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- EIN 13-3505428
- info@nylag.org
- (212) 613-5000
- 100 Pearl St 19th Floor New York NY 10004-6006 USA
- www.nylag.org
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Causes: Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Legal Services, Protection Against Abuse
Mission: The new york legal assistance group uses the power of the law to help new yorkers in need combat social and economic injustice. We address emerging and urgent legal needs with comprehensive, free civil legal services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community education.
Programs: General legal services unit: nylag's unit encompasses a number of nylags units for financial reporting purposes, including: the consumer protection unit (consumer credit, foreclosure prevention); the public benefits unit (elder law, employment law, and public benefits cases, including disability, food stamps, home care and medicaid/medicare); and the tenants rights unit (eviction prevention, landlord/tenant disputes). Staff represent clients before a variety of courts and administrative agencies, advocate for their clients, and partner with community-based organizations to provide effective services to their clients.
legal health unit: nylags legal health partners with medical professionals to address the non-medical needs of low-income people with serious health problems. Legal health complements health care with legal care providing free legal services in medical facilities and training healthcare professionals to understand the legal issues their patients face. Legal health extends its mission nationally by providing technical assistance to bring medical and legal partners together.
matrimonial & family law unit: nylags matrimonial & family law unit (flu) represents low-income clients in family law matters, including contested and uncontested divorce, child/spousal support, custody/visitation, orders of protection, paternity, adoption and child protection. Flu prioritizes victims of domestic violence, as civil legal services are of critical importance to their safety and security.