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The Comptroller's office recently criticized the city's housing courts over having inadequate services for those who don't speak English. "In a city with nearly two million individuals with limited English proficiency, it is outrageous that, in our courthouses, tenants wait hours for interpreters, help desks aren't always able to provide necessary services, and signage and literature are inadequate," City Comptroller Scott Stringer said in a statement.