers, providing critical support to individuals at risk of displacement.

Provides legal information and direct assistance to unrepresented litigants in New York City's Housing Court, helping individuals navigate legal proceedings related to housing.

Engages in advocacy to influence legislative and policy changes that improve access to justice and benefit vulnerable residents in the Hudson Valley, including systemic reform through class action and impact litigation.

Maintains physical legal services offices in Westchester County (White Plains and Yonkers), Orange County (Newburgh), and Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie), providing accessible locations for clients to receive counsel and services.

Offers free legal consultations, advice, brief services, and full representation in civil legal matters, prioritizing cases involving basic human needs and serving clients regardless of immigration status. The organization handled over 1,476 cases in 2025, benefiting 3,846 individuals across the Hudson Valley.

Provides legal representation to individual tenants and tenant groups in eviction and housing-related legal matters, including being the only organization offering such services to non-citizens in eviction proceedings across six Hudson Valley counties. Also provides a rental increase calculator for jurisdictions under the Good Cause Eviction law.