This project is a partnership between the University of Rochester, the Legal Aid Society of Rochester and the Rochester City Court of Rochester, NY. It provides data and analysis of Landlord-Tenant Cases heard in Rochester City Court during the 2017 calendar year to better understand landlord-tenant issues and the eviction process in Rochester, NY. All data collection and analysis was conducted by students in “Innovation in Public Service,” a course offered at the University of Rochester in the Fall Semester of 2018.

Student Contributors

Brian Filipiak, Class of 2020
Beatriz Gil-Gonzalez, Class of 2019
Forrest Hangen, Class of 2019
Morgan Miller, Class of 2020
Bethany Tallis, Class of 2020

Project Directors

Justina Elmore
Outreach Librarian for the Social Science
University of Rochester
jelmore [at] library.rochester.edu

Stu Jordan
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Rochester
stuart.jordan [at] rochester.edu

Community Partners

Eugene Crimi, Esq.
Chief Clerk
Rochester City Court

Mark Muoio
Program Director, Housing Unit
Legal Aid Society of Rochester

Zachary Pike, Esq.
Director, Civil Division
Legal Aid Society of Rochester

Web and GIS Consultants

Emily Sherwood
Director, Digital Scholarship Lab
University of Rochester

Blair Tinker
Research Specialist for GIS
University of Rochester