Targeted Legal Services
by Specialty Area

These legal and related social services are available only to those New Yorkers who meet their eligibility criteria.

African-American

NAACP Legal Defense
and Education Fund
99 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013

Artists

Volunteer Lawyers
for the Arts
1 East 53rd Street 6th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10022
(212)-319-2787
URL: http://www.vlany.org
-Restrictions: New York artists with meritorious arts-related claims who meet financial eligibility requirements.

Asian

Asian-American Legal Defense
and Education Fund, Inc.
(A.A.L.D.E.F.)
(Clinics and referrals only.)
99 Hudson Street 12th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10013
(212)-966-5932
URL: http://www.apa2000.org
-Serves New York State

Asylum-Seekers

Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights
Asylum Program
333 Seventh Avenue 13th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10001
(212)-845-5200
URL: http://www.lchr.org

Children and Youth

Advocates for Children
of New York Inc.
151 West 30th Street 5th Flr
New York City, N.Y. 10001
(212)-947-9779
URL: http://www.advocatesforchildren.org/
-Provides information and legal assistance to children with disabilities and their families

Association for the Help
of Retarded Children
Legal Services Department
200 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
(212) 780-2500
URL: http://www.ahrcnyc.org

C-Plan:
Child Planning and Advocacy Now
One Centre Street, 15th flr
New York, NY10007
(212) 669-4955
URL: www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov

Children's Law Center
(718)-243-0292
-Serves Brooklyn Family Court

Children's Rights
404 Park Avenue South
New York, N.Y. 10016
-Class action lawsuits on behalf of foster children

Covenant House
NY Legal Services Office
460 West 41st Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 613-0300/01
-Ages 12 through 21 only
URL: www.convenanthouseny.org

Door - A Center of Alternatives
Legal Services Center
121 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
(212) 941-9090 Ext 233
-Serves all five boros of New York
-Ages 12 through 21 only
URL: www.door.org

Hetrick-Martin Institute
Project First Step
2 Astor Place
NewYork, N.Y. 10003
(212)-674-2400
-Program for runaway and homeless youth from 12-21.
(Hetrick Martin also runs Harvey Milk High School)

Jewish Board of Family
and Children's' Services
The Jewish Conciliation Board of America
(212)-397-4090
-Call for contact information for all five boros of New York City

Lawyers for Children
New York Family Court
60 Lafayette Street, 6th Flr
110 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 233-4311; 966-6420
URL: http://www.lawyersforchildren.org
-Assigned counsel for children involved in the Family Court system

Legal Services
for Children, Inc.
271 Madison Avenue, Ste 1007
New York, NY 10016
(212) 683-7999
URL: http://www.kidslaw.org

National Association
of Child Advocates
1522 "K" Street N.W., Ste 600
Washington, D.C. 20005-1202
(202)-289-0777
Fax: (202)-289-0776
E-mail: naca@childadvocacy.org

New York Society
for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children
161 William Street, 12th flr
New York, NY 10038
(212) 233-5500
URL: http://www.nyspcc.org

NYS C.A.S.A. Organization
99 Pine Street
Albany, N.Y. 12207-2776
Phone: (518)-426-5354
Toll Free: 877-80-VOICE
e-mail: mail@casanys.org
-Lay advocates for children in the Family Court system

NYS Citizens' Coalition
for Children
306 East State Street, Ste 220
Ithaca, New York 14850
607-272-0034
Fx: 607-272-0035
E-mail: office@nysccc.org

Victim Services
(now Safe Horizon)
Street Work Project
548-8th Avenue 22nd Flr
New York, N.Y. 10018
(212)-695-2220
-Drop-in center for runaway and homeless youth from 13-21

Family Law: Child Protection, Paternity, Custody and Support; Divorce and Spousal Support; Domestic Violence

Custody Lawyers
for Children, Inc.
(212)-966-6420
-Serves the five boros

The Family Center, Inc.
66 Reade Street
New York, NY 10007
(212) 766-4522
URL: www.thefamilycenter.org

NY Legal Assistance Corporation, Inc.
Matrimonial/Family Law Unit
URL: http://www.nylag.org/
Matrimonial__family_law.htm
-NYLAG's Website offers information about the services offered by its Family Law Unit, including divorce, domestic violence, custody, child support, paternity and foster care

Child Support Enforcement

You need not hire a private attorney to enforce a child support order. New York State offers legal representation to custodial parents regardless of income status.

