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Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in New York City. The community-based organization serves more than 100,000 clients annually. [ 2 ]
Navigating your way through difficult legal issues such as long-term care, estate planning, or social security benefits, as an aging American without adequate support is an overwhelming and...
The New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers.Its services include direct representation, case consultation, advocacy, community education, training, financial counseling, and impact litigation.
Mobilization for Justice provides free services on “pressing civil legal needs including matters regarding housing and foreclosure; consumer, bankruptcy, tax and employment; a variety of legal issues faced by the aged and people with mental illness and physical disabilities; government benefits and immigration; and legal issues that kinship caregivers and parents of children with ...
The Legal Aid Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal aid provider based in New York City. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest provider of legal aid in the United States . [ 1 ] Its attorneys provide representation on criminal and civil matters in both individual cases and class action lawsuits .
Historically, civil legal aid in the United States began in New York with the founding of the Legal Aid Society of New York in 1876. [29] In 2017, New York City became the first place in the US to guarantee legal services to all tenants facing eviction with the passage of the "Right to Counsel Law".
The New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) is the department of the government of New York City [1] that provides support and information for older people (those over 60). [2] Its regulations are compiled in title 69 of the New York City Rules. Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez has been the commissioner of DFTA since April 9, 2019.
Bet Tzedek’s broad range of free legal services [62] are divided into five collective groups of programs and services made available to: seniors and dependent adults; taxpayers, workers, and small businesses; tenants, homeowners, and unhoused individuals; children and families; and LGBTQ+ individuals and communities. [63] [independent source ...