Chinese Tenants Are Stranded at NYC Housing Court Without Language Support - Incite at Columbia University

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    Chinese Tenants Are Stranded at NYC Housing Court Without Language Support

  • Published June 26, 2024
  • Authors Zirui Yang
  • Category Article
  • Forum Documented
  • Link documentedny.com

For litigants who don’t speak English in the city’s Housing Court, the lack of language support in court means they may suffer financial loss, emotional stress and, sometimes, the avoidable loss of their homes.

This story was supported by HomeLab at Incite Institute and the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.

This article is avaiable in English via Documented and Chinese via Sing Tao.

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