The city is lawyering up against the city. In a first-in-the-nation program, the New York City Housing Authority will now pay lawyers to fight for evictees. Specifically, the free legal services will be provided to New York City Housing Authority tenants facing eviction by the city-run agency’s own lawyers, according to the New York Post. De Blasio signed the bill into law yesterday, which will add $93 million over the next five years for legal representation […]