URL: http://www.otda.state.ny.
us/csms/default.htm.

For other information relative to income assistance, visit the New York State Department of Family Assistance at www.dfa.state.ny.us

Bronx County:

Bronx County
Support Collection Unit Services
900 Sheridan Avenue, 1st Flr
Bronx, N.Y. 10451
Phone: (718)-590-3428, 3432
Fax: (718)-590-7779

Kings County:

Kings County
Support Collection Unit Services
283 Adams Street, 1st Flr
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
Phone: (718)-643-8890 or 330-2476
Fax: (718)-330-0947

New York County( Manhattan):

New York County
Support Collection Unit Services
60 Lafayette Street, 1st Flr
New York, N.Y. 10013
Phone (212)-385-8218/8219
Fax: (212)-385-8777

Queens County:

Queens County
Support Collection Unit Services
89-14 Parsons Blvd. 3rd Flr
Jamaica, N.Y. 11432
(718)-739-6231/6670
Fax: (718)-739-4361

Richmond County (Staten Island):

Richmond County
Support Collection Unit Services
100 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
Phone: (718)-720-2793
Fax: (718)-273-7814

Civil Liberties

NY Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street 17th flr
New York, NY 10004
(212) 344-3005
URL: http://www.nyclu.org
-Serves New York State

Crime Victims

Victim Services
(now Safe Horizon)
2 Lafayette Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-577-7700
Fax: ( 212)-395-0331
URL: http://www.safehorizon.org/
-Call for contact information for all five boros of New York

Criminal Defense

Legal Action Center
of the City of New York, Inc.
(LAC)
153 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10014
(212) 243-1313
URL: www.lac.org
E-mail: lacinfo@aol.org
-LAC offers legal advocacy and information to criminal defendants and former defendants

NYS Defenders Association
URL: http://www.nysda.org/
-Association of criminal defense attorneys

Disabled

Association for the Help
of Retarded.Children
(AHRC)
Legal Services Department
200 Park Avenue South
New York, N.Y. 10003
(212)-780-2500
Fax: (212)-777-5893
URL: http://www.ahrcnyc.org/

Center for
Disability Advocacy Rights
(CEDAR)
841 Broadway, Ste 605
New York, NY 10003
(212) 979-0505

NYS Advocate's Office for
Persons with Disabilities
URL: http://www.state.ny.us/
disabledAdvocate

NY Lawyers
for the Public Interest
Disability Law Center
151 West 30th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 244-4664
URL: http://www.nylpi.org

Domestic Violence

Advocacy/Counseling City-Wide:

Sanctuary for Families
Center for
Battered Women's Legal Services
P.O. Box 1406, Wall Street Sta
New York City, N.Y. 10268
(212)-349-6009/6810
URL: http://www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org/

Safe Horizon
Domestic Violence
Law Project
Confidential address
New York, NY 10013
(212) 577-3220
URL: http://www.safehorizon.org/
-Hotlines and information

Arab-American
Family Support Center
(718) 643-8000

Barrier Free Living, Inc.(Physically disabled)
(212) 677-6668

Gay & Lesbian
Anti-Violence Project
(212) 714-1141

Korean-American
Family Services Center
(212) 465-0664

New York Association
for New Americans
(212) 425-5051

SAKHI for
South Asian Women
(212) 695-5447

Shalom Task Force
Orthodox Jewish Domestic Violence Hotline
(888)-883-2323

Steps to End
Family Violence
(teens/women defendants)
(212) 410-4200

Network for
Women's Services
(212)-695-3800

Domestic Violence Advocacy/Counseling
-by Boro

Bronx

Hostos
Women and Immigrants
Rights Center
(718) 518-4312

Bronx Independent Living Services
(disabled)
(718) 515-2800

St. Rita's Center
(refugees)
(718) 365-4390

Brooklyn

Park Slope
Safe Homes Project
(718) 499-2151

Queens

Pragati, Inc.
(Women of Indian origin)
(718) 456-4712

Queens Women's Network
(718) 657-6200

Victims' Services (now Safe Horizon)
Community Offices:

Bronx

Kingsbridge Center
(718) 933-1000

Claremont Center
(718) 538-9382

Brooklyn

Bedford-Stuyvesant
(718) 827-4700

Manhattan

Harlem Office
(212) 316-2100

Washington Heights
& Inwood Center
(212) 740-7446

West Side Center
(212) 784-0724

Queens

Jamaica Center
(718) 291-2555

Staten Island

Staten Island Center
(718) 448-3118

24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotlines

NYC Domestic Violence
Bilingual Hotline
1-800-621-HOPE
Hearing Impaired
1-800-810-7444

