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Paul, Weiss Honored for Partnership Helping Low-Income Senior Citizens Obtain Housing Benefit
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- May 8, 2014
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Paul, Weiss and Citigroup Inc. lawyers were honored with the Elizabeth Rohatyn Award for Community Service from the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House for their work with low-income senior citizens. Since January 2011, Paul, Weiss and Citigroup have partnered to assist qualified low-income senior citizens applying for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) program. This New York City program allows low-income seniors, age 62 and older, to freeze their rent at its current level. Once approved for the program, the participants' future rent increases are paid by the city to the landlord in the form of a property tax abatement. To date, Paul, Weiss and Citigroup have staffed 75 clinics at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House's two senior centers; 220 people attended the clinics and 180 applications have been approved.
» Watch this video about the SCRIE Clinics