HIV Law Project, Inc.
- Listed: May 20, 2020 5:35 pm
- Expires: 998200 days, 7 hours
Description
HIV Law Project, Inc.
http://www.hivlawproject.org/
Services Offered for Following Legal Issues:
- Housing > Eviction
- Housing > Repairs
- Housing > Foreclosure
- Housing > Predatory home loans
- Housing > Homelessness
- Housing > Public housing (Section 8)
- Housing > Renting
- Housing > SCRIE and DRIE
- Housing > Tenant organizations
- Housing > Tenant and homeowner rights
- Family and safety > Adoption
- Family and safety > Paternity
- Family and safety > Child abuse and neglect
- Family and safety > Child support
- Family and safety > Custody and visitation
- Family and safety > Criminal issues and family
- Family and safety > Guardianship of a child
- Family and safety >Name change
- Family and safety > Wills and estates
- Public benefits > Welfare
- Public benefits > SNAP Benefits (food stamps)
- Public benefits >Fair hearings
- Public benefits > Medicaid, MSP & Child Health Plus
- Public benefits > Unemployment
- Public benefits > HIV/AIDS
- Public benefits > Social Security Disability Insurance
- Public benefits > SSI for disabled adults
- Public benefits > Survivor’s social security benefits
- Health and wills > Living will, health care proxy and Power of Attorney
- Health and wills > Patients’ rights
- Health and wills > Private health insurance and COBRA
- Immigration > Green cards
- Immigration > Citizenship
- Immigration > Deportation
- Immigration > Criminal charges and immigration
- Immigration > Domestic violence
- Immigration > Asylum
- Immigration > Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
- Money and taxes > Debt collection
- Workers’ rights > HIV discrimination in the workplace
- Criminal records > Government benefits and criminal convictions
- Criminal records > Housing and criminal charges
- Discrimination > LGBTQ rights
Who We Are
HIV Law Project’s long history of working with low-income HIV-positive communities and proven legal expertise make it uniquely qualified to provide crucial legal services and advocacy programs for this disenfranchised community. In turn, HIV Law Project has been successful in securing winning results and making a positive impact in the local communities where we work.
Legal services are provided in the following areas of law:
- Housing and eviction prevention;
- Immigration law;
- Government benefits;
- Family law;
- Health insurance issues;
- Consumer and creditor/debtor law;
- Employment law and benefit issues;
- Wills, testaments and advanced planning; and
- HIV-related confidentiality and discrimination issues
Who We Serve
- Area(s): Bronx County, New York (Manhattan) County
- Language(s) Spoken
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- French / Français
- Spanish / Español
- Income Guidelines
- While most of our clients live at or below 125% of the poverty level, we do not have strict income caps and will consider (on a case-by-case basis) handling legal matters for those living above 125% of the poverty level.
- Your family’s income should be at or below the following percentage of the federal poverty level
- 125
- Is this organization accessible by wheelchair?: YES
- Does this organization provide access for the hearing impaired?: NO
- Eligibility Restrictions
- For help, you must be: HIV positive; or related to an HIV positive individual
This program does not serve: a prisoner
Type of Help
- This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources:
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- Full Legal Representation
- Brief Advice
- Emergency Instructions
- What is an Emergency? Marshall’s eviction notice or an immediate court date
Call our main number and an attorney or paralegal will follow up with a call as soon as possible.
How to Get Help
You can contact this organization by:
Appointment–
- Address
-
15 Maiden Lane, 18th Floor (map)
New York, NY 10038
- Phone Number
- (212) 