Where your story becomes our shared fight for justice.
NYLAG fights for fair and equal access to justice
We provide free legal services, financial counseling, and engage in policy advocacy to help people experiencing poverty. Our clients strive to build better lives for themselves, families, and communities. We are proud to join them in their fight for justice.
Our Focus Areas
The Latest
More tenants deserve lawyers: low-income renters need increased legal representation
Op-Ed by Shaun Abreu about the significance in advocating for tenant's rights as featured in the New York Daily News.
Report: Improving legal options for incapacitated adults
As our population ages more and more, families will have issues concerning the ability to take care of their loved ones.
NYLAG opposes work requirements for recipients of food stamps
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), the administrative arm of DHS, has reversed its decision and will continue to use their power to consider requests for deferred action for medical reasons.
Our Impact
90,800
people impacted by our services last year
150+
community sites across NYC where we offer services
7,600
housing & foreclosure cases resulted in thousands of people keeping their homes
18,500
immigration cases handled last year, from asylum claims to deportation defense
Your Support Helps
Immigrant Parents
Veterans & Their Families
Cancer Survivors
Children with Disabilities
Help us provide free legal services to children and adults in need of a lawyer.
More News
Courts must change how they gauge ‘credibility’ in victims of violence
Lisa Rivera, NYLAG's Managing Attorney, wrote this op-ed in City Limits.
Understanding trauma can offer abuse survivors justice
NYLAG spoke with trauma therapist Natalie Gutierrez, LMFT.
Why Black homeowners in Brooklyn are being victimized by fraud
Noelle Eberts, NYLAG Supervising Attorney, is quoted in this New York Times article about Broadies Byas, a NYLAG client.
