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Offers free legal advice and direct representation to veterans in civil (non-criminal)legal matters, such as housing issues, eviction, foreclosure prevention, denied benefits, consumer protection, child support assistance, etc.

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Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Individual Advocacy
Provides free civil legal services for individuals who are HIV positive or who have an HIV positive family member, including but not limited to: end of life planning, care and custody planning, unemployment, social security, public benefits, child support, custody, visitation, family offenses, divorce, discrimination, bankruptcy, housing problems, and name change.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Name Change Assistance
Ex-Offender Legal Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
General Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Bankruptcy Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Living Trust Preparation Assistance
Provides help for homeowners who are either currently in either mortgage or tax foreclosure or for whom foreclosure is imminent. For those facing foreclosure, efforts are coordinated with local housing counseling agencies and banks to address financial and employment issues and to secure mortgage modifications, repayment plans, or forbearances before the initiation of any legal process. For those who have been served, LABB represents homeowners in active foreclosure proceedings.

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Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Provides consultation and representation to older adults on elder abuse, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, consumer scams, public benefits programs, powers of attorney, health care proxies, landlord/tenant problems, and other areas of civil law. Hours available by appointment.

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General Benefits Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Consumer Law
Pension Benefits Assistance
Elder Law
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution

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Medication Disposal
Telephone Reassurance
Occasional Medical Equipment / Supplies
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
RSVP Program
Legal Representation
Elder Law
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Errand Running / Shopping Assistance
Legal Counseling
Provides free legal advice and representation to low-income individuals who have opened or intend to open a business.

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Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Corporate / Business Law
A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Provides civil legal services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

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General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Paternity Suits
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
A network of over 85 housing counseling and legal services organizations across the state that provide free, qualified mortgage assistance relief services to homeowners. HOPP representatives can connect New Yorkers to high-quality counseling or legal services all over New York State. The HOPP Program is designed to ensure that no family in New York State ever loses their home because they do not have access to a lawyer or qualified housing counselor. Services include: - Assistance with applying for a loan modification, or other types of loss mitigation - Direct representation in court proceedings, including settlement conferences - Homeownership counseling Operates HomeownerHelpNY (https://homeownerhelpny.org/), an online service that provides New Yorkers with the tools and support to avoid foreclosure and/or scams, and to help them find qualified mortgage assistance relief services from the HOPP network. HomeownerHelpNY is a collaboration between the New York State Attorney General Office and the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, a non-profit committed to protecting and preserving affordable homeownership.

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Homebuyer / Home Purchase Counseling
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification / Refinancing Programs
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

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Elder Law
Elder Mediation
Immigration / Naturalization Legal Services
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Health Law
Elder Abuse Prevention
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Patient Rights Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Advance Medical Directives
Predatory Lending Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
General Benefits Assistance
Insurance Law
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Grandparent Rights
Pension Benefits Assistance
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Consumer Law
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Offers services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

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Personal Financial Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Provides free legal representation to people in danger of losing their home to tax foreclosure.

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Legal Representation
Tax Foreclosure Assistance

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Legal Counseling
Utility Bill Payment Plan Negotiation Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Legal Representation
Provides legal assistance and business advice to entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit community organizations that serve Central New York.
Provides an online resource to help victims of crime get civil legal information and services, related to their housing, employment, and safety.

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Legal Representation
General Crime Victim Assistance
Provides an online resource to help victims of crime get civil legal information and services, related to their housing, employment, and safety.
Provides free civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence who cannot afford private legal counsel. Services include assistance with orders of protection, child and spousal support, custody and visitation and divorce.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Provides free legal representation to clients who are denied or cut off from SSD or SSI benefits.

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Individual Advocacy
Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

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Reverse Paternity Actions
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Representation
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Paternity Suits
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Provides representation to persons facing extradition to another state to answer criminal charges.
Provides legal assistance to migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families on legal issues such as wage claims, workplace health and safety, substandard housing conditions, immigration matters, and trafficking.
Provides advice, brief service, and representation on civil legal issues for people who are 60 years and older.

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Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Provides free legal representation to clients who are denied or cut off from SSD or SSI benefits.

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Individual Advocacy
Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Provides free legal information, advice and representation to seniors ages 60 and older on civil (non-criminal) legal matters including consumer problems, family matters, access to healthcare, public benefits issues, housing problems, future planning, and elder abuse.
* Provides varying levels of services ranging from legal advice to representation for the following: Discrimination because of a criminal record. Includes assistance finding and correcting mistakes on rap sheets and commercial background checks, certificates of rehabilitation, filing employment discrimination complaints, gathering evidence of rehabilitation, and more. Discrimination because of an alcohol/drug history. Includes assistance for individuals who have who face discrimination for participating in medication-assisted treatment or medication, such as methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone), or naltrexone (Vivitrol), to treat their opiate addiction. Discrimination for people living with HIV/AIDS. Includes breach of HIV confidentiality or testing rights. Also helps with problems such as health care proxies, living wills, and permanency planning.

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Individual Advocacy
Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Offers legal assistance to lower-income taxpayers who have controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Controversies may include collection, examination, and appeals matters.