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What You Need to Know About Starting a Business or Non-Profit

Information for individuals considering starting a business or non-profit and a summary of the legal issues you may face.

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What You Need to Know About the Treatment of Transgender Persons in Custody

Under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards, transgender and intersex persons have some particular protections while in custody. Showers need to be private. There are some limits on searches. Jail and prison officials should...

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What You Need to Know if a Person in Custody Has Been Sexually Assaulted

Prison and jail officials have a legal duty under the Constitution to protect people from sexual abuse, both from staff and from other people in custody. Jail and prison authorities in New York also should...

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What You Need to Know About Medical and Mental Health Needs In Custody

Because people in custody cannot seek medical care on their own, jail and prison officials have an obligation to provide reasonably adequate medical care to incarcerated persons to address serious medical and mental health needs....

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What You Need to Know About Communication with People in Custody

People in custody continue to have rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution to maintain contact with the outside world. These rights can, however, be limited, with greater restrictions allowed when someone has been...

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What You Need to Know About Cash Assistance & SNAP From the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA)

Here is information on applying for and keeping cash assistance (also known as welfare or public assistance or “PA” or cash assistance or “CA”), Medicaid, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (SNAP, formerly food stamps)....

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What You Need to Know About Your Mortgage Servicer

The lender of your mortgage loan may contract with another company to service your mortgage. This company is called a mortgage servicer. It does not own your loan but is the company to which you...

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What You Need to Know About Broken Lease Cases

Broken lease cases generally occur when you vacate your apartment prior to the end of your lease term, and thus you “break” your lease. They are post-possessory (after you’ve left the apartment) lawsuits brought by...

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What You Need to Know About Facing Foreclosure

What you need to know about the process of forclosure and what rights you have as a property owner.

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What You Need to Know About Foreclosure “Rescue” Scams

Foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams are on the rise. They target and exploit home owners with false promises to reduce or even eliminate mortgage payments, repaid their credit or trick homeowners into signing over...