Legal Services Providers for PLWHA in New York City
Providers by Borough
Bronx
Boom! Health 540 E. Fordham Rd., Bronx, NY 10458; phone: (718) 295-5605, email: [email protected] Website: http://www.boomhealth.org/solutions/legal-services Type: Housing, public benefits, family law and domestic violence, and advanced care directives/future care Bronx residents only
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Legal Services - Legal Hotline: 917-661-4500 105 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; phone: 718-237-5500 1360 Fulton Street, Suite 301, Brooklyn, NY 11216; phone: 718-636-1155 Website: http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/our-program/brooklyn Type: public benefits denials, discrimination, housing access, immigration, and barriers to healthcare Brooklyn residents only
Manhattan
Gay Men’s Health Crisis 446 W. 33rd St., New York, NY 10001; phone: 212-367-1134; email: legal@gmhc.org Website: http://www.gmhc.org/gmhc-services/get-connected/legal-services Type: Housing, benefits, estate planning, family law, discrimination, employment, bankruptcy and debt management, insurance, confidentiality, immigration All boroughs Note: To access legal services as a client, you must be a registered GMHC client living in New York City. To find out how to become a GMHC client, please call 212.367.1500.
Housing Works 81 Willoughby Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718.408.6500.
Website: http://www.housingworks.org/heal/supportive-services/ For Housing Works clients only – if you are enrolled in any care management based program at Housing Works, you will be eligible to receive legal services. Ask your care manager to sign you up. Type: Landlord/tenant dispute issues, access to public assistance, child custody, preparation of wills, and discrimination law.
HIV Law Project – A Project of Housing Works 81 Willoughby Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; phone: 212-577-3001 Website: http://hivlawproject.org/ Type: housing and eviction prevention, immigration law, public and private benefit and health insurance issues, discrimination and HIV-related confidentiality issues, last wills and testaments and advanced planning, and debtor/creditor law Manhattan and Bronx only
Immigration Equality 40 Exchange Pl., Suite 1300, New York, NY 10005; phone: 212-714-2904 Website: http://www.immigrationequality.org/ Type: Immigration, asylum All boroughs
Legal Action Center 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014; phone 212-243-1313, Toll-free 800-223-4044, Email: [email protected] Website: www.lac.org Type: Discrimination, health care proxies, wills, standby guardianships and family support services, government benefits, housing, testing, criminal record issues, and particular expertise in confidentiality and privacy All boroughs
Legal Aid Society – HIV/AIDS Representation Project 230 E. 106th St., New York, NY 10029; phone: 212-426-3000 Website: http://www.legal-aid.org/en/civil/civilpractice/hivaidsrepresentationproject.aspx Type: Government benefits, family law, consumer law, housing, estate planning, discrimination All boroughs
Manhattan Legal Services – Lower Manhattan – Legal Hotline: 917-661-4500 40 Worth St. Suite #606, New York, NY 10013; phone: 646-442-3100 Website: http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/our-program/manhattan Type: public benefits denials, discrimination, housing access, immigration, and barriers to healthcare Manhattan residents only
Manhattan Legal Services – Upper Manhattan – Legal Hotline: 917-661-4500 1 W. 125th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10027; phone: 646-442-3100 Website: http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/our-program/manhattan Type: public benefits denials, discrimination, housing access, immigration, and barriers to healthcare
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Queens
Queens Legal Services 89-00 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435; phone: 347-592-2200 Website: http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/our-program/queens Type: public benefits denials, discrimination, housing access, immigration, and barriers to healthcare Queens residents only
Staten Island
Staten Island Legal Services 36 Richmond Terrance, Suite 205, Staten Island, NY 10301; phone: 718-233-6480 Website: http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/our-program/staten-island Type: public benefits, housing, immigration, discrimination, name changes, social security disability benefits, and wills and estate planning. Staten Island residents only
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