Safety Net Project - Urban Justice Center

04/30/2026

Today Safety Net Activists and the rallied with and to call on and the mayoral administration to implement the full cityfheps expansion laws of 2023! CityFHEPS is the most effective tool the city has to combat and prevent homelessness! Mayor Mamdani - don’t balance the budget on the backs of tenants and homeless New Yorkers! Fulfill your promise. EXPAND CITYFHEPS!

04/30/2026

04/21/2026

Come out tomorrow, Wednesday April 22nd, and join us to demand CityFHEPS Expansion at 12:30 pm.

04/09/2026

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌

Apply here: https://ideali.st/Zp6FaW

SNP is seeking applicants for the Supervising Housing Attorney position. SNP’s Supervising Attorneys provide supervision and support to SNP’s Staff Attorneys and Paralegals in its landlord/tenant practice, while also maintaining a reduced litigation practice.

The annual salary range for this position is from $99,272.03 - $121,974.79.

03/27/2026

STATEMENT ON THE MAMDANI ADMINISTRATION’S BROKEN PROMISE & REFUSAL TO IMPLEMENT THE CITYFHEPS EXPANSION LAWS

Three years after these laws passed, the administration still refuses to act, while eviction and homelessness continue. This is a political choice.

Act now, lives depend on it!

📢 Share & demand accountability

03/27/2026

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌

Apply here: https://ideali.st/AFmhBN

The Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project (SNP) provides direct legal and social services in the areas of public benefits access, homelessness, and tenant rights. SNP also engages in policy advocacy and community organizing led by impacted community members. SNP is one of NYC’s Right to Counsel providers representing tenants facing eviction and is also active in various grassroots organizing campaigns fighting for systemic change.

We are seeking housing staff attorneys who are looking for a creative and non-traditional environment, working with passionate and dedicated advocates in the fight against gentrification, displacement, and racist housing systems.

The salary range for this position is between $78,679.46 $101,782.70, based on experience.

03/25/2026

WE WANT FULL CITYFHEPS EXPANSION. Keep your promise to homeless New Yorkers and rent burdened tenants. These laws passed by the city council in 2023 will support tenants and unhoused folks alike! Honor your campaign promise to struggling New Yorkers

03/19/2026

Mayor Mamdani please follow the law and uphold your promise to unhoused and rent-burdened New Yorkers! Implement FULL CITYFHEPS EXPANSION LAWS NOW.

03/18/2026

Yesterday, the Safety Net Project and our HomesCantWait coalition partners rallied outside of City Hall to demand FULL CITYFHEPS EXPANSION NOW! The Mayor promised to implement the cityfheps expansion laws of 2023, but now is going back on his word. We hope the mayor and city council heard us loud and clear - we need full cityfheps expansion and no one should be left behind. KEEP YOUR PROMISES MR MAYOR!