March 11, 2019
Mediation Pilot Program in Brooklyn: Resolving Licensee Holdover Claims in Housing Court
By: Nick Schmitt, Program Manager
Just like our city, Housing Court can be an overcrowded and confusing place to navigate, especially for unrepresented parties. Chief Judge Janet DiFore recently formed a Special Commission to recommend improvements to NYC’s Housing Court, which is described in the Commission’s 2018 report as “one of the busiest and most overburdened courts in the nation.”*