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Slideshows

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Housing: Getting Ready for NYC Housing Court
- Tenants’ Right to a Lawyer
- Services at the Court
- Your First Day in Court – the Resolution Part
- Definitions of Common Legal Words You’ll Hear in Court
- Free Resources on the Housing Court Website

Videos

(These videos are also available for viewing in the Help Center)

Housing:
These videos were written, filmed and produced by court personnel or volunteers from the Landlord Tenant Bar.
- The Resolution Part
- Getting Repairs and Services
- Collecting Rent

Small Claims:
- Small Claims Form Instructions Video
- Small Claims Form Instructions Written Transcript

Publications

Civil:
- How To Try or Defend A Civil Case When You Don't Have A Lawyer

Housing:
- How To Prepare For A Landlord-Tenant Trial 
- New York City Landlords & Owners: Questions and Answers about Housing Court
- New York City Tenants: Questions & Answers About Housing Court
- GAL Litigant Brochure
- GAL Information Sheet for Landlords

Small Claims:
- Small Claims Booklet

Civil Court Reports:
- Housing Initiative of 1997, "Breaking New Ground"
- Annual Review of the Housing Initiative 1998
- Civil Court of the City of New York 1997 - 2006

- Volunteer Lawyer for a Day Project Report, February 2008

Other:
- Coloring Book
- Help Center Brochure

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Community Seminars

- Pet Evictions
- Bedbugs
- Bankruptcy
- Paternity & Child Support
- Do You Need an Order of Protection?
- My Tenant Owes Me Rent
- Foreclosure
- Help! My Landlord Says I'm a Nuisance!
- Help! My Landlord Wants to Evict Me!
- Defenses to a Non-Payment Proceeding
- What To Do If You've Been Evicted
- How to Start a Small Claims Case
- Tenants' Rights & Responsibilities
- Section 8 - Everything you Wanted to Know!
- Credit problems?
- Identity Theft
- Need Help Paying Back Rent?
- Landlord 101
- Need Repairs