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There are 52 resources  
Groups serving all people: - (33)
Groups only serving senior citizens: - (4)
Groups only serving people with HIV/AIDS: - (10)
Groups serving other special populations: - (5)
  Groups serving all people:
 
Housing Court Answers
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services (A Program of Legal Services NYC) LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Bronx Courthouse Office
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Bronx Neighborhood Office
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Neighborhood Office - Housing
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Harlem Community Law Office
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 This group will accept a person with an income up to 200% of the poverty level in certain circumstances.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Office
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Manhattan Housing Court Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 a person with a case in Manhattan Housing Court
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Queens Neighborhood Courthouse Office
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Queens Neighborhood Office
Kew Gardens, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Staten Island Office
Staten Island, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch - Brighton Office LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch - Williamsburg Outreach Office LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
CAMBA Legal Services - Housing Unit
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 300.0% of poverty level;
 Call for eligibility screening.
 Must be eligible for public assistance and have a minor child in the household.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
Eviction Intervention Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 You must be low-income or moderate-income in order to receive assistance.
Housing Conservation Coordinators
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Helps low to moderate income people.
Legal Services NYC-Bronx - Housing Unit LSC LOGO
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Manhattan Legal Services (formerly Harlem Legal Services, Inc.)- Housing Unit LSC LOGO
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Neighborhood Preservation Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 MFY serves low and moderate income New Yorkers.
Neighborhood Association for Intercultural Affairs (NAICA)
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 We service the low income population. We service families (with children) that are receiving public assistance.We also sevice people that are facing eviction, that are working and can prove that they have a good reason of why they have fallen behind in their rent and can also demonstrate they they have future ability to pay their future rent.
Queens Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
South Brooklyn Legal Services - Housing Unit LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
New York Urban League-Queens
Jamaica, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
New York, NY
Brooklyn Housing and Family Services
Brooklyn, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 Services provided mainly to low and moderate income individuals and families.
City Bar Justice Center Legal Hotline
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
CAMBA Legal Services - Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 300.0% of poverty level;
 Please call the office for a financial screening.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
Make the Road New York Bushwick Office
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 There are no income requirements, but priority is placed on low income individuals.
Make the Road New York Jackson Heights Office
Jackson Heights, NY
For Help, you must be:
 There are no income guidelines, but priority is placed on low income individuals.
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 Children must be present to be financially eligible at 200 of FPIG.

If no children are present in the home, then household income must be at or below 50% of local median income AND must have a physical lease.
 Must be a resident of Queens.
Queens Legal Services  LSC LOGO
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
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  Groups only serving senior citizens:
 
Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Office for the Aging
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Services are provided to individuals aged 60 and over in Brooklyn without regard to income.The office does consider income and resource issues in making priority decisions.
 a senior (60 years or older)
 Must be age 60 or older.
Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens (part of Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - JASA)
Rego Park, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Must serve those individuals with the most economic and social need first.
 a senior (60 years or older)
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Elderly Project
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 You must be living on a fixed income and have less than $20,000 in assets.
 a senior (60 years or older)
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Manhattan Seniors Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 a senior (60 years or older)
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  Groups only serving people with HIV/AIDS:
 
AIDS Center of Queens County, Inc.(Advocacy Center of Queens County)
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Bronx AIDS Services, Inc. - Legal Advocacy Services
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
Gay Men's Health Crisis - Legal Department
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 AIDS person, individuals seeking legal services must first register with the Palm Center (for intake hours, call 212-367-1500).
 HIV positive
Legal Action Center of the City of New York, Inc. (LAC) - HIV Legal Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Neighborhood Office - AIDS Representation Project
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Harlem Community Law Office - AIDS Representation
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
South Brooklyn Legal Services - HIV Project LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
HIV Law Project, Inc.
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 While most of our clients live at or below 125% of the poverty level, we do not have strict income caps and will consider (on a case-by-case basis) handling legal matters for those living above 125% of the poverty level.
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Manhattan Legal Services(formerly Harlem Legal Services, Inc.) - HIV/AIDS Project LSC LOGO
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Project Hospitality, Inc. - Legal Advocacy Program
Staten Island, NY
For Help, you must be:
 HIV positive
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  Groups serving other special populations:
 
The Door - A Center of Alternatives
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 under 21 years old
 and over 12 years old
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Mental Health Law Project
New York, NY
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Those who are unable to afford a private attorney.
 over 60 years old or disabled
DC 37 Municipal Employees' Legal Services (MELS)
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 In order to be eligible for services, you must be a DC 37 member or retiree.
The Family Center
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 We serve families affected by illness regardless of their income.
 Terminally ill (cancer or HIV/AIDS positive) with a minor child in household or a grandparent caregiver.
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