MFY Legal Services

Bed Bugs & Dangerous Conditions Plague Brooklyn Adult Home Residents

MFY-editor-1 — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:46:10 +0000

Residents of Surf Manor Home for Adults filed a class action lawsuit against the facility to address longstanding violations of their rights, including a perennial bed bug infestation, poor conditions, lack of essential services, and verbal abuse. A judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent retaliation. Read more.

Adult Home Residents Suffer a Setback

Admin4mfy — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:50:41 +0000

On a technical ground, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a ruling that New York’s practice of segregating thousands of people with mental illness in large adult homes constitutes discrimination and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Adult Home Residents Suffer Setback

For an Adult Home Resident Battling Injustice, a Small Triumph

MFY-editor-1 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:13:13 +0000

Ilona Spiegel, resident of the Garden of Eden Home for Adults who suffers from respiratory ailments, won a monetary award after struggling for tears to get air conditioning from the home at a fair price.

Adult Home Resident Wins Battle for Air Conditioning

MFY Launches Advocacy Project for Nursing Home Residents

MFY-editor-1 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:57:49 +0000

MFY Legal Services launched the Nursing Home Residents’ Project to provide advice and advocacy for nursing home residents and their families. The Project will represent nursing home residents whoa re facing abuse and neglect, civil rights violations, improper discharge planning, and unfair consumer practices.

MFY Launches New Project for Nursing Home Residents

MFY Urges New Yorkers to Demand Restoration of Foreclosure Prevention Funding in State Budget

MFY-editor-1 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:40:07 +0000

MFY’s work to save the homes of hundreds of low-income homeowners in Queens and Staten Island, along with similar work by advocates across the state, is threatened by Governor Cuomo’s failure to include funding for foreclosure prevention and defense in the coming year’s state budget. The Statewide Campaign to Save the Foreclosure Prevention Services Program has issued a statement and asks New Yorkers to immediately contact their state representatives to demand that funding be restored. MFY attorney Elizabeth Lynch spoke to WNYC about the need for advocates to represent homeowners in court.

Homecare Workers Sue Agency for Wage Theft

MFY-editor-1 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:46:47 +0000

MFY Legal Services and Debevoise Plimpton LLP are representing employees of BNV Home Care Agency, Inc. and Academy Care Givers, Inc. in a class action lawsuit that charges that the agencies stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from them and systematically violated New York State Labor Laws.

Home Care Workers Sue Agency for Wage Theft

MFY to Continue Lawsuit Against Steven J. Baum, PC

MFY-editor-1 — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:07:21 +0000

MFY will continue its class action lawsuit against Steven J. Baum, PC despite the firm’s decision to close its doors. The suit charges that the firm engaged in unfair debt collection and deceptive practices in filing thousands of foreclosure lawsuits. MFY announced it will also monitor other firms’ compliance with rules requiring attorneys to attest to the accuracy of documents filed in a foreclosure case.

MFY to Continue Lawsuit Against Steven J. Baum, PC

Class Action Lawsuit Charges State Health Dept. Violates rights of the Disabled

MFY-editor-1 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:58:49 +0000

MFY filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of adult home residents in the New York metropolitan area that charges the New York State Department of Health’s complaint procedures violate the rights of people with disabilities.

State Health Dept. Charged with Violating Rights of the Disabled

Advocates Demand State Funding for Foreclosure Prevention

MFY-editor-1 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:21:47 +0000

MFY Foreclosure Attorney Adam Cohen joined scores of advocates at a hearing today to demand continued funding for foreclosure defense and housing counseling for tens of thousands of homeowners who are in foreclosure or are delinquent on their loans. Cohen warned that “Within the next few months, thousands of cases that have been sitting in limbo will pour into the Supreme Court Foreclosure Settlement conference parts. Without advocates for homeowners when the floodgates open, too many homeowners to count will lose their homes to foreclosure unnecessarily.”

Advocates Demand State Funding for Foreclosure Prevention

Adult Home Resident Sues State Health Dept. for Violating Her Rights

MFY-editor-1 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:44:29 +0000

Represented by MFY, a 51-year-old disabled resident of the Elm York Home for Adults in Queens asked a federal court to declare that the NYS Dept. of Health’s administrative rules violate the due process protections of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Adult Home Resident Sues State Dept. of Health for Violating Her Constitutional Rights