Mutual Aid NYC

Filters: Legal

Legal Services for LGBTQIA Asylees

Call 732-639-1657 or fill out the intake form on the website. The Asylee Assistance Project supports LGBTQIA clients who are fleeing state-sanctioned violence and oppression in other countries and hav...

(732) 639-1657

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Legal

Community Focus: LGBTQIA2+

Legal support for discrimination for people with conviction records

Group: Legal Aid Society

The Worker Justice Project combats discrimination faced by workers with arrest or conviction records living in New York City. If you have been denied a job or a license because of your arrest or convi...

(888) 663-6880

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Legal

Legal Support Services for LGBTQIA, Polyamorous, and Underserved Families

Group: Chosen Family Law Center

Call (732) 639-1657 to speak to someone about legal support services, including: name and gender marker changes on identity documents, will and estate documents, known donor agreements, asylee assista...

(732) 639-1657

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Social Service Guidance Legal

Community Focus: LGBTQIA2+

Legal, Financial, and Social Service Guidance

Group: Restoration Plaza

Contact customer service at 718-636-6994 or walk in to schedule an appointment at Restoration Plaza at the Financial Empowerment Center. Restoration provides a continuum of services from case manager...

(718) 636-6994

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Housing Legal

Mutual Aid Legal Toolkit

Group: Sustainable Economies Law Center

Legal resource guide (published 2020) with grassroots mutual aid networks in mind. Includes information on entity formation, established charitable organizations, liability, governance and decision ma...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Legal Mutual Aid Organizing

Community Focus: Coordinators of mutual aid efforts

Name and Gender Change Information for Legal Documents

Group: National Center for Transgender Equality

Check your state for state-specific instructions on general name change, name/gender change on a birth certificate, and name/gender change on a driver's license. Check also for instructions for name/g...

(202) 642-4542

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Legal

Community Focus: LGBTQIA2+

Name and Gender Marker Changes and other Legal Services for Trans and GNC People

Group: Chosen Family Law Center

Fill out the intake form to access assistance for low income residents of NY and NJ who qualify to help complete with paperwork including: T/GNC Name and Gender Marker Changes, Healthcare Proxy and HI...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Additional Resource Libraries Legal

Community Focus: LGBTQIA2+

New York City Family Legal Aid & Pro Bono Services

Group: Justia

A list of organizations offering family legal aid and pro bono services in New York City.

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Additional Resource Libraries Legal

Community Focus: People who are unhoused/housing unstable/public housing residents

New York City Tenant Resource Portal and Eviction Prevention Tool

Group: New York City Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants

The goal of this portal is to help tenants across the city find the resources they need in one place. This eviction prevention tool was designed by the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants (MOPT) and the...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Housing Legal

New York State Order of Parentage Guide

Group: -No Associated Group

A DIY guide to help non-gestational parents using donor sperm petition Family Court to obtain legal parentage rights to protect their family following the NY Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA). This inc...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Childcare and Pregnancy Legal

Community Focus: LGBTQIA2+ Parents/guardians/caregivers

NYC Financial Justice Hotline

Group: New Economy Project

Call 212-925-4929 for free information, legal advice and referrals on topics including banking, debt, credit, and remittances. Mondays 4-6 and Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays 12-2. Available to low inco...

(212) 925-4929

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Money Legal

Community Focus: People with low-income/limited income

Organizing and Providing Critical Services to Low-Wage Migrant Workers

Group: Damayan Migrant Worker Center

Email or call (212) 564-6057 to reach Riya Ortiz at Damayan Migrant Workers Association, a Filipino migrant workers cooperative. Helps labor trafficking survivors develop escape plans, secure emergenc...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Jobs Social Service Guidance Legal

Community Focus: Service and low-wage workers Undocumented people/immigrants

Parents' Legal Rights and Information

Group: Rise

This webpage provides links to information for parents related to your legal rights and child welfare and how to get support.

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Legal

Community Focus: Parents/guardians/caregivers

Rent Relief, Housing Mediation, Legal Assistance, and Benefits Enrollment in the Rockaways

Group: Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula

Offering Career Counseling, Financial Counseling, Housing & Landlord/Tenant Mediation, Kosher Client Choice Food Pantry, Legal Assistance, Medical Insurance Enrollment & Medicare Advocacy/Enrollment,...

(718) 327-7755

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Food Housing Social Service Guidance Legal

Community Focus: Unemployed people People with low-income/limited income

Repro Legal Helpline

Group: If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice

Call 844.868.2812 or submit a query online for free, confidential legal information or advice about self-managed abortion, young people's access to abortion or judicial bypass, and referrals to local...

(844) 868-2812

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Medical Legal