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DVD - Hot Topics in Housing Law 2016

In this update for housing practitioners on hotly contested issues in landlord tenant litigation, the faculty will discuss rent deposits under RPAPL 745, Altman and rent overcharge, defending against chronic rent delinquency claims, and upholding tenants' rights under regulatory agreements. 

Filmed on December 8, 2016

  • CLE Credits
    Areas of Professional Practice: 3.00
  • Format
    On-Demand/Recorded - Audio/Video File
  • Practice Area(s)
    Housing
  • Price: $150
  • Materials
    Contains 3 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    Luis Henriquez (Speaker)

    Luis is the Director of Litigation at Manhattan Legal Services. For over 18 years, Luis has defended the rights of families to be treated with dignity and respect in their homes, workplaces, and broader community. Luis has also led litigation teams in a number of systemic-change cases, including Fields v. Russ, a federal case in the Southern District of New York that forced the New York City Housing Authority to reform its rent calculation and eviction practices affecting more than 400,000 public housing residents, and Morales Feliciano v. Acevedo Vila, a federal class action in the District of Puerto Rico regarding the conditions of confinement in all Puerto Rican prisons. Luis holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law and a Masters in Economics from Bowling Green State University.
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    Edward Josephson (Speaker)

    Edward Josephson is currently the Director of Litigation at Legal Services NYC and at Brooklyn Legal Services. From 1996-2003, he was the Director of the Housing Law Unit at South Brooklyn. He has defended tenants in eviction proceedings since 1988. Mr. Josephson has litigated a number of affirmative cases on issues of significance to low income New Yorkers, including Grimm v. DHCR, which expanded landlords' liability for rent overcharges; Brooklyn Tenants v. Lynch, a challenge to pro-landlord amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code; Campos v. Rhea and Torres v. Martinez, federal actions that helped reform procedures in the Section 8 rent subsidy program; Frunzescu v. Martinez, which expedited the issuance of emergency Section 8 subsidy transfers; and Lang v. Pataki, a constitutional challenge to laws requiring rent deposits by indigent tenants. He has also litigated numerous cases in federal district and bankruptcy courts to protect the rights of tenants in federally subsidized housing projects. Mr. Josephson is a graduate of NYU Law School.
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    John McDonald (Speaker)

    John McDonald is a staff attorney with Bronx Legal Services. He has been in the housing unit since 2015. John is a 2014 graduate of CUNY School of Law and holds a BA in Economics from SUNY New Paltz, and a Master's Degree in Sustainable Development from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
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    Maura McHugh Mills (Speaker)

    Maura McHugh Mills has been with Legal Services NYC since she graduated from Fordham University School of Law. She is dedicated to social justice work and committed to housing rights and public benefits access. She spent a large portion of her time as a staff attorney at Legal Services NYC-Bronx and then transitioned to Brooklyn Legal Services in 2014. Maura lives in Brooklyn with her partner and two children.
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    Stacey Silliman (Speaker)

    Stacey A. Silliman. Stacey (she, her) is a Supervising Attorney with Bronx Legal Services. She has been in the housing unit since 2014. She is interested in expanding access to safe, affordable housing and educating tenants about their rights. Stacey is a 2014 graduate of CUNY School of Law and holds a BA in Literature from Antioch College.
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    Andrea Tan (Speaker)

    Andrea Tan is a staff attorney at Brooklyn Legal Services. She practices housing law. She earned her J.D. in 2014 from The City University of New York School of Law, a Masters in Business Administration from MidAmerica Nazarene University in 2009 ,and her B.S in Business in 2006 from Emporia State University. She is admitted to the bar of the State of New York.
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    Samar Katnani (Speaker)

    Samar Katnani is a Deputy Director with the Tenant Rights Coalition (TRC) at Brooklyn Legal Services. The TRC works to empower communities and tenants to work collaboratively to protect affordable housing and fight inequity and displacement. Samar represents clients before federal and state courts and agencies in group and individual cases, protecting tenants’ rights and holding landlords accountable. Samar received her B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2004 and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis Law School in 2010. Before joining the TRC in 2015, Samar was a sixth grade teacher in the Bronx and worked as an associate at the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.