The following is a list of organizations who offer legal services in the New York City area
For immigration-related assitance:
Immigration Hotline (Confidential) 212-419-3737 or, call 800-566-7636
Safe Horizon 718-899-1233 X 129
Cuny Citizenship & Immigration Project
Brooklyn - City Tech Immigration Center, 718-260-5597
Bronx - Hostos Community College Immigration Center, 718-518-4395
Manhattan - City College Immigration Center, 212-650-6620
Queens - Flushing Immigration Center, 718-640-9223
The Legal Aid Society Immigration Law Unit
199 Water St. 3rd Floor New York, NY 10038-3500
212-577-3300
New York Association For New Americans
17 Battery Place, 9th Floor, NY, NY 10004-1102
212-898-4180
If you've had prior problems with police or government agents and need to speak to an immigration attorney before filing your naturalization application:
City Tech Immigration Center
Dept. of Law & Paralegal Studies, 718-260-5597
300 Jay St.
Room N-622
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Hotline Immigration
718-858-9658 X 203 or 201
Tuesday, Thursday 1:30 to 4:30pm ask for Lina
Families for Freedom
Hotline 212-626-7383
To get a birth certificate, death certificate, etc. from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
PRFAA-New York
475 Park Avenue South, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10016
212-252-7300
www.prfaa.com
To make a complaint about workplace descrimination:
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination
1-800-669-4000 (Voice) or 1-800-669-6820 (TTY)
www.eeoc.gov.
For information on the legal rights of immigrant students & parents in NYC Public Schools:
Advocates For Children Immigrants Students Rights Project
151 W. 30TH ST. 5TH Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-947-9779 www.advocatesforchildren.org
HELPLINE: Mon.- Thurs. 10:00am to 4:00pm.
For information on housing rights:
The City Task Force On Housing Court, Inc.
Information tables in each of the housing courts, Mon.- Fri. from 9:00am. to 12:00pm. Staten Island opens Wed. and Thurs. Harlem is open Mon., Thurs.& Fri.
Red Hook is open every other Wed. The information table is free and is available to all unrepresented litigants.
Brooklyn 141 Livingston Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 718-643-7528
Red Hook Community Court 88-94 Visitation Pl. Brooklyn, NY 11231 718-923-8200
Bronx 1118 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10451
718-466-3025
Manhattan 111 Centre Street NY, NY 10013
646-386-5500
Harlem Community Court 170 EAST 121 ST. NY, NY 10035 212-828-7558
Staten Island 927 Castleton Ave. Staten Island, NY 10301 718-390-5420
Queens 89-17 Sutphin Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11435
CWTFHC - Charity Request Central
Emergency Rent Coalition HOTLINE 212-962-4795 Mon.-Fri. 9:00am. to 5:00pm. Basic Criteria: Future ability to pay rent & good reason for falling behind & reasonable rental arrears.
www.cwtfhc.org
Help for low income residents:
New York City Bar Association
Call and make and appointment
212-626-7373 Spanish 212-626-7374 ask for Monday Night Workshop
www.LawHelp.org
Referrals to free legal services programs
Information about your legal rights
Links to social services and government agencies
Information about the court system
For help with health issues:
Domestic Violence
Hotline 212-577-7777
Safe Horizon 718-899-1233
Caribbeean Women's Health Association Immigrant Service Center
123 Linden Blvd. Brooklyn, NY 11226
718-826-2942
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
119 West 24th
St. New York, NY 10011
212-367-1040 (Org. represents HIV + individuals only)
Human Rights First
333 Seventh Ave. 13th Floor, New York, NY 10001
212-613-1419
Organizations offering assistance in New Jersey:
Legal Services Of New Jersey
Legal services of New Jersey provides information
and referrals to low-income residents of New Jersey
with civil legal problems:
100 Metroplex Drive
Plainfield Avenue
Edison, NJ 08818
Hotline: 1-888-576-5529 (8:00 am-5:30 pm Monday through Friday)
http://www.1snj.org/directory.htm
Lutheran Social Ministries Of New Jersey
All cases including asylum, may charge a nominal fee. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Program
189 South Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08601 609-393-4900
Migration & Refugee Services
Offers legal counseling in immigration matters and assistance with applications for the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Diocese of Trenton
149 North Warren Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-394-8299 www.dioceseoftrenton.org
Legal assistance for prisoners:
Prisoners' Rights Project
The Legal Aid Society of NYC
199 Water Street
New York, NY 10007
Innocence Project
Cardoza School of Law
100 Fifth Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Women In Jail and Prison Project of the Correctional Association of New York
Contact: Ida DuPont
135 East 15th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 254-5700
Prisoners and Families Clinic
Columbia Univ. Law School
Amsterdam Ave at 116th Street
Att: Prof. P. Genty
New York, NY 10027
(parole or parental rights in New York City area prisons)
Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic
NYU School of Law
110 West 3rd Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-6060
(appeals of felony post-convictions; post-conviction aid for Death Row inmates)
The Legal Action Center
225 Varick Street
New York, NY 10014
212-243-1313 www.lac.org
Individuals or providers who are in New York or who have question about a New York State rap sheet may call the Legal Action Center at (212) 243-1313, on Tuesdays and Fridays only from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., and ask for a paralegal.
Fortune Society
39 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 206-7070
This self-help organization works with ex-offenders in New York. It offers one-on-one counseling (ex-offender to ex-offender), tutoring, job training, placement, preparation for GED diploma, and out-patient substance abuse services. No legal services but acts as referral agency for halfway houses, drug or alcohol addiction programs, and numerous other social services and AIDS counseling.
The Fortune News Osborne Association
175 Remsen Street, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
1 (800) 344-3314
Queens Headquarters (718) 707-2600
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2-7pm
The center is for families of New York prisoners and is a clearinghouse of information on visitation, transportation resources, packages, transfers, parole and other issues. Provides informational workshops for prison families on employment opportunities in NYC for ex-prisoners, and referrals for educational / treatment programs.
Project Return
10 Astor Place, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003-6935
(212) 979-8800
Helps parolees with employment readiness, job placement, individual and family counseling, as well as recreational and community service activities.
St. Patrick's Friary
102 Seymour Street
Buffalo, NY 14210
(716) 856-6131
Group counseling provided at Attica, Wyoming, Collins, Orleans, Albion, and Rochester prisons in one-to-one matches with community volunteers, aid given to inmates’ family members, post-release services including housing for parolees and job training. Also offers aid with educational opportunities, transportation, and job opportunities.
Black Veterans for Social Justice
686 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 935-1116
Prisoner law manuals
The Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual
(6th Edition- March 2005) is very good for New York State issues. Published in English or Spanish. Please write for ‘order sheet’ to:
Columbia University Law School
Columbia Human Rights Law Review
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
The Jailhouse Lawyers’ Handbook (2005) is designed for inmates and discusses federal Section 1983 and constitutional issues. Please request your FREE copy (117 pages) by writing to: National Lawyers Guild- Prison Law Project
143 Madison Ave 4th Fl., New York, NY 10016
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012
Attn: Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook
www.jailhouselaw.org |
