Yes we have Legal Aid here. I've talked to several other tenants over the years about forming a tenants association so that we could present a united front when dealing with the landlord but nobody seems to want to get involved in that. They just want to bitch & whine about how awful the building has become.
I went to a tenant meeting last month & made a suggestion about getting more security guards. That got shot down immediately so I then suggested that they install more security cameras. The landlord's rep said that they would look into that (whether they do or not is anyone's guess).