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If none of these organizations can help, you may want to hire a lawyer. Contact the New York City Bar's Legal Referral Service at 212-626-7373. Outside New York City, contact the New York State Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service. Referral services charge a small fee for a legal consultation.
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 | Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch  | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | Queens Legal Services  | | 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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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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. |  |  |  |
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 | | 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 |  |  |  |
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 | | 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 |  |  |  |
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 | | 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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