Spanish-Speaking Litigants Get Helping Hand in Housing Court

April 18, 2012 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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City Tech and CUNY Students Offer Assistance
Every Monday Through May 28

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — New York City College of Technology (City Tech) is now offering a free service to assist Spanish-speaking individuals with their housing court cases in Kings County.

Intakes will be done on Mondays, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., now through May 28, in the College’s Department of Law & Paralegal Studies, 300 Jay St., Namm Hall 622, in Downtown Brooklyn.

For more information, the public may call (718) 260-5597.

This pilot law assistance program, which will be staffed by City Tech law and paralegal students and a City University of New York (CUNY) Law School attorney, is funded by a CUNY Diversity grant.

New York City College of Technology (City Tech) of The City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest public college of technology in New York state. Located at 300 Jay St. in Downtown Brooklyn, the college enrolls more than 16,000 students in 62 baccalaureate, associate and specialized certificates programs.