Know Your Bike Rights in NYC

Bicycle weather is upon us and boy is it amazing!! New York City has been working in the past few years to become a greener city by implementing more green spaces, bike lanes and walkable areas. For the past few summers’ bike usage as a mode of transportation has consistently increased as more people opt-in [...]

Call to Action: United to End Homelessness Needs You

Thank you to Soheil Rezayazdi of United to End Homelessness for this guest blog post. A new coalition has formed to help curb New York City’s homelessness crisis. The group, United to End Homelessness, is spearheaded by advocates, faith leaders, and homeless men and women. This nonpartisan coalition aims to highlight homelessness during this year’s [...]

Are you unemployed and disabled? Learn what questions are illegal for employers to ask you during job interviews

Happy Law Day!!! In honor of workers and legal fairness!! With unemployment rate in New York still above 8%, many New Yorkers continue to struggle with finding any employment.  Job hunters with disabilities face an additional challenge to finding work.  In many case, they are not aware how federal protections such as the American with [...]

CONSUMER DEBT AND BANKRUPTCY – Free Event in Brooklyn Tonight

Are you struggling to keep your head above water? Are collections agents calling you at all hours? Is your home in risk of foreclosure? If you’re struggling with any or all of these, tonight’s event on Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy presented by the Foundation Law Committee is a must! Light Refreshments will be served. When: [...]

General Information about the two types of G.I. Bill

In 2010, the Obama administration announced that after nine years of fighting, the U.S. Army would begin to withdraw the American troops currently stationed in Afghanistan.  With the pullout planned for July of 2011, thousands of American troops will return to their home soil as early as next month.  There are a number of programs [...]

Senator Eric Adams 2011 Summer Job Fair

A job fair was hosted on June 9th by Youth America Inc with Senator Eric Adams to provide easy employment opportunities for struggling local residents. The fair took place at PS 375 with a focus on promoting the children attending the school to also seek out employment (for legal information on education, look at LawHelp/NY’s [...]

Can Public Schools Exclude Immigrant Children?

The New York Times reports that some New York school districts are demanding that immigrant parents prove their child is ‘legal’ before enrolling the child in school.  Other schools are asking for information that some immigrant children might be unable to provide. So, can public schools exclude immigrant children? What about ‘illegal’ or undocumented children? [...]