Long Island Attorneys Volunteer Help To Poor In Landlord/Tenant Court

In Hempstead, New York, Long Island Business News reports:

• The second floor of the Nassau County District Courthouse in Hempstead is ground zero for the mortgage and foreclosure crisis on Long Island. That’s where Judge Scott Fargrieve presides over landlord/tenant court, typically the final step for evictions, disputes and post-foreclosure proceedings.

• It is also where the Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee’s Volunteer Lawyers Project is set up with a stream of attorneys who stop by each day to help those who can’t afford the monthly note, never mind the attorney. [...] Volunteer lawyers [...] receive Continuing Legal Education credits for the pro-bono time they log with the project.

For more, see Volunteer lawyers work to ease foreclosure pain.

In New York City, go here for Volunteer Lawyers Project (Housing).