The New York Bar Foundation has awarded more than $528,000 to four New York City-based legal aid organizations to fund tenant screening training and outreach programs.

The funds were distributed as part of a $1.2 million Cy Pres class action settlement fund in the case of White v. First Advantage SafeRent, Inc. in which the defendant was alleged to have issued thousands of tenant screening reports to prospective landlords that violated the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, the New York Fair Credit Reporting Act and the New York Deceptive Practices Act.

The grantees were:

•    City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court, $137,428;

•    The Legal Aid Society, $133,115;

•    Legal Services New York City, $122,114; and,

•    Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, $135,808.

The New York State Bar Association received its grant of $67,250 on January 6, 2010 in Albany.

This first round of grants from the $1.2 million fund will be followed by a similar grant award distribution to these organizations in early 2011.

“It is an exciting time for The New York Bar Foundation to be able to award grants for programs that will assist tenants and landlords with the pressing issues surrounding the tenant screening process,” said The New York Bar Foundation President M. Catherine Richardson. “We are pleased that these outstanding organizations are collectively providing the highest quality programs to those affected by this problem.”

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