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Government error leads to auction of mother’s unit containing son’s ashes
by Anthony JohnsonOctober 8, 2026
A Brooklyn woman lost nearly everything she owned, including her stillborn son’s ashes, after a New York City administrative error led to her storage assistance being wrongly denied. The unit was auctioned before she could challenge the decision. Fox 5’s Kelly Kennedy investigates how Nina Davila’s devastating loss is now driving a push for “Shavon’s Law,” to protect vulnerable New Yorkers from storage unit auctions.
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Engineering Graduate Students Partner with City Bar Justice Center
by Anthony JohnsonOctober 5, 2026
For 11 graduate students in the School of Engineering and Computing, a two-semester partnership with the City Bar Justice Center provided hands-on experience developing technology solutions for an organization working to expand access to civil legal services.
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Greenspoon Marder’s Tapan R. Oza and Amith Arcot Secure Pro Bono Victory Protecting Brooklyn Client’s Home
by Anthony JohnsonOctober 1, 2026
Greenspoon Marder Litigation senior counsel Tapan R. Oza and Litigation associate Amith Arcot successfully represented a client, referred by the City Bar Justice Center, pro bono in a dispute over her ownership of her home that resulted in a judgement that confirms their client’s ownership of her Brooklyn home and shields her from further disputes over the … Continue reading Greenspoon Marder’s Tapan R. Oza and Amith Arcot Secure Pro Bono Victory Protecting Brooklyn Client’s Home
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Real Estate Scams and Deed Theft Leave Brooklyn Homeowners on Edge
by Anthony JohnsonMay 15, 2026
At a recent town hall meeting in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn residents continued to raise the alarm on deed theft, partition schemes and other real estate scams destroying their equity and livelihood. Edward Mostoller, the director of the Homeowner & Consumer Advocacy Project at the City Bar Justice Center, told the crowd that homeowners should have an estate … Continue reading Real Estate Scams and Deed Theft Leave Brooklyn Homeowners on Edge
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Homeowner Help Desk Relaunched
by Anthony JohnsonNovember 21, 2025
About 100 people attended the city Department of Housing Preservation & Development and the Center for NYC Neighborhoods’ launch event for the Homeowner Help Desk, held at the Jamaica YMCA, last Friday. Represented at the event were the offices of Borough President Donovan Richards and Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) and HPD’s partner organizations, such … Continue reading Homeowner Help Desk Relaunched
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Cravath Attorneys Recognized for Pro Bono Advocacy on Behalf of Veterans and Sick Children
by Anthony JohnsonOctober 22, 2025
In October 2025, three Cravath attorneys were recognized for their pro bono advocacy on behalf of New York veterans and children receiving treatment in New York City children’s hospitals.
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Strengthening the Communities We Serve – 2025 US Pro Bono Week
by Anthony Johnson
A Jenner pro bono team, led by Associate Florian Fuhrimann, worked with the City Bar Justice Center’s Homeowner Stability Project (HSP) on a deed theft case in Queens, New York. The elderly clients with disabilities were victims of a scheme in which impostors forged their signatures on a deed to transfer the property. The situation was … Continue reading Strengthening the Communities We Serve – 2025 US Pro Bono Week
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Carroll Receives City Bar Justice Center’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award
by Anthony JohnsonOctober 10, 2025
Manatt Bankruptcy Partner Schuyler Carroll was selected as a recipient of City Bar Justice Center’s 2025 Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award for his work with their Consumer Bankruptcy Project.
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Uncontested Divorce Clinic to Expand Access for Brooklyn Litigants
by CBJC StaffApril 28, 2025
The Office for Justice Initiatives, in collaboration with the City Bar Justice Center, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, April 23, to mark the grand opening of the Kings County Supreme Court Uncontested Divorce Clinic.
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