Mutual Aid NYC

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NYC Financial Justice Hotline

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

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.

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

Need Category: Legal

Community Focus: Youth Parents/guardians/caregivers