Mission of The New York  Legal Aid Society

The Legal Aid Society is a private, not-for-profit legal services organization, the oldest and largest in the nation, dedicated since 1876 to providing quality legal representation to low-income New Yorkers. It is dedicated to one simple but powerful belief: that no New Yorker should be denied access to justice because of poverty.

The Society handles 300,000 individual cases and matters annually and provides a comprehensive range of legal services in three areas: the Civil, Criminal and Juvenile Rights Practices. Unlike the Society's Criminal and Juvenile Rights Practices, which are constitutionally mandated and supported by government, the Civil Practice relies heavily on private contributions.

The Legal Aid Society has offices in every city borough.

• The Bronx
• Brooklyn
• Manhattan
• Queens
• Staten Island

Our Headquarters:

• Legal Aid Society Headquarters
  199 Water Street
  New York, NY 10038
  Tel: (212) 577-3300
  Fax: (212) 509-8761

The Legal Aid Society will be launching a series of Know Your Rights videos and brochures to help inform and educate New Yorkers about a number of legal matters including eviction, divorce, pre-arraignment and what to do when arrested.

Know Your Rights and Self Help Pamphlets

• How Do I Get My Stuff Back? - Regaining Property from the NYC Police Dept.
• How Do I Get My Stuff Back? (Spanish Version)
• What Tenants Need to Know When The Owner Faces Foreclosure (English)
• What Tenants Need to Know When The Owner Faces Foreclosure (Spanish)
• The Medical Debt Guide
• What you should know about prison visitation
• What you should know about prison visitation (spanish version)
• What you should know about appearing in court
• What you should know if you are under 16 and being prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system
• What you should know if you are under 16 and being prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system (spanish version)
• Know Your Rights about hold over cases
• Know Your Rights about homelessness
• Know Your Rights about immigration and domestic violence
• Know Your Rights about being a low income tax payer
• Know Your Rights about being evicted
• What to do when you encounter the police
• Know Your Rights When You Are Entering Foster Care
• Know Your rights in Family Team Conferences
• MICA (Mentally Ill, Chemically Addicted)
• Medicaid Managed Care
• Know Your Rights about Unemployment Insurance
• Family Health Plus
• Child Health Plus
• Manhattan Arraignment Diversion Project (MAP)
• Debt Deception: How Debt Buyers Abuse the Legal System to Prey on Lower-Income New Yorkers

All information on this page was obtained from ©2009 Legal Aid Society.
All Rights Reserved.

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