The membership of the working group includes:

New York County Supreme Court Justice Hon. Anthony Cannataro, who is the citywide administrative judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York
Ross Gilmore, partner at Sperber, Denenberg and Kahan and a member of the New York City Bar Association's Housing Court Committee
Beth Goldman, president & attorney-in-charge at New York Legal Assistance Group
Seymour W. James, partner at Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, former attorney-in-chief of the New York City Legal Aid Society and past president of NYSBA
Kenneth Kanfer, an attorney at Kanfer & Holtzer
Mark Moretti, of counsel, Phillips Lytle
Domenick Napoletano, NYSBA treasurer and co-chair of NYSBA's Emergency Task Force for Solo and Small Firm Practitioners
Jason Polevoy, counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, and chair of the New York City Bar Association Real Property Law Committee
Phil Rosen, managing partner at Horing, Welikson, Rosen and Digrugilliers
Andrew Scherer, co-chair, New York City Bar Association Task Force on the Right to Counsel, policy director of the Impact Center for Public Interest Law and visiting associate professor at New York Law School
Sara Wagner, chair of the New York City Bar Association Housing Court Committee and assistant director of the Teamsters Local 237 City Employees Union Legal Services Plan

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