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Small Claims Form Instructions:
Video (run time: 4:52 minutes/seconds, Windows Media format )
Written Transcript

All three videos were written, filmed and produced by court personnel or volunteers from the Landlord Tenant Bar.

Civil:
- How To Try or Defend A Civil Case When You Don't Have A Lawyer

Housing:
- How To Prepare For A Landlord-Tenant Trial 
- A Landlord's Guide To The New York City Housing Court
-  A Tenant's Guide To The New York City Housing Court

Small Claims:
- Small Claims Booklet

Civil Court Reports:
- Housing Initiative of 1997, "Breaking New Ground"
- Annual Review of the Housing Initiative 1998
- Civil Court of the City of New York 1997 - 2006
- Volunteer Lawyer for a Day Project Report
February 2008

Other:
- Community Outreach Brochure
- Dispute Resolution Through Mediation
- Coloring Book
- Resource Center Brochure

- Defenses to a Non-Payment Proceeding
- Help! My Landlord Says I'm a Nuisance!
- What To Do If You've Been Evicted
- How to Start a Small Claims Case
- Need Help Paying Rent?
- Tenants' Rights & Responsibilities
- Section 8 - Everything you Wanted to Know!
- Bankruptcy- The Changes in the Law and Its Effect on Consumers
- Credit problems?
- Identity Theft
- Need Help Paying Back Rent?
- Landlord 101
- Need Repairs