Protecting the Rights of Litigants with Diminished Capacity in the New York City Housing Courts by Jeanette Zelhof, Andrew Goldberg and Hina Shamsi, Cardozo Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal, Volume Three, Issue Three, 2006.

Housing Leases Should be in the Consumers’ Names by Sara J. Fulton in New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices.org/archives.html (2006: Spring)

Seaport Manor: A Post Morten by Jeanette Zelhof, New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices.org/archives.html (2003: Jan-Mar)

More on Adult Homes by Jeanette Zelhof, New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices.org/archives.html (2001: Nov-Dec)

What Is a Half Fare MetroCard & How Can I Get One? by Lisa R. Green, New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices.org/archives.html (2001: Sept-Oct)

What Is the Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Improvement Act? by Jeanette Zelhof, New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices.org/archives.html (2001: June-Aug)

How Much Can You Earn If You’re Receivig SSD? by Jeanette Zelhof, New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices/archives.html (2001: Apr-May)

How Much Can You Earn If You’re On SSI? by Jeanette Zelhof, New York City Voices at www.newyorkcityvoices/archives.html (2001: Jan-Mar)

MFY in the News

MENTAL HEALTH & ADULT HOMES

Adult home residents are suing for more phones by Frank Donnelly, Staten Island Advance, 12/5/2007

Adult home 'headhunter' to pay fine in scam by Veronika Belenkaya, Daily News, 2/4/2008

Adult home residents want better care by John Grybos, Legislative Gazette, 2/12/2007 at www.legislativegazette.com/printable.php?id=1974

Betrayal of trust by adult home agent? by Sara Wallace, Eyewitness News Exclusive, WABC-TV, 2/8/2007 at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?=local&id=5017802&ft=print

Shameful Home Must Pay by Rachel Monahan, New York Daily News, 12/29/2006

Ex-Operators in Adult Home Are Barred in Settlement by Russ Buettner, New York Times, 12/29/2006

State Settles with Operators of Brooklyn Adult Home, press release by Office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, 12/28/2006 at www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2006/dec/dec28a_06.htm

“Headhunter” And Adult Home Sued For Discrepancies by Charles Rogers, Canarise Courier, 10/26/2006

Medicaid Fraud Alleged: Patients Urge Probe of Clinic by Rachel Monahan, New York Daily News, 10/24/2006

A Trail of Trouble: Owner of Shuttered Adult Home Sued at 2nd Facility by Rachel Monahan, New York Daily News, 10/20/2006

Abuse at Adult Home: Suit by Rachel Monahan, New York Daily News, 10/17/2006

La Marqueta: un proyecto con mucha tela por cortar by Maria Vega, El Diario-La Prensa, 10/13/06

Brooklyn Home in Crash Horror Has History of Scandal by William Sherman, New York Daily News, 7/14/2006

Mentally Disabled on Hold: Lawsuit Demands Better Access to Low-Cost Phone Service by K. Angelova, City Limits, 3/13/2006

Group Home Where Man Died in Fire Was Closed to New Arrivals, New York Times, 5/10/05

Mentally Ill Gain Legal Voice by Thomas Adcock, New York Law Journal¸10/15/04

Disabled Win Settlement by Thomas Adcock, New York Law Journal, 8/6/04

Queens Home For Mentall Ill Settles Lawsuit For $7 Million by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 8/5/04

Adults Wonder Where Home Is As Facility Plans to Close by Daniel Hendrick, City Llimits, 8/14/03

Suit Says State Is Segregating Mentally Ill by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 7/1/03

Support Groups for Mentally Ill Sue M.T.A. Over Half-Fare Cards by Daisy Hernandez, New York Times, 5/31/03

State to Survey Mentally Ill In Residences by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 12/13/02

State Panel Seeks Changes in Homes for Mentally Ill by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 9/24/02

Mentally Ill Go To Homes Seen As Little Better by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 6/3/02

Broken Homes:

For Mentally Ill, Death and Misery by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 4/28/02

Here, Life Is Squalor and Chaos by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 4/29/02

Voiceless, Defenseless And a Source of Cash by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 4/30/02

The Adult Home Scandal (Editorial), New York Times, 4/30/02

Compalint Accuses New York City of Bias Against Mentally Ill by Nina Bernstein, New York Times, 4/3/02

Moving Stories: A state program pays for mentally ill people to live on their own—but not enough to keep them from getting evicted by Nora McCarthy, City Limits, April 2001

One Voice and a Clear Conscience by Tom Harmon, Quality of Care Newsletter, Spring 2001

Inquiry Finds Mentally Ill Patients Endured ŒAssembly Line’ Surgery by Clifford J. Levy and Sarah Kershaw, New York Times, 3/18/01

Suit: Surgery forced on 24 disabled men by Joe Williams, New York Daily News, 3/10/01

Adult-Care Home Sued: Residents Allege Unneeded Surgeries by Joshua Robin, Newsday, 3/11/01

Judge Postpones Closing of Group Home by Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 7/1/00

