About this Project

The Worst Evictors project is a collaboration between the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition, JustFix, and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project.

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Who We Are

The Right to Counsel NYC Coalition is made up of tenant organizing groups, tenant advocates, homeless advocates, senior advocates, disability advocates, academics, legal services organizations and more! We led the campaign that resulted in the passage of Local Law 136, which ensures that low-income tenants are represented in eviction cases by attorneys when they defend their rights and their homes.  The Coalition is actively organizing and advocating while this law is being phased in.

JustFix is a nonprofit that builds technology for tenants and organizers fighting displacement. We currently support over 50 long-standing tenants rights organizations, legal aid, and neighborhood groups. We envision a New York for all - a place where working-class families can thrive without fear of landlord harassment or displacement.

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is a volunteer-run data visualization, data analysis, and storytelling collective documenting the dispossession of residents in gentrifying landscapes. Originally founded in the San Francisco Bay Area to support anti-displacement efforts in the wake of the latest tech boom, the collective expanded to New York City and Los Angeles in 2017, and has since been collaborating with NYC residents and community groups to document stories of displacement.

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