Violence Intervention Program
Bilingual Hotline
(212) 360-5090

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotlines

NYS Adult
Domestic Violence Hotline
English
1-800-942-6906
Spanish
1-800-942-6908

Legal Services
for Domestic Violence Victims:

Sanctuary for Families
Center for
Battered Women's Legal Services
(212) 349-6009

Main Street Legal Services
Battered Women's
Rights Clinic
(at CUNY Law School)
(718) 575-4300

Network for
Women's Services
(Legal assistance for battered women seeking divorces)
(212) 924-3840

Safe Horizon
Westside Legal Project
(212)-874-0762
-Restrictions: must be a victim of domestic violence
in need of legal representation in family-related matters
-Serves all five boros.

Domestic Violence Shelters:

Bronx:

Aegis
Battered Women's Program
1-800-621-HOPE

Project Oasis
Safe Homes
1-800-621-HOPE

New Day Shelter
(718) 617-8762

Brooklyn:

Park Slope
Safe Homes Project
(718) 499-2151

Women's Survival Space
(718) 439-1000

New Hope
1-800-621-HOPE

Family Project
(718) 443-3928

Project Oasis
Safe Homes
1-800-621-HOPE

Women's Safe Start II
(718) 453-2280

Manhattan:

Henry Street Shelter
(212) 475-6400

Sanctuary For Families, Inc.
(212) 349-6009

Urban Women's Retreat
(212) 690-6490

Violence Intervention Program
(212) 360-5090

NY Asian Women's Center
(888) 888-7702

Queens:

Transition Center (Kosher facilities)
(718) 520-8045

Allen Women's
Resource Center
(718) 739-6202

Project Oasis
Safe Homes
1-800-621-HOPE

Women Helping Women
(718) 539-9111

Staten Island:

Project Oasis
Safe Homes
1-800-621-HOPE

Other Domestic Violence Resources:

NYS Employee Assistance Program
(New York State employees only) (212) 417-5731

Network for Women's Services
(212)-695-3800
-Serves the five boros

Drug Addiction

Legal Action Center
of the City of New York, Inc. (LAC)
153 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10014
(212) 243-1313
URL: www.lac.org
E-mail: lacinfo@aol.org
-LAC offers legal advocacy to those seeking to overcome a history of drug addiction

Project Hospitality, Inc.
Legal Advocacy Program
100 Park Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10302
(718) 448-1544
URL: www.projecthospitality.org

The Elderly

Alliance of New York
(212)-219-1800
-Serves the five boros

Queens County
Community Advocacy Center
51-13 108th Street
Corona, N.Y. 11368
(718)-760-8558

BLS Legal Services Corporation
Senior Citizens Law Office
(Brooklyn) (718)-488-7448

Legal Services
for the Elderly
130 West 42nd Street, 17th flr
New York, NY 10036
(212) 391-0120

Legal Services for the Elderly
in Queens Jewish Association for
Services for the Aged
(JASA)
97-45 Queens Blvd., Ste 914
Rego Park, N.Y. 11374
(718)-897-2515

Volunteers
of Legal Service, Inc.
Elderly Project
54 Greene Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 966-4400

HIV/AIDS

CAMBA Legal Services, Inc.
URL: http://www.camba.org/
serv04.htm
-CAMBA's Health Care page offers an archive of HIV newsletters and reports, and extensive information about HIV health and housing programs such as scattered-site and HOPWA

HIV Law Project, Inc.
161 William Street, 17th flr
New York, NY 10038
(212) 577-3001
URL: www.hivlegalnyc.org

AIDS Center
of Queens County, Inc.
97-45-Queens Blvd. Ste.1220
Rego Park, N.Y. 11374
(718)-896-2500
Hearing Impaired (718)-896-2985
Fx: (718)-275-2094
URL: http://www.acqc.org

Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.
Legal Advocacy Services
540 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 295-5598
URL: http://www.basnyc.org

Council on Adoptable Children
AIDS Orphans Adoption Program
666 Broadway, Suite 820
New York, NY 10012
(212) 475-0222
URL: http://www.coac.org

Gay Men's Health Crisis
(GMHC)
Legal Department
119 West 24th Street, 7th flr
New York, NY 10011
(212) 367-1040
URL: http://www.gmhc.org

