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There are 65 resources  
Groups serving all people: - (37)
Groups only serving individuals with mental health problems: - (2)
Groups only serving senior citizens: - (5)
Groups only serving people with HIV/AIDS: - (13)
Groups serving other special populations: - (8)
  Groups serving all people:
 
Housing Court Answers
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
Legal Aid Society: Homeless Rights Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 homeless
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
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.
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.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program - East End Site
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;
 Eligible clients can apply for FEPS or Jiggetts. Clients must be eligible for public assistance and have minor children in the household.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program - St. Nicholas Site
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;
 Eligible clients can apply for FEPS. Clients must be eligible for public assistance and have minor children in the household.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program - Waverly Site
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;
 Eligible clients can apply for FEPS. Clients must be eligible for public assistance and have minor children in the household.
CAMBA Legal Services - Housing Unit
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 300.0% of poverty level;
 Please call for eligibility screen.
 Your household must be eligible for public assistance and a minor child must live in the household.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program
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;
 Clients will be expected to demonstrate future ability to pay (income and current month of rent paid), document reason for why rent accrued, have housing court notices or rent demand from the landlord, apply to HRA for one-shot-deal, and use all available personal resources as well as apply to other agencies to account for the remaining arrears.
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.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
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;
 
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;
 You must be on public assistance with minor children on your budget and living in your household.
 a person with a case in Manhattan Housing Court
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
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 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.
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.
Urban Justice Center - Homelessness Outreach & Prevention Project
New York, NY
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.
Queens Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
New York Urban League-Queens
Jamaica, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
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.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
New York, NY
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Neighborhood Preservation Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 MFY serves low and moderate income New Yorkers.
Queens Community House-Eviction Prevention Program - Jamaica Office
Jamaica, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 Income guidelines are the same as for familes with children on public assistance and SSI.

In order to obtain services you must be TANF eligible.
Legal Services NYC-Bronx - Courthouse Office LSC LOGO
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 a family on public assistance with a case in court
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Services NYC-Bronx - Housing Unit LSC LOGO
Bronx, 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.
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.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
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.
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 individuals with mental health problems:
 
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Mental Health Law Project
New York, NY
Urban Justice Center - Mental Health Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 No income guidelines; services provided to folks with mental health related disability
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  Groups only serving senior citizens:
 
Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation A - Senior Anti-Eviction Project LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 a senior (60 years or older)
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Office for the Aging
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 There are no strict guidelines, but the emphasis is on serving those with the greatest need.
 a senior (60 years 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:
 a senior (60 years or older)
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Manhattan Seniors Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 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)
 a resident of Manhattan
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
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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;
 OR HIV positive.
 HIV positive
 To receive help with a housing issue, you must be either HIV positive OR have less than 200% of the FPIG.
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
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
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.
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.
Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation A - Comprehensive Rights Unit LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 Currently the maximum income is as follows: 1 person household - 12,250, 2 person household - $16,500, 3 person household - $20,750, 4 person household - $25,000, 8 person household - $42,000
 
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.
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
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
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
African Services Committee - HIV Legal Services Program
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association Foundation ("LeGaL Foundation")
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
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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
Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP)
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 Youth between the ages of 14 and 22
New York Center for Law and Justice, Inc.
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 Must be within 125% of the federal poverty guidelines to acquire services. When calculating your household income, we will exclude cost of a household's principle residence, vehicles used for transportation to work, and assets used in producing income.
 Must be deaf or hard of hearing
Urban Justice Center - Peter Cicchino Youth Project, serving LGBT youth
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 LGBT youth between ages 13 and 24 that are street involved or homeless.
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Unable to afford a private attorney.
 over 60 years old or disabled
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
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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