Build Up Justice NYC

Protecting Yourself from Identity Fraud
2022-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
Scammers have creative ways of getting your information but being prepared is the best defense. Learn to protect yourself from identity fraud at our latest online workshop.
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Protecting Your Home from Foreclosure
2022-10-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Online via Zoom
Learn to protect your most valuable asset. Join us to learn about foreclosure prevention in a Know-Your-Rights virtual event with Brooklyn A attorneys, sponsored by Council Member Nantasha Williams (D-27). We will discuss navigating the foreclosure process, what to do if you receive a notice, and how to avoid scammers.
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Know Your Rights: Getting Repairs Made
2022-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Online via Zoom
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.
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Spread Justice: A Virtual Celebration of our Clients and Advocates
2022-05-11 18:00 - 21:00
On this special evening we will celebrate the efforts by our clients and Brooklyn A advocates to maintain stability and combat displacement in the face of multiple challenges, including the recent ending of the pandemic moratoriums on residential and commercial evictions and foreclosures. Spread Justice will spotlight our client honorees in a panel discussion moderated by Errol Louis (NY1), and share opportunities about how to join Brooklyn A in our efforts against displacement in New York communities.

Protecting Your Home After Death – Part II
2022-03-15 14:00 - 15:00
You built it, shouldn’t you protect it? You should get the final say on how your home and your assets are treated in the event of your death.
Join us for this two-part webinar where we will discuss transferring your title, getting the mortgage lender to acknowledge your descendant as successor-in-interest, dealing with arrears in property taxes, water and sewer charges, getting off the tax lien list, reversing equity mortgages and more.
Topics include:
– Transferring title (how to start surrogate court proceeding, heirship affidavits, surviving spouse)
– Getting the mortgage lender to acknowledge descendant as successor-in interest (CFPB regs) and where applicable assume the mortgage
– Dealing with arrears in property taxes, water and sewer charges, entering payment plans, getting off the tax lien list
– Reverse equity mortgages, rights of surviving spouse, options for descendants
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What Happens Now: Your Small Business & the Commercial Eviction Moratorium
2022-02-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Online via Zoom
On January 15, 2022, New York’s hold on commercial evictions expired. But, legal support is still available free of charge. Brooklyn A advises small businesses on the eviction process and how to prepare for litigation and court appearances.
Join our attorneys to learn how to protect yourself, and protect and strengthen your small business.
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Property Tax Benefits for Homeowners
2022-02-24 06:00 - 19:00
As a homeowner, you’ll face property taxes at a state and local level. But you can apply for benefits that can help you save on your property tax bill. You may qualify for relief through property tax exemptions, abatements, and credits. Join us for this webinar featuring the NYC Department of Finance and sponsored by New York State Senator Roxanne Persaud.
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Protecting Your Home After Death – Part I
2022-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom

What Happens Now: Life After the Eviction Moratorium
2022-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Online via Zoom
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.
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Property Tax Benefits for Homeowners
2022-01-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via Zoom
Homeowners in New York City and New York State can find relief through property tax exemptions, abatements, and credits. Join us for this webinar hosted by the Protect Our Homes Queens Coalition, featuring the NYC Department of Finance, and with sponsorship support from NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, State Senator James Sanders Jr., State Senator Leroy Comrie, State Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, State Assembly Member Clyde Vanel, State Assembly Member Khaleel Anderson, Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, and Council Member Nantasha Williams.
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How to Apply for Homeowner Relief Now
2022-01-20 06:30 - 19:30 | Online via Zoom
The Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) helps homeowners impacted by COVID-19 catch up on mortgage and utility bills and pay other housing costs.
Join us and New York State Senator Leroy Comrie to learn how to qualify and apply to receive immediate relief.
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Know Your Rights: Tenants’ Rights During the Pandemic, Updated Edition for 2022
2022-01-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Online via Zoom
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.
We’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.
Partners:
The 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.
Presenters:
Hon. 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.
Kristie 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.

Life After the Eviction Moratorium
2021-12-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Online via Zoom
The eviction moratorium is going to end, and when it does, we face the prospect of mass evictions throughout NYC. Join Kristie Ortiz-Lam, Esq., Director of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A’s Preserving Affordable Housing Program, to learn your rights as a tenant and what to expect once the moratorium lift goes into effect.

Get Your Home Removed from the December 17 Tax Lien Sale
2021-11-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Online via Zoom
On December 17, properties on the City’s Tax Lien Sale List will be sold, which can put property owners at risk of losing their homes or being forced to enter into more expensive payment arrangements. Join this workshop hosted by the Queens Protect Our Homes Coalition (NHS of Jamaica, JASA/LSEJ, Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A and The Legal Aid Society – Queens) to learn about options to cure.

Economic Stimulus Check Updates & Taxpayer’s Rights Virtual Town Hall
2021-11-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Online via Zoom
Our attorneys will present on updates to the Economic Stimulus Checks and on Taxpayer’s Rights.
This month, the federal government sent another round of up to $1,400 stimulus checks. While millions of Americans have received the third round of checks, many still have not received their checks. Our attorneys will present on the current status of the economic stimulus checks and on your rights as a taxpayer. They will also answer general, non-case specific questions.
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The event will also be streamed on Brooklyn A’s Facebook Page

Webinar: Fight for Your Rights: Tools for Tenant Organizing
2021-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Online via Zoom
Interested in learning how to organize with your neighbors?
Want to learn about the rent cancellation movement?
Interested in learning how to prepare for the lifting of the eviction moratorium?

Join Brooklyn A’s community organizers and housing attorneys on October 27th at 6:00 pm for a tenant organizing webinar.

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Webinar: Taxpayer’s Rights
2021-10-14 17:00 - 18:00 | Online via Zoom
Want to learn about the EIP payment deadline?
Have questions about the IRS.gov Non-Filers tool?

Join Brooklyn A’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic on October 14th at 5:00 pm for a taxpayer’s rights webinar.