Legal Action Center
of the City of New York, Inc.
(LAC)
153 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10014
(212) 243-1313
URL: www.lac.org
E-mail: lacinfo@aol.org
-LAC offers HIV/AIDS legal services and information

Queens Legal Services
HIV Advocacy Project
89-00 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, N.Y. 11435
(718)-657-8611
Fx: (718)-526-5051

Minority Task Force
on AIDS
3280 Broadway Rm 302
New York, NY 10027
(212) 283-9180

Project Hospitality, Inc.
Legal Advocacy Program
100 Park Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10302
(718) 448-1544
URL: www.projecthospitality.org

Homeless

Coalition for the Homeless
(212)-964-5900
-Serves Kings County

Legal Aid Society
Homeless Rights Project
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 722-3100
URL: http://www.legal-aid.org

NYC Office for the Homeless
SRO Housing Services
52 Chambers Street Rm 400
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-566-3200

Project Hospitality, Inc.
Legal Advocacy Program
100 Park Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10302
(718) 448-1544
URL: www.projecthospitality.org

Housing

Northern Manhattan
Improvement Corporation
76 Wadsworth Avenue
New York, NY 10033
(212) 822-8300
URL: www.nmic.org

Immigrants

CAMBA Legal Services, Inc.
URL: http://www.camba.org/
serv07.htm
-Informational links to CAMBA's Immigration Assistance Program and Women's Immigration Services

New York Association
for New Americans, Inc.
(NYANA)
Legal Services Department
17 Battery Place 9th flr
New York, NY 10004
(212) 425-5051
URL: http://www.nyana.org

Catholic Charities
Department of Immigrant
and Refugee Services
1011 First Avenue 12th flr
New York, NY 10022
(212) 419-3700

Catholic Migration Service
1258 65th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
(718) 236-3000
URL: http://www.
catholicmigration.org

Center for
Immigrants' Rights, Inc.
48 St. Marks' Place
New York, N.Y. 10003
(212)-505-6890

Central American
Legal Assistance
240 Hooper Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 486-6800

Citizens Advice Bureau
Immigration Program
2070 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10457
(718) 731-3114

Comite Nuestra Senora de Loreto
Sobre Asuntos de Immigracion
856 Pacific Street
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 783-4500

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
333 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(212) 967-4100
URL: www.hias.org

Korean Immigrant Services
of New York, Inc.
136-65 Roosevelt Avenue #200 & 201
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 359-5531
URL: http://www.kisny.org

Legal Aid Society
Immigration Law Unit
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 722-3100
URL: http://www.legal-aid.org

NY Legal Assistance Group Inc.
Immigration Protection Unit
URL: http://www.nylag.org/
immigration_protection_unit.htm
-Lnks to information about the NYS Refugee and Asylee Assistance Program

Safe Horizon
Immigration Law Project
74-09 37th Avenue Rm 412
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(718) 899-1233
URL: http://www.safehorizon.org

Traveler's Aid
Immigration Legal Services
74-09 37th Avenue Rm 412
Jackson Hts., New York 11372
(718)-899-1233, Ext. 129

Union of Needletrades, Industrial
and Textile Employees (UNITE)
Immigration Project
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(212) 627-0600
URL: http://www.uniteunion.org

Lesbian/Gay

Lambda Legal Defense &
Education Fund, Inc.
120 Wall Street Ste 1500
New York City, N.Y. 10005-3904
(212)-809-8585
Fx: 809-0055
URL: http://www.lambdalegal.org

Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
119 West 24th Street (bet 6th & 7th Aves)
New York City, N.Y. 10011-1913
(212)-807-6655

Lesbian and Gay Law Association
Foundation of Greater NY
799 Broadway Rm 340
New York, NY 10003
(212) 353-9118
UJRL: http://www.le-gal.org

NY Gay and Lesbian
Anti-Violence Project
240 West 35th Street Ste 200
New York, NY 10001
(212) 714-1141
URL: http://www.avp.org

Mariners

Seaman's Church Institute
URL: http://www.seamenschurch.
org/index.htm
-Legal advocacy for mariners

Medicare

Medicare Rights Center, Inc.
1460 Broadway 11th flr
New York, NY 10036
(800) 333-4114
URL: http://www.medicarerights.org

