Staff Attorney, Tenant Advocacy Program

1 month ago


Queens, United States Catholic Migration Services Full time

About Catholic Migration Services:

Catholic Migration Services (“CMS”), an affiliated agency of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, provides high quality free legal services, community education, and advocacy for low-income immigrants residing in Brooklyn and Queens, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin,or immigration status. CMS assists individuals with their immigration, housing, and employment legal needs. CMS is committed

to “welcoming the stranger in our midst” by serving and working alongside underserved immigrant communities to advance equality and social justice in an ever-changing landscape.

The Tenant Advocacy Program assists Queens residents on a wide-range of legal matters, provides know-your-rights education and organizes tenants to assert their rights and advocate for better housing laws. The attorney will provide legal representation for individual tenants and tenant groups in Queens, and will collaborate with CMS’ tenant organizers, as well as with attorneys and staff from the other CMS programs to ensure that clients receive holistic legal services.

The attorney will be based in our Sunnyside, Queens office. As of September 6th, CMS staff will work three days in the office and two days remotely until further notice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Represent clients in housing-related litigation matters, including but not limited to individual and group cases, such as nonpayment proceedings, holdover proceedings and HP actions in Housing Court; administrative proceedings at DHCR and the New York City Commission on Human Rights; and Article 78 proceedings in Supreme Court;
  • Conduct intake and provide legal advice to tenants we are unable to represent;
  • Work with CMS’ organizers to provide legal services in collaboration with our tenant organizing efforts;
  • Assist in community outreach and education efforts related to housing legal services;
  • Assist in planning and implementation of strategic projects related to housing legal services; and
  • Manage caseload and maintain client files in good working order. Maintain and update case list and client and case information in case management database.


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