OUR MEMBERS

We’re building a movement for an #EvictionFreeNY! Interested in becoming a member or endorsing one of our legislative demands? Sign up using our Membership Form.

Coalition members are leading our work to implement and DEFEND the Right to Counsel in NYC, reclaim NYC housing courts, and stop evictions statewide. Our coalition members include tenants, organizers, advocates, legal services organizations and more:

AARP
Bronx Defenders
Brooklyn Defender Services
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
CAMBA Legal Services
Catholic Migration Services
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York
Coalition for the Homeless
Communities Resist
Community Service Society
Crown Heights Tenant Union
DC37
Flatbush Tenant Coalition
Goddard Riverside Law Project
Housing Conservation Coordinators
Housing Court Answers
Housing Organizers for People Empowerment (HOPE)
Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing
Legal Services NYC
LiveOn NY
Mobilization for Justice
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
New Settlement’s Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA)
New York Legal Assistance Group
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
NYC Central Labor Council
Ridgewood Tenant Union
Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center
Take Root Justice
The Legal Aid Society

Campaign members are leading our state legislative work, which includes our campaign to make it a right for ALL tenants across New York State to have the Right to Counsel. Our campaign members include tenants, organizers, advocates, legal services organizations, and more:

Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) - UAW Local 2325
Astoria Tenants Union
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Capital District Democratic Socialists of America
Center for Elder Law and Justice
Churches United for Fair Housing (CUFFH)
Citywide Tenant Union of Rochester
Community Resource Center of Larchmont and Mamaroneck (CRC)
Empire Justice Center
Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project
Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC)
Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC)
For the Many
Housing Help Incorporated
Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition
Hudson Valley Justice Center
John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity
JustCause
JustFix.nyc
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Long Island Activists
Long Island Housing Services, Inc.
Long Island Progressive Coalition
Metropolitan Council on Housing (MCH)
Midtown South Community Council
Mount Vernon United Tenants
National Organization of Legal Services Workers, Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) - UAW Local 2320
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition (NPCNYS)
Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN)
New York Legal Services Coalition
Partners for Dignity and Rights (NESRI)
Prevent Child Abuse NY
Rockland Housing Action Coalition, Inc.
Solidarity Committee of the Capital District
Syracuse Tenant Union (STU)
Tenants Political Action Committee
The Alternative to Economic and Housing Displacement, Inc.
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester
United Tenants of Albany (UTA)
Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central New York, Inc.
Westchester County Board of Legislators
Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration
Woodside on the Move

Statewide Right to Counsel

1199SEIU
AARP New York
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project NYC
Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)
Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD)
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) - UAW Local 2325
Astoria Tenants Union
Brooklyn Community Services
Brooklyn Defender Services
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
Buffalo Democratic Socialists of America
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
CAMBA Legal Services
Capital District DSA
Catholic Migration Services
Center for Elder Law and Justice
Center for Safety & Change
Center for the Independence of the Disabled, New York
Churches United for Fair Housing
Citywide Tenant Union of Rochester
Communities Resist
Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA) - New Settlement
Community Resource Center of Larchmont and Mamaroneck
Community Service Society of New York
Community Voices Heard
Crown Heights Tenant Union
Cypress Hills LDC
District Council 37
District Council 37 Municipal Employees Legal Services
DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving
Empire Justice Center
Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project
Fair Housing Justice Center
Fifth Avenue Committee
Flatbush Development Corporation
Flatbush Tenant Coalition
For the Many
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Fund for the Modern Courts
Goddard Riverside Law Project
Homeless Alliance of Western NY
HOPE (Housing Organizers for People Empowerment)
Housing Conservation Coordinators
Housing Court Answers
Housing for All
Housing Help Incorporated
Housing Justice for All
Housing Opportunities Made Equal
Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition
Hudson Valley Justice Center
Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing
John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity
JustCause
JustFix
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.
Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's Staff Attorney Association, National Organization of Legal Service Workers, Local 2320
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Lifting Up Westchester, Inc.
LiveOn NY
Local 802 AFM
Long Island Activists
Long Island Housing Services, Inc.
Long Island Progressive Coalition
Los Sures
Lower Hudson Valley Democratic Socialists of America
Make the Road New York
Metropolitan Council on Housing
Midtown South Community Council
Mobilization for Justice
Mount Vernon United Tenants
National Action Network
National Organization of Legal Services Workers, Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) - UAW Local 2320
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
New York Association on Independent Living
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
New York Legal Services Coalition
New York State Council of Churches
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC)
NYC-DSA Housing Working Group
Partners for Dignity and Rights
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Prevent Child Abuse NY
Program Design and Development, LLC
Rockland Housing Action Coalition, Inc.
Safety Net Project - Urban Justice Center
Solidarity Committee (Capital District)
St Nicks Alliance
Syracuse Tenants Union
TakeRoot Justice
Tenants Political Action Committee
The Alternative to Economic and Housing Displacement Inc.
The Bronx Defenders
The Legal Aid Society (NYC)
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester
The Opera House Tenants Union
United Neighbors Organization (UNO)
United Tenants of Albany
United Way of Westchester and Putnam
VOCAL-NY
Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central New York, Inc.
Warpaint Project, Inc.
Westchester Children's Association
Westchester County Board of Legislators
Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration
Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc.
Westside Neighborhood Alliance
Woodside on the Move
Workers United NY NJ Regional Joint Board

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Steering Committees

Our steering committees provide oversight and guidance for our work in NYC and across the state. 

NYC Steering Committee Members

• Hal Bergold, Lead Organizer at Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA)
• Susanna Blankley (staff), Coalition Coordinator at the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
• Malika Conner (staff), Director of Organizing at the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
• Marika Dias, Managing Director of the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center
• Randy Dillard, Tenant Leader with Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA)
• Katy Lasell (staff), Campaign Organizer at the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
• Jenny Laurie, Executive Director of Housing Court Answers
• Brianna Soleyn (staff), Campaign Organizer at the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
• Lauren Springer, Tenant Leader with Catholic Migration Services
• Aga Trojniak, Coalition Director of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition

Read their biographies here. 

Statewide Steering Committee Members

Coming soon!