Resources for living and thriving in New York

NYC Housing Connect: affordable housing lotteries

A guide for applying to affordable housing

Ready to Rent (free assistance with housing lottery applications)

Rent assistance resources

CityFHEPS rental assistance vouchers

Family Eviction Prevention Supplement (FEPS)

One Shot Deals (emergency cash help)

Rent Freeze Resources (DRIE, SCRIE)

Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA)

Section 8

NYC Tenants Rights

Your Rights as a NYCHA resident

Legal rights for tenants around housing discrimination

NYC’s Tenant Resource Portal

Tenant Help Line

Resources for Rent Stabilized tenants

City Limits’ Homeless Shelter Census

Homeless shelter resources for families with children

Homeless shelter resources for adult families

Homeless shelter resources for single adults

24-hour drop-in centers for adults

Coalition for the Homeless resource guide for homeless New Yorkers

Resource guide for newly arrived migrants and asylum seekers

Guide for NYC Homeowners

Renting with the city

Homeowner tax exemptions

Search building violations from HPD

NYC Buildings Information System (Department of Buildings)

Who Owns What in NYC?

New York City Zoning & Land Use Map

Search for property tax information

Stats on neighborhoods and subsidies

Look up mortgages and deeds

ULURP, explained

Emergency repairs (HP Proceeding)

Legal services for tenants / Right to Counsel

Supportive housing

Supportive Housing Organized and United Tenants (SHOUT)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA’s) National Hunger Hotline

Food Help NYC (find a food pantry or soup kitchen)

NYC Food Policy Center Neighborhood Resource Guides

SNAP (Food Stamps)

Map of SNAP Centers

Hunger Free America’s Neighborhood Guides to Food & Assistance

SNAP (food stamps)

Cash assistance

Help for senior citizens

Childcare services search

Family Justice Centers

Resources for families in shelters

HIV/AIDS services

Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

Assistance for veterans

Domestic violence resource directory

“Representing Yourself” Guide

Legal help for tenants (NYC Right to Counsel)

Civil Court Help Centers

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs’ Legal Support Centers

Know Your Rights: A Guide for Asylum Seekers in NYC

Sanctuary City Laws in NYC

Pro Bono Legal Service Providers by County

Catholic Migration Services (for immigrants in Brooklyn and Queens)

Guía para solicitar vivienda asequible la ciudad de Nueva York

Guía de ofertas de empleo por mensaje de texto de la alcaldía

Guía para obtener una tarjeta de identificación de la ciudad gratis

Ayuda legal gratis y segura para inmigrantes en la ciudad de Nueva York

Comida gratis de despensas y comedores comunitarios en Nueva York

Guía sobre Refugios para personas sin hogar en la ciudad de Nueva York

Childcare vouchers

New York State: Search for Childcare

City Limits’ journalism training program for NYC public high school students

Summer Youth Employment Project (SYEP)

Resources for Runaway & Homeless Youth

After School Programs

Summer Rising (free summer youth programs)

NYC Parks’ Summer Day Camp program

NYC Youth Leadership Councils

Teen programs at NYC Parks

Children’s programs at NYC Parks

The Alley Forney Center (services for LGBTQ+ runaway and homeless youth)

School Search

Pre K

3-K

NYC DOE Calendar

Special Education

English Language Learners

Students in Temporary Housing

Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development

Jobs NYC

NYCHA’s Office of Resident Economic Empowerment & Sustainability

Human Resources Administration’s Career Services

File a consumer complaint

Tax-filing resources

Financial counseling

Small Business Services

NYC Employees Retirement System

MTA: Subway Map | Service Updates | Service Guides

Long Island Railroad: Map | Schedules | Fares

Metro North Railroad: Map | Schedules | Fares

Staten Island Railway

PATH: Maps | Schedules | Fares

NJ Transit

Amtrak: Maps | Schedule | Fares

Ferries: SI Ferry Schedule | NYC Ferry Routes & Schedules | Other ferries

Streets: 2024 Bike lane map | Crash map | Traffic advisories | Alternate side parking | Pay parking tickets | Contest parking tickets

Immigrant Services Guide

NYPD crime map

Weekly NYPD crime statistics

New York State E-Courts

District attorneys: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island

Federal courts:Eastern District, Southern District

U.S. Attorneys: Eastern District, Southern District

Civilian Complaint Review Board (for NYPD complaints)

State Attorney General

NYC Board of Correction meetings

NYC Human Rights Commission

Workers’ rights

Register to vote

Find your polling place

Run for office

City campaign finance database

Who’s on your ballot?

State campaign finance database

Federal campaign finance database

City election results

State election results

Find your community board

Office of the Mayor

City Comptroller

Public Advocate

Borough Presidents: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island

Find your City Council representative

Watch City Council hearings

City Council hearings calendar

City Council legislation database

City departments and agencies

Office of the New York Governor

NYS Attorney General

NYS Comptroller

Find your State Senator

Find your State Assemblymember

City Council budget database

NYC OMB: Budget Documents

Independent Budget Office

CheckbookNYC

State budget information

Federal budget information

Population FactFinder

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Notify NYC

WiFi access in parks