Skip to main content
New York Legal information and assistance website
About us Feedback New York Legal Alerts
Legal Term Glossaries Brochures & Handouts 
  
    
 
Public Benefits > 
Social Security Retirement and Survivor's Benefits
 
 
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Manhattan Seniors Project
 
WHO WE ARE

MFY's Seniors Project provides advice, counsel, and representation in court on a wide range of issues, prioritizing those seniors at risk of losing their housing and independence. MFY also helps seniors avoid the pitfalls that prevent them from aging in place in their own apartments by providing community legal education.

En Español

El Proyecto Para Personas Mayores de MFY provee asesoramiento, consejo, y representación en los tribunales sobre una amplia gama de cuestiones, dando prioridad a las personas mayores en riesgo de perder su vivienda y la independencia. MFY también provee educación legal para ayudar personas mayores evitar las trampas que les impiden el envejecimiento en el lugar en sus propios apartamentos.

 
Item Separator
 
HOW TO GET HELP
   To contact this group, CALL 212-417-3880
 
 Wednesday: 2pm to 4:30pm
 
 
WHO WE SERVE
See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve.
 
Area(s) Served:  New York (Manhattan)
 
Manhattan residents who live at or below 110th Street. (Above 110th St: NMIC, 212-822-8300)
Languages Spoken:  French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog, Foughenese, Spanish, Greek
Languages for which interpreters can be provided: In house translation is provided for languages listed above; for other languages, telephonic translation is provided. En Español Proveemos traducción interno para los idiomas mencionados antes. Para los otros idiomas traducción telefónica es disponible.
Wheelchair Accessible: Y
Access for the deaf: Can arrange for American Sign Language interpreters.
 
Other Requirements: For help, you must be:
  a senior (60 years or older)
 
 
TYPE OF HELP
This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources:
 
  Full Legal Representation
  Brief Advice
  Other- Community Legal Education

(Get more information about types of services.)
 
 
Emergency Instructions
If your problem is an emergency as described below, follow the contact instructions for emergency cases. Most offices are open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
 
What is an Emergency?  Eviction with Marshal's Notice
 
Emergency Contact Information:  Walk in to MFY office at 299 Broadway, 4th floor, between 9am-12pm and ask to speak to the attorney on call for emergencies. If unable to come in person, call (212) 417-3700 and state that you have an eviction emergency.
 
Item Separator
 
GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone:212-417-3880
Fax:(212) 417-3891 or (212) 417-3890
Email:info@mfy.org
Web site:www.mfy.org
 
Last Updated: 10/06/11
 
Disclaimer  
Powered by ProBono.Net

LawHelp.org/NY is provided as a public service by the New York LawHelp Consortium.

 

 

Icons of LawHelp/NY funder organizations

 
 
Find us on:
      
 
 
 
 
 

LiveHelp is here! Click here to learn more
 
   Need Help with Your Search?
 
 
You Are Here
NY

Choose Another City, County or Zip Code
 
 
 
 
Choose Another Subtopic
Child Care
Court Forms
Disaster Relief and Information
Fair Hearings
Food Stamps and Feeding Programs
HIV/AIDS-Related Benefits
Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) and Public Utilities
Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus & PCAP
Medicare and Medigap
Medicare Part D and Prescription Drugs
Public Benefits for Immigrants
Rent Assistance - Emergencies and Vouchers
Social Security Disability
SSI for Disabled Adults
SSI for Disabled Children
SSI for Seniors over 65
Unemployment Benefits
Veterans' Benefits
Welfare/Public Assistance
 
 
 
View Results for all subtopics
 
 
 
 
Legal Aid Resources in Other Languages
Albanian / shqip
Amharic / Amharic
Arabic / العربية
Armenian / Հայերէն
Bengali / বাংলা
Bosnian / Bosanski
Bulgarian / Български
Cambodian / Khmer
Chinese / 中文
Farsi / فارسی
French / Français
German / Deutsch
Greek / Ελληνικά
Haitian Creole / Kreyòl ayisyen
Hebrew / עברית
Hindi / हिन्दी
Hmong / Hmoob
Italian / italiano
Japanese / 日本語
Korean / 한국어
Laotian / ພາສາລາວ
Mandarin Chinese / 官話
Oromo / Afaan Oromo
Polish / polski
Portuguese / português
Punjabi / ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Russian / Pусский
Serbo-Croatian / Srpskohrvatski Jezik
Somali / Soomaali
Spanish / Español
Swahili / Kiswahili
Tagalog / Tagalog
Tigrina / Ge?ez
Turkish / Türkçe
Ukrainian / Українська
Urdu / اردو
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Yiddish
 
 
 
 
  © 2001 - 2011, Pro Bono Net, All Rights Reserved. Legal Help in Other States

Bobby WorldWide Approved 508 Level A conformance icon, W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0