Posted on October 2, 2017 by Marielle Segarra in Marketplace Marketplace, By Marielle Segarra At New York City’s housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re representing themselves in court. “This is the kind of bottleneck entry point to housing court,” said Sergio Jimenez, an attorney at the nonprofit Brooklyn Defender Services.
