For decades, The Legal Aid Society has been a recognized leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality immigration assistance to low-income immigrant New Yorkers. Our Immigration Law Unit represents immigrants before immigration judges in removal proceedings, on...

The Legal Aid Society’s Foreclosure Prevention and Home Equity Preservation Project assists homeowners in Bronx and Queens who are struggling to maintain homeownership or who are facing foreclosure. Our free legal services are available to...

The Homeless Rights Project (HRP) protects and enforces the rights of homeless families and individuals in New York City. We represent groups and individuals who come to us through our toll-free helpline, referrals, and our...

Case Closed is a record sealing and expungement project in the Special Litigation Unit of The Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Defense Practice. Launched when New York’s 2017 sealing law went into effect, the project has...

As part of our long-standing partnership with the Robin Hood Foundation, LAS has typically regularly conducted on-site legal clinics for individuals at community-based organizations (CBOs), colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) network,...

The Consumer Law Project (CLP) provides legal advice and representation to low-income New Yorkers in all five boroughs of New York City in a range of consumer matters, including those related to credit card debt,...

The Employment Law Unit (ELU) provides assistance to clients—typically low-wage and unemployed workers—facing a range of employment law-related issues. The majority of ELU’s cases involve wage violations, workplace discrimination, family and medical leave, labor trafficking...

The Community Development Project (CDP) offers essential transactional legal services to assist small business owners, nonprofit organizations, and Housing Development Fund Companies (HDFCs) throughout New York City. Our mission is to empower our clients, enabling...

Since 2002, the Legal Aid Society’s Enhanced-Defense MICA Project has provided legal and community support services to some of the most vulnerable defendants in New York City’s criminal justice system (CJS). These individuals, struggling to...

The HIV/AIDS Representation Project (H/ARP) serves persons living with HIV and AIDS in the areas of government benefits, family law, consumer law, housing, estate planning, discrimination, and other general civil matters. The Project maintains linkages...