Mentally Ill

N.A.M.I.
(Formerly Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
432 Park Avenue South Ste 710
New York City, N.Y. 10016
(212)-684-3365
Fax: (212)-684-3364
Helpline: (212)-684-3264
Events Line: (212)-684-4237
E-mail: nami@aol.com

Native American

American Indian Law Alliance
Legal Services Project
708 Broadway, 8th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10003
(212)-598-0100 Ext. 257
Restrictions: Must be Native American to qualify
-Serves New York Metropolitan Area
URL: http://www.americanindianlawall.org

New Yorkers

Citizens Committee for NYC
305 Seventh Avenue 15th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10001
(212) 989-0909
Fax: (212) 989-0983

Non-Profit Organizations

Lawyers Alliance for NY
330 7th Avenue 19th Flr
New York City, N.Y. 10001
(212)-219-1800; 941-7458
and 99 Hudson Street
New York, N.Y. 10013
(212)-219-1800
URL: www.lany.org
-Founded in 1969 and self-described as New York's leading provider of business legal services to non-profits, the Lawyers Alliance maintains a Website offering access to its workshops, programs, publications, links and more

The Non-Profit Coordinating Committee
of NY (NPCC)
1350 Broadway Ste 1801
New York City, N.Y. 10018
(212)-502-4191
Fax: (212)-502-4189
URL: http://www.npccny.org/
-Membership organization providing services for non-profits

Legal Action Center (LAC) Inc.
153 Waverly Place
New York City, N.Y. 10014
1-800-223-4044
(212)-243-1313
URL: www.lac.org
E-mail: lacinfo@aol.org

Prison Inmates

Legal Aid Society
Prisoners' Rights Project
111 Livingston Street 7th flr
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 260-4757

Prisoners' Legal Services
of NY
118 Prospect Street, Ste 307
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-2283
(212)-513-7373
-Serves New York State

Public Interest

Trial Lawyers for
Public Justice
1717 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Ste 800
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202)-797-8600
Fax: (202)-232-7203
URL: http://www.tlpj.org/
-National public interest law firm

Puerto Rican

Puerto Rican Legal Defense
and Education Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson Street, 14th flr
New York, NY 10013
(212) 219-3660
URL: http://www.igc.org/PR

Tenants

CAMBA Legal Services, Inc.
- Anti-Eviction Legal Services
URL: http://www.camba.org/
serv07.htm
-CAMBA's Anti-Eviction Legal Services provides legal and a variety of supportive social services to low-income tenants facing imminent eviction and homelessness

Eviction Intervention Services
150 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 308-2210(212)-308-2210
-Serves the five boros

Goddard-Riverside
Community Center
West Side Single Room Occupancy
(SRO) Law Project
647 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10025
(212) 799-9638
URL: http://www.goddard.org
-Restrictions: must live in an SRO on the West side of Manhattan

Housing Conservation Coordinators
500 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 541-5996
URL: www.hellskitchen.net/
housing/hcc

Open Housing Center
45 John Street, Rm 308
New York, NY 10038
(212) 231-7080

Unemployed

Unemployment Action Center, Inc.
240 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-6568

Unions

Association for
Union Democracy
500 State Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 855-6650
URL: www.uniondemocracy.org

Workers Defense League, Inc.
275 Seventh Avenue 15th floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 627-1931

Veterans

Eastern Paralyzed
Veterans Association
(718)-803-3782
-Serves New York County

Welfare

Project Hospitality, Inc.
Legal Advocacy Program
100 Park Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10302
(718) 448-1544
URL: www.projecthospitality.org

Welfare Law Center
275 Seventh Avenue Ste 1205
New York, NY 10001
(212) 633-6967
URL: www.welfarelaw.org

Women

Caribbean Women's
Health Association, Inc.
123 Linden Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718) 826-2942
URL: http://www.cwha.org

inMotion, Inc.
(formerly Network for
Women's Services)
Confidential address
New York, NY 10018
(212) 695-3800

inMotion, Inc.
Bronx Program
Confidential address,
Bronx, NY 10459
(718) 537-7355

National Organization of Women
(NOW) Legal Defense and
Eduation Fund
395 Hudson Street, 5th floor
New York, NY 10014
(212) 925-6635
URL: www.nowldef.org

NOW Service Fund
150 West 28th Street Rm 304
New York, NY 10001
(212) 627-9895
URL: http://www.nownyc.org

Women's Rights at Work
- Project of Citizen Action of NY
88 Third Avenue, 4th floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 694-8290