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SUMMARY:Financial Empowerment: Protecting Your Home\, Your Assets & Your Future
DESCRIPTION:Planning ahead isn’t just about money—it’s about peace of mind\, protecting what you’ve worked for\, and making sure your wishes are honored. Join us to learn how to build financial security\, avoid common pitfalls\, and make informed decisions for the future. \nYou’ll learn about: \n\n\n\nWills & Estate Planning & Why It Matters\nHow the Process Works\nCommon Scams to Watch Out For\nUnderstanding Property Taxes\nLive Q & A Session\n\n\n\nClick to Register
URL:https://buj.org/event/financial-empowerment-protecting-your-home-your-assets-your-future/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tenants
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SUMMARY:Know Your Rights: A Renters’ Legal & Housing Basics Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This free workshop is designed specifically for renters in Queens who want to better understand their rights and protections under New York law — especially when it comes to rent regulation\, eviction\, and safe living conditions. \nJoin us to learn about: \n\nEviction & Housing Court Basics\nNo Heat or Hot Water? Know What to Do\nWarranty of Habitability\nIs Your Apartment Rent-Regulated?\n\nThe workshop will end with a live Q&A session and will be presented in both English and Spanish. The program is sponsored by Assemblymember Larinda Hooks. \nRegister Here
URL:https://buj.org/event/know-your-rights-a-renters-legal-housing-basics-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Tenants
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SUMMARY:Housing Benefits Overview Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Learn all the benefits available to renters\, including cash assistance\, vouchers\, public housing\, and more. \nRegister Here
URL:https://buj.org/event/resources-for-renters/
CATEGORIES:Preserving Affordable Housing,Tenants
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SUMMARY:How to Form a Tenant Association
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Coney Island Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation\, our “How to Form a Tenant Association” webinar will teach you how to organize your building and build power with your neighbors. The virtual program will be May 30th at 6PM. \nRegister here
URL:https://buj.org/event/how-to-form-a-tenant-association/
CATEGORIES:Tenants
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SUMMARY:Displacement During COVID
DESCRIPTION:One year since the eviction and foreclosure moratoriums lifted\, New Yorkers are still reeling from the pandemic and growing housing crisis. Our policy webinar “Displacement During COVID” is your chance to hear from Brooklyn A staffers in each program discuss what our clients are experiencing on the ground\, the challenges they faced in 2022\, and what we expect to see in the year to come. Potential clients can learn what to expect from housing court\, foreclosure cases\, and commercial lease negotiations this year\, and Brooklyn A partners can hear how the city is handling our various crises. \nRegister Here
URL:https://buj.org/event/displacement-during-covid/
CATEGORIES:Consumer & Economic Advocacy,Homeowners,Preserving Affordable Housing,Small Businesses,Taxpayers,Tenants
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SUMMARY:Know Your Rights: Getting Repairs Made
DESCRIPTION:You deserve an apartment where everything works! Join our workshop “Getting Repairs Made” on Wednesday\, September 28th at 6 PM to learn what fixes your landlord is responsible for\, how to file paperwork in housing court\, and when it’s time to call a lawyer. This is the third webinar in our “Fight for Your Rights: Tenant Education Series” joined by Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-34) and the St. Nicks Alliance. You can watch the event in both English and Spanish. \nRegister Here
URL:https://buj.org/event/know-your-rights-getting-repairs-made/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tenants
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SUMMARY:What Happens Now: Life After the Eviction Moratorium
DESCRIPTION:On January 15\, Housing Courts’ hold on evictions expired. Nearly 200\,000 pending eviction cases in NYC will begin to move forward. Join us to learn how to protect yourself. \nRegister Here
URL:https://buj.org/event/what-happens-now-life-after-the-eviction-moratorium/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Preserving Affordable Housing,Tenants
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SUMMARY:Know Your Rights: Tenants’ Rights During the Pandemic\, Updated Edition for 2022
DESCRIPTION:Justice Initiatives at Brooklyn Public Library is partnering with community organizations and agencies to produce a series of Know Your Rights workshops. This event in the series will focus on Tenants’ Rights and Evictions in New York City in 2022—updated from our 2020 talk on the same topic. \nWe’ll address what New Yorkers can do about the end of eviction protections\, and speak to the most up-to-date protocols and procedures for court hearings. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the workshop and you will be able to post your questions in the livestream chat. \nPartners: \nThe NYS Court’s Office for Justice Initiatives’ (OJI) mission is to ensure meaningful access to justice in civil\, criminal\, and family matters for New Yorkers of all backgrounds\, incomes\, and special needs\, by using every resource\, including pro bono programs\, self-help services\, and technological tools\, and by securing stable and adequate non-profit and government funding for civil and criminal legal services programs. \nPresenters: \nHon. Cheryl Gonzales was appointed to the Housing Court of the Civil Court of the City of New York in June 2005\, and is now Supervising Judge of Brooklyn Housing Court. Judge Gonzales is a former chair of the board of Bedford Stuyvesant Community Legal Services\, and a former chair of the board of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. Judge Gonzales serves as the district director for region 2 of the National Association of Women Judges\, and as chair of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Women Judges’ Women in Prison Committee. Judge Gonzales is a graduate of Hunter College of the City of New York and CUNY School of Law at Queens College. \nKristie Lam-Ortiz\, Esq. is an attorney with Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A)\, which uses legal and advocacy strategies to preserve and protect affordable housing\, prevent evictions\, combat tenant harassment\, and discrimination\, and ensure that working families\, individuals\, older adults\, and others live in stable environments and within their financial means.
URL:https://buj.org/event/know-your-rights-tenants-rights-during-the-pandemic-updated-edition-for-2022/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tenants
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Fight for Your Rights: Tools for Tenant Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning how to organize with your neighbors?\nWant to learn about the rent cancellation movement?\nInterested in learning how to prepare for the lifting of the eviction moratorium?\n\nJoin Brooklyn A’s community organizers and housing attorneys on October 27th at 6:00 pm for a tenant organizing webinar. \n \n> Download the Promotional Flyer
URL:https://buj.org/event/webinar-fight-for-your-rights-tools-for-tenant-organizing/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Fair Housing Project,Preserving Affordable Housing,Tenants
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Taxpayer’s Rights
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn about the EIP payment deadline?\nHave questions about the IRS.gov Non-Filers tool?\n\nJoin Brooklyn A’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic on October 14th at 5:00 pm for a taxpayer’s rights webinar.
URL:https://buj.org/event/webinar-taxpayers-rights/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Consumer & Economic Advocacy,Tenants
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