Posted on September 28, 2015 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Erin Durkin Mayor de Blasio launched a plan Monday to hire lawyers to help tenants fight off evictions and avoid becoming homeless. The city will spend $12.3 million on the new legal services program, bringing total spending to combat eviction and landlord harassment to $60 million, enough to get 113,000 people legal representation.
