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There are 32 resources  
African Services Committee - HIV Legal Services Program
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Unable to afford a private attorney.
 over 60 years old or disabled
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 Clients will be expected to demonstrate future ability to pay (income and current month of rent paid), document reason for why rent accrued, have housing court notices or rent demand from the landlord, apply to HRA for one-shot-deal, and use all available personal resources as well as apply to other agencies to account for the remaining arrears.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program - East End Site
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 Eligible clients can apply for FEPS or Jiggetts. Clients must be eligible for public assistance and have minor children in the household.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program - St. Nicholas Site
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 Eligible clients can apply for FEPS or Jiggetts. Clients must be eligible for public assistance and have minor children in the household.
Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program - Waverly Site
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 Eligible clients can apply for FEPS or Jiggetts. Clients must be eligible for public assistance and have minor children in the household.
City Bar Justice Center Legal Hotline
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
DC 37 Municipal Employees' Legal Services (MELS)
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 a DC 37 member or retiree
Eviction Intervention Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 You must be low-income or moderate-income in order to receive assistance.
Farmworker Legal Services of New York
Rochester, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Gay Men's Health Crisis - Legal Department
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 AIDS person, individuals seeking legal services must first register with the Palm Center (for intake hours, call 212 367 1500).
 HIV positive
HIV Law Project, Inc.
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 While most of our clients live at or below 125% of the poverty level, we do not have strict income caps and will consider (on a case-by-case basis) handling legal matters for those living above 125% of the poverty level.
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Housing Conservation Coordinators
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Helps low to moderate income people.
Legal Action Center of the City of New York, Inc. (LAC) - HIV Legal Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
Legal Aid Society: Harlem Community Law Office
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Harlem Community Law Office - AIDS Representation
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Homeless Rights Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 homeless
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Office
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Manhattan Courthouse Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be on public assistance with minor children on your budget and living in your household.
 a person with a case in Manhattan Housing Court
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association Foundation
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
Manhattan Legal Services(formerly Harlem Legal Services, Inc.) - HIV/AIDS Project LSC LOGO
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 187.5% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Manhattan Legal Services (formerly Harlem Legal Services, Inc.)- Housing Unit LSC LOGO
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Manhattan Seniors Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 a senior (60 years or older)
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Mental Health Law Project
New York, NY
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Neighborhood Preservation Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 MFY serves low and moderate income New Yorkers.
Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP)
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 Youth between the ages of 14 and 22
The Door - A Center of Alternatives
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 under 21 years old
 and over 12 years old
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
Urban Justice Center - Homelessness Outreach & Prevention Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 130.0% of poverty level;
Urban Justice Center - Mental Health Project & The Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Legal Advocacy Project (PPDLAP)
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 The client must not be able to afford a lawyer.
 mentally ill
Urban Justice Center - Peter Cicchino Youth Project, serving LGBT youth
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 LGBT youth between ages 13 and 24
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Elderly Project
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 You must be living on a fixed income and have less than $20,000 in assets.
 a senior (60 years or older)
 a resident of Manhattan
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
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