LGBTQ Foster Parent Forum

This past Monday the staff of LawHelp/NY attended a Foster Parent Informational forum with a focus on LGBTQ youth. Those present included a number of LGBTQ affirming organizations that deal with the adopting process and/or becoming a foster parent, council member Daniel Dromm, and the commissioner for Children’s Services John B. Mattingly. The forum is [...]

Free financial counseling available for all new york city residents

For those who are new to our network, the City’s FREE Financial Empowerment Centers can help your clients take control of their debt, improve their credit, deal with debt collection, create a budget, open a bank account, and much more. One-on-one financial counseling is provided for FREE by professional counselors in [...]

LIFT Family Court Help Centers & Grandparents Support Group

Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) announces the new Family Court Help Centers and the FREE Grandparents Support Group.
Family Court Help Centers:
At the Centers, families can access legal information and compassionate guidance to employ them to successfully self-advocate in court and secure referrals to community-based services. The Help Centers will be located in the [...]

PATH Shelter Application Office is Moving May 3rd

PATH shelter application office (currently located at 346 Powers Ave, Bronx) is moving on May 3, 2011 to 151 East 151st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
Subway directions:
2,4, or 5 train to 149th St.-Grand Concourse
Walk North on Grand Concourse to E. 151st Street
Make left and proceed to East 151st Street & Walton Ave.
Click here for [...]

Do You Have an Immigration Question? All this Week Call Citizenship Now for Help!

CUNY/Daily News Citizenship NOW! phone lines will be OPEN starting today to help you with any citizenship or immigration related issues you may be dealing with.  Call the following numbers from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting today Monday, April 25th until Friday, April 29th.
ENGLISH: (212) 330-6505           SPANISH: (212) 330-6506           TTY/TTD: (212) 210-1895
Volunteers will be [...]

2010—A Note from LawHelp/NY’s Project Director

Unfortunately, the impact of the deep recession begun in mid-2008 is still hitting New Yorkers, hard. That’s the bad news.  According the Chief Judge Jonathon Lippman, 2.3 million New Yorkers went to court in 2010 without an attorney. And that’s just state courts—that number doesn’t include Federal courts or agency hearings such as public benefits [...]

Are You Having Trouble Paying Your Mortgage?

The NYC government has created the Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP).  MAP is a tool to help keep households at risk of foreclosure in their homes.  New York City will commit $5M of city funds and is seeking to raise additional funds—for a total of at least $10M—to offer loans to eligible homeowners.  [...]

Self-Help Legal Forms!

LawHelp/NY and the New York State Office of Court Administration now make available a number of free online interactive self-help programs that make it easier to submit legal papers in court if you don’t have an attorney.
The interviews are designed to ask “leading questions” to help ensure that what you submit in court is legally [...]

Do you need help with your legal problem?

You can go to LiveHelp, the online chat feature of LawHelp/ny. Launched in February 2010, in English and Spanish, a trained navigator can lead you to “Know Your Rights” legal information and referrals to free legal services (income requirements apply).  Because of volunteer help from pro bono law students and [...]

Are you plagued by consumer debt? Are you getting harrassing phone calls? Click here to learn how you can find help

If you are plagued by consumer debt and harassing phone calls, visit LawHelp/NY (www.LawHelp.org/NY then click on the Consumer topic). This topic has resources that can help, such as “Debt Collection Basics” and “What Bill Collectors Can and Cannot Do If You Owe Money,” and much more. There’s a section on what to [...]

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