Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Legal Services
Quick Summary
- Location
- 105 Court Street
- Brooklyn, NY 11201
- Phone Number
- (718) 237-5500
- Website
- http://www.legalservicesnyc.org
- https://www.facebook.com/LegalServicesNYC
- https://twitter.com/LSNYCnews
- https://www.instagram.com/lsnycnews/
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Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Legal Services Description
Brooklyn Legal Services (BLS), LSNYC’s largest program, stops evictions, preserves affordable housing and homeownership, helps people access essential public benefits, identifies and redresses discrimination in housing and mortgage lending, empowers victims of domestic violence, supports Brooklyn residents who are LGBTQ or HIV+ in gaining access to the services they need, promotes the rights of immigrants, veterans and the disabled, protects borrowers from abusive and illegal collection tactics, and ensures proper care and housing for elderly Brooklynites.
Our staff of over 150 passionate, skilled, and highly trained lawyers, paralegals, and support staff represents Brooklyn residents who otherwise could not afford legal services. In the past year alone, we served more than 22,000 low-income Brooklyn residents. Our client work spans from day-to-day representations in court, to civil rights complaints in state and federal agencies, to multi-year litigation and advocacy to create strong, equitable, affordable communities.
Mission Statement: Legal Services NYC addresses the underlying causes of our clients’ problems through all forms of advocacy. We partner with scores of community-based organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equal opportunity and economic, social, and racial justice for all low-income New Yorkers.
Many attorneys that assist low income person(s), charge on a sliding fee schedule. For that reason we have added the latest federal poverty levels below so that you can see how much you may be charged if you use this attorney.
Federal Poverty level chart
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
| Household | 2024 Coverage | |
| 1 | $15,060 | |
| 2 | $20,440 | |
| 3 | $25,820 | |
| 4 | $31,200 | |
| 5 | $36,580 | |
| 6 | $41,960 | |
| 7 | $47,340 | |
| 8 | $52,720 |
