Association of Housing

Court Judges

New York City's Housing Court at 40: Controversies,

Challenges, and Prospects for its Future

March 11, 2013 8:30AM - 7:00PM

New York City Bar

42 West 44th Street Registration: $125.00. Space is limited.

$60 for attorneys at a public law office or public service law office

The conference includes a breakfast, luncheon, and a closing reception.

CLE credit will be provided for portions of the program.

On March 11, 2013, the Association of Housing Court Judges, The Furman Center for Real Estate

and Urban Policy at NYU, and the New York City Bar Association are holding a conference to

commemorate and reflect on the Housing Court as it reaches its fortieth year. The conference seeks to

foster discussion, debate and analysis of the legal issues, social impact, and economic realities that

underlie the cases that come before Housing Court judges. Conference panels will look at the Court's

history and challenges, and will discuss prospects and recommendations for its future. Panelists will

include prominent and experienced attorneys, judges, and academics, and will be drawn from both the

tenant and landlord bars, government, and advocacy organizations.

Association of Housing

Court Judges

Advisory Committee Hon. Israel Rubin, Chair Samuel Himmelstein, Co-Vice Chair David Skaller, Co-Vice Chair Paris Baldacci Judith Goldiner Robert Goldstein Edward Josephson Elizabeth Kane Jenny Laurie Mitchell Posilkin Jenny Rivera Louise Seeley James Silber Neil Sonnenfeldt Joseph Strasburg Marti Weithman Mary Zulack

Planning Committee Hon. Michelle D. Schreiber, Chair Hon. Susan Avery Hon. Marian Doherty Hon. Inez Hoyos Hon. Anne Katz Hon. Andrew Lehrer Hon. Maria Milin Hon. Verna Saunders Hon. Jean Schneider Vicki Been Ernesto Belzaguy Roger Maldonado Sateesh Nori Jay Safer Andrew Scherer Jeffrey Seiden Leslie Stroth

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Paris R. Baldacci, Vicki Been, Hon. Margaret Cammer, Eliot J.

Cherson, Richard H. Chused, Gary R. Connor, Matthew Desmond, Elizabeth Donoghue,

Ingrid Gould Ellen, Warren A. Estis, Hon. Dina Fein, Hon. Marc Finkelstein, Hon. Fern A.

Fisher, James B. Fishman, Jack Freund, Hon. Marcy Friedman, Hon. Judith Gische,

Judith Goldiner, Judah Gribetz, Carlos Perez-Hall, Martha S. Jones, Hon. Jerald R. Klein,

Rochelle Klempner, Hon. Sabrina Kraus, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Hon. Jaya Madhavan,

Roger Juan Maldonado, Peter Marcuse, Hon.Ruben Martino, Steven J. Meyers, Sateesh

Nori, Hon. Ann Pfau, Mitchell Posilkin, Hon. A. Gail Prudenti, Deborah Rand ,Hon. Israel

Rubin, Andrew Scherer, Hon. Jean Schneider, Louise Seeley, Neil Sonnenfeldt, Eddy

Valdez, Tom Waters and Mary Zulack.

PANELS**

The History of and Challenges for Housing Court

Housing Court, the Economics of Rental Housing, and the Quality of Life in NYC

The Housing Court Initiative and the Administration of Justice

The Housing Court and Access to Justice

The Housing Court and the Use of Technology

HCA 110(c) and the Scope and Limits of a Housing Court Judge's Authority

The Politics of Housing Court

Housing Courts in Other Jurisdictions

**subject to change

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