“This is life-changing work that we all agree is necessary to keep New York families safe, housed, and together,” the authors write. “Yet, year after year, the city becomes increasingly…
Family members cope with the hardship of having a loved one detained while facing the challenge of finding an attorney to represent the detained person as the clock ticks down…
While New York-based organizations have not stopped representing the unaccompanied minors they already work with, they’re not sure how long they’ll be able to do so without funding.
While shelter staff are the primary schedulers of appointments at the city’s Asylum Application Help Center, a network of community-based organizations and legal providers can refer cases too. Yet city…
“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get…
While Mobilization for Justice’s staff union has particular grievances—they say their employer has failed to stay competitive with its peers—many members are experiencing a strain familiar to tenant lawyers citywide.
The planned budget cuts, including some scheduled for the next fiscal year that starts in July, include reductions for programs offering English-language classes and legal help for people at risk…
“These bills are a common sense way to help new arrivals become self-sufficient and less dependent on costly city services. I hope that my colleagues of all political stripes can…
The initial registration period for eligible Venezuelans who do not have TPS opened on Oct. 3 and will run through April 2, 2025. The governor and mayor recently announced funding…
Recent clarifications and updates to city funding terms have alleviated some fears among legal service nonprofits while sparking others, as the organizations demand Mayor Eric Adams’ administration stop the contracting…