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...

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 individuals—typically low-wage and unemployed workers—facing a range of employment law issues. The majority of ELU’s cases involve wage violations, workplace discrimination, sick, family, and medical leave, unemployment...

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, medical/HIV privacy, healthcare access, disability advocacy, advance planning and directives, discrimination, and other...

The Government Benefits and Disability Advocacy Project (DAP) helps the economically neediest New Yorkers obtain and maintain the government benefits to which they are entitled, such as public assistance, disability benefits administered by the Social...

The Brooklyn Office for the Aging offers comprehensive legal assistance to Brooklyn residents aged 60 and over through a telephone intake system and by referrals from the Housing Court, elected officials, and community organizations. The...

The Health Law Unit’s mission is to ensure low-income New Yorkers can live their healthiest lives. We provide direct legal services and advocate for informed policy change. We assist our clients in securing access to...