Mutual Aid NYC

Filters: 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+

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

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

Resources for fighting the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Group: Survived and Punished NY/Abolitionist Mutual Aid Fund

An organization that both offers support, resources, survivor advocates, legal experts, and policy advocates for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, but also organizes around fighting the crimi...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Safety from Violence Legal

Community Focus: Survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence

Resources for Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence

Group: Rising Ground

Call 877-STEPS-94 (877-783-7794) STEPS to End Violence (STEPS) is a holistic program of services for victims of gender-based violence with a focus on prevention, intervention, and policy advocacy. We...

(877) 783-7794

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Safety from Violence Legal

Community Focus: Survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence

Resources on Evictions and Housing Court

Group: Met Council on Housing

Contains information on: finding a lawyer, holdover evictions, illegal evictions and lockouts, handling housing court without a lawyer, nonpayment of rent eviction cases, and eviction moratorium FAQs.

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Housing Legal

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

Right to Counsel Tenant Organizing Materials

Group: Right to Counsel NYC Coalition

Tenant organizing resources including a pamphlet and fighting eviction, the case for rent strike, a list of tenant organizing groups across NYC, and Right to Counsel advocacy information.

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Housing Legal

Rights Recorder and Chatbot: Report Housing Discrimination

Group: Unlock NYC

Turned down by a landlord or broker because of your housing voucher? Record a call and/or report it using the Unlock NYC chatbot and they'll help hold them accountable.

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Housing Legal

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

School & Student Rights Legal Support

Group: Legal Aid Society

If The Legal Aid Society represents you or your child in a Family Court or Criminal Court case, you can reach out to the attorney to be directed to help with education issues. If you are not involved...

406 West 40th St, 3rd Floor

Need Category: Legal

Community Focus: Youth Parents/guardians/caregivers