Home for Mentally Ill Is Evicting People, Residents Say by Shaila K. Dewan, New York Times, 6/30/00

HOUSING

A Tenant¹s Trial: Facing Eviction Alone by Kate Pastor, City Limits Weekly, 2/25/2008

New bill includes penalties for repeat harassment by Albert Amateu, Downtown Express, 12/21/2007

Rocky Road for Queens Tenants: Low-Rent Landlords Seek to Evict by Gabriel Thompson, City Limits, 4/24/2006

Support Full Funding for Neighborhood Preservation Programs, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 10/04

Tenant’s Acts Found No Basis for An Eviction by Tom Perrotta, New York Law Law Journal, 1/10/2003

Procedure Unfair To People Facing Eviction for Drugs by Daniel Wise, New York Law Journal, 9/20/02

Community Groups Halt New Building by Tom Perrotta, New York Law Journal, 5/20/02

Rooms Without a View: Despite Decades of Violations, Hotel Keeps Its Doors Open by Bruce Lambert, New York Times, 8/12/00

For 96-Year-Old Woman, Door Is 4 Steps Too Far by Monte Williams, New York Times, 5/19/00

New Landlord, Old Tenants, Hard Questions. Innovative tactics in converting an S.R.O. residence to a hotel by Alan S. Oser, New York Times, 2/27/00

Will HPD Do a Favor for Hotel Converter? Suite Deal by J.A. Lobbia, The Village Voice, 2/16/99

A Hotel’s Immovable Women, Evoking Its Past Glory, Defy Developers, New York Times, 4/4/99

WORKPLACE JUSTICE

Nanny Sues Labor Figure, Alleges Abuse by Sarah Garland, The New York Sun, 12/6/2007

Empleada domestica demanda por injusto despido por Maria Vega, El Diario-La Prensa, 12/6/2007

Fired 'ill' nanny sues for wages by Michael Rundle, Metro New York, 12/10/2007

Broader Inquiries Are Urged on Underpayment of Wages by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 12/13/2006

Fair Wage Advocates Hope Spitzer Will Be More Aggressive With DOL by Ruschell Boone, NY1 News, 12/20/2006

Many Workers Fail to Collect in Small Claims Court, Survey Finds by Anthony Ramirez, New York Times, 7/14/2006

Suit Will Say Locked Exits Put Three Janitors in Danger by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, March 25, 2005

Demandan a supermercados por encierros por Maria Vega/EDLP, El Diario-La Prensa, March 25, 2005

For the Jobless, Some Free Legal Help by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 3/23/03

Study Finds Rise in Benefits For the Unemployed of 9/11 by Leslie Eaton, New York Times, 8/27/03

Protestors made their feelings clear through chants and signs, The Villager, 3/28/01

CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES

Free of Federal Restrictions, MFY Can Fully Represent the Poor in New York City, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2003.

PRO BONO FAMILY LAW:

Pfizer¹s Extraordinary Commitment to Children Awaiting Adoption by Lynn Kelly, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 8/06

Pro Bono Program Is Launched to Help Kin Raising Others¹ Children by Lindsay Kennedy, New York Law Journal, 6/30/06

Adoption Project, New York Law Journal, 3/12/04

Helping Foster Children Find Permanent Homes, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2004

PRO BONO SUPPORT

Service as a Guardian Ad Litem by William J. Dean, New York Law Journal, 7/3/2006

Pro Bono Program Launched to Help Kin Raising Others¹ Children by Lindsay Kennedy, New York Law Journal, 6/30/2006

David Keyko: Why Corporations Should Support MFY, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 8/02

Stephen Lindo: Volunteer Gains Satisfaction From Involvement, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 8/02

MFY: A Rewarding Pro Bono Experience, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 8/02

MFY—Serving the Poor Downtown and Keeping their Communities Intact, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 5/02

Why Corporate Counsel—And Their Firms—Should Support MFY, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 8/01

Lisa Fischel Wolovic: Serve on the Pro Bono Front Line—Be An MFY Volunteer, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 8/01

Elizabeth S. Strong: A Successful Litigator Makes Time for Pro Bono, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2/01

Tanya M. Douglas of MFY: Advising the Poor, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2/01

A Willkie Lawyer’s Pro Bono Experience by Michael C. Carroll, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2000

CONSUMER

Watching the Collectors: Debtor Protection in Works by Jillian Jonas, City Limits, 7/31/2006 at www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=1955

Debt Collection Agencies Under Scrutiny at Hearing by Sewell Chan, New York Times, 6/13/2006

An Outcry Rises as Debt Collectors Play Rough, New York Times, 7/5/2006

GENERAL

Remembering Edward Sparer: An Enduring Vision for Legal Services by Gary F. Smith, Management Information Exchange Journal (Fall 2006)

MFY—Serving The Poor Downtown And Keeping Their Communities Intact, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 5/02

Jacques Leandre: MFY’s New Starts Initiative Helps Clients Achieve Self Sufficiency, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 6/00