About me
Erica Braudy is a deputy director in the Housing Unit at Manhattan Legal Services where she’s worked since 2016. She previously served as a staff attorney and supervising attorney prior to assuming this role. Erica is an adjunct professor and clinic coordinator in the Housing Rights’ Clinic at New York Law School and works nationally on the Housing Justice Pipeline Project.
Erica graduated from CUNY Law School in 2013 and has worked in housing justice fighting evictions and expanding tenants’ rights in New York City since 2014. Erica has published two law review articles, including Tax A Bank, Save A Home: Judicial, Legislative, and Other Creative Efforts to Prevent Foreclosures in New York (2014) and Power and Possibility in the Era of Right to Counsel, Robust Rent Laws & COVID-19 (2021).
Before pursuing law, Erica worked as an organizer with the New York Civil Liberties Union, leading campaigns for LGBTQ+ rights and student advocacy. Erica remains active with the CUNY Law Contemplative Lawyering program.
