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| Legal Action Center of the City of New York, Inc. (LAC) - HIV Legal Services |
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| WHO WE ARE |
The Legal Action Center (LAC) performs impact litigation and provides legal services to HIV-positive people, persons with histories of alcohol and/or drug dependency, and persons with criminal records. LAC's impact litigation focuses on issues involving discrimination, privacy and access to insurance coverage for health care.
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| HOW TO GET HELP |
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 To contact this group, CALL (212) 243-1313 |
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| | Monday: | | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| | Tuesday: | | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| | Wednesday: | | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| | Thursday: | | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| | Friday: | | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
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LAC's legal services assist HIV-positive people and their families with a variety of matters, such as HIV confidentiality and testing, discrimination based on HIV Status, criminal record, or alcoholic/drug history, government benefits, health care proxies, living wills. The Center also helps HIV+ individuals with criminal records get and clean up their rap sheets, get Certificates of Relief from Disabilities and Good Conduct, and learn how to overcome discriminatory barriers to jobs and housing.
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| WHO WE SERVE |
| See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve. |
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| Area(s) Served:
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island)
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Languages Spoken: Spanish
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Wheelchair Accessible: Y
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Other Requirements: For help, you must be:
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HIV positive
or related to an HIV positive individual
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| TYPE OF HELP |
| This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources: |
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Full Legal Representation
Brief Advice
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(Get more information about
types of services.)
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