AIDS / HIV
ACLU LGBT Rights Project – Transgender & AIDS Project
BOOM!Health (formerly Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.)
Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
Housing Works (multiple services below)
ACLU LGBT Rights Project – Transgender & AIDS Project
BOOM!Health (formerly Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.)
Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
Housing Works (multiple services below)
Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services – Consumer Credit, Foreclosure Prevention
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A – Consumer & Economic Advocacy
Brooklyn Housing & Family Services – Foreclosure Prevention
CAMBA – Legal Services (Consumer Law, Foreclosure Prevention)
Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office (CLARO)
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Program
MFY Legal Services – Consumer Rights, Foreclosure Prevention
New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project (NYC BAP)
New York City Civil Court Help Center – Volunteer Lawyers Project
Center for Constitutional Rights
Make the Road New York – Expanding Civil Rights
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
New York City Human Rights Commission
Brooklyn Defender Services – Family Defense
Housing Conservation Coordinators – Legal Services (Domestic Violence)
Legal Aid Society – Family/DV Practice
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Family Law & Domestic Violence
New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
NYLAG – LGBT Law Project, Matrimonial & Family Law
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Unit
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Employment Law & Workers' Rights
Make the Road New York – Workplace Justice
MFY Legal Services – Workplace Justice
National Employment Lawyers Association Referral Service (NELA)/NY
National Labor Relations Board
New York City Human Rights Commission
New York State Department of Labor
Brooklyn Defender Services – Family Defense Practice
CAMBA – Family Support, Legal Services (Domestic Violence Services)
Center for Family Representation
The Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush
Housing Works – Family Based Services (FBS), Legal Support
Legal Aid Society – Family/DV Practice
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Family Law & Domestic Violence
*see LeGaL's Lawyer Referral Network
Center for Constitutional Rights
City Bar Attorney Referral Service
City Bar Justice Center Legal Hotline
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations below)
LGBT Legal Clinics in NYC (by: New York Anti-Violence Project)
Mobile Legal Help Center (by: New York Legal Assistance Group) A great resource for those who have difficulty traveling
New York City Civil Court Help Center
New York Civil Liberties Union
New York Law Collective/Just Info Hotline
New York Lawyers for Public Interest (NYLPI)
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) (for areas outside NYC)
Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services – Landlord-Tenant Matters
Brooklyn Housing & Family Services – Free Tenants’ Rights Walk-In Clinic
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A – Preserving Affordable Housing
CAMBA – Housing, Legal Services (Foreclosure, Housing)
The CBJC Foreclosure Prevention Project – Foreclosure Prevention and Home Ownership
Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office (CLARO)
Community Voices Heard – Affordable Housing
The Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush
Division of Housing & Community Renewal
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – Rental Scams (contact hotline 1-877-FTC-HELP)
Housing Conservation Coordinators
Housing Works – Housing Resources
Legal Aid Society – Housing Practice
Make the Road New York – Improving Housing
MFY Legal Services – Housing Programs (multiple services)
NYLAG – LGBT Project, Tenants’ Rights, Foreclosure Prevention
Ali Forney Center – Homeless LGBTQ Youth
ASCNYC – Meal Program, Clothing Bank (Clothing donations accepted)
The Bowery Mission – Homeless Shelter
CAMBA – Homeless Shelters, Homelessness Prevention
The Door – Runaway & Homeless Youth
Food Bank for New York City – Food Program Locator, Soup Kitchen, Food Pantry
Make the Road New York – Fighting off Hunger & Homelessness
New York City Department of Homeless Services – Applying for Temporary Housing Assistance
Picture the Homeless - Grassroots organization founded and led by homeless people. Conduct impact litigation and produce helpful resources.
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine – Meal Services
Safe Horizon (multiple services below)
Saint John’s Bread & Life – Meal Programs, Multiple Services
American-Italian Coalition of Organizations
Arab American Association of New York
Arab-American Family Support Center
Asian American Legal Defense Fund
Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services – Immigration Assistance
CAMBA – Immigration Legal Services
CAAAV – Services for low-income Asian immigrants and refugees
Central American Legal Assistance
The Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush
Housing Conservation Coordinators – Legal Services (Immigration Issues)
Immigrant Assistance Services in New York (by: New York State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force)
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Immigration and Immigrants' Rights
Make the Road New York – Legal & Support Services (Family & Youth Immigration)
New York County District Attorney's Office – Immigration Affairs Unit (Immigration Fraud)
No More Fear Foundation – Asylum
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
NYLAG – LGBT Law Project, Immigrant Protection
Saint John’s Bread & Life – Legal & Immigration Services
Sanctuary For Families – The Immigration Intervention Project (IIP)
Shorefront Jewish Community Council – Immigration Resettlement
United States Dept. of Labor – Find Work Opportunities
Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Wellness - Lighthouse (LGBTQ affirming professionals in your neighborhood)
Ackerman Institute for the Family – Gender & Family Project
ASCNYC – Mental Health Services (in partnership with Institute for Family Health)
The Center – Counseling (CARE)
Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) – Mental Health Services
Housing Works – Behavioral Health
MFY Legal Services – Mental Health Law Project, Services for Children with Mental Illness
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Veterans Justice Project
The CBJC LGBT Advocacy Project – Name Changes and General LGBT services
NYC Civil Court – Name Changes
Saint John’s Bread & Life – Project Identity
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) – Name Changes
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. (TLDEF) – The Name Change Project
Civilian Complaint Review Board (NYC)
New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) – Report Violence
New York Law Collective/Just Info Hotline
Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP)
Streetwise and Safe – Police Abuse against LGBTQ Youth of Color
Black & Pink – LGBTQ Prisoner Advocacy
Center for Constitutional Rights
Legal Action Center – Criminal Justice
Legal Aid Society – Criminal Defense Practice, Parole Revocation Defense, Prisoners Rights Project
Community Health Advocates program at CSSNY
The Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush
Housing Conservation Coordinators – Legal Services (Public Benefits Issues)
Housing Works – Legal Support (Access to Public Assistance)
Legal Aid Society (multiple services below)
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Government Benefits
Make the Road New York – Promoting Health
NYLAG – LGBT Law Project, Benefits Unit
Saint John’s Bread & Life – Benefit Acquisition, SNAP (Food Stamps) Services
Shorefront Jewish Community Council – Computerized Benefits Check-Up Program
The Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush
Housing Conservation Coordinators – Legal Services (Elder Law)
Legal Aid Society – Brooklyn Office for the Aging, Elder Law
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Elder Law
MFY Legal Services – Senior Rights, Kinship Caregiver Rights, Nursing Home Residents Project
NYLAG – LGBT Law Project, Evelyn Frank Legal Resources for Seniors
Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services – IRS Taxpayer Assistance, Elderly Tax Credit
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A – Low Income Tax Payer Clinic
Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office (CLARO)
Housing Conservation Coordinators – Tax Clinic (February–April)
Legal Aid Society – Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Legal Services NYC (multiple locations) – Taxpayer Assistance
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. (TLDEF)
Trans Voices: Trans Women Support Group
Housing Conservation Coordinators – Legal Services (End of life directives)
* see also our LGBT Youth Resource Guide
ACLU – LGBT Rights Project–LGBT Youth
Coalition for the Homeless – Youth Homelessness
Housing Works – Youth Services
Lawyers for Children – LGBTQ Youth Project
Make the Road New York – Youth Power Project
Safe Horizon – Youth Homelessness
Sanctuary For Families – Children & Youth Services
Streetwise and Safe – Police Abuse against LGBTQ Youth of Color
Urban Justice Center – Peter Cicchino Youth Project
Muslims for Progressive Values
Lawyers Alliance for New York – Nonprofit Legal Assistance
Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York
NYU Business Law Transactions Clinic
City Bar Justice Center – Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project (Intake at 212-382-6633)
The LGBT Community Center (The Center)
Brooklyn Community Pride Center
Bronx LGBTQ Community Services Center
Disability and Civil Rights Clinic (by: Brooklyn Law School) Also available in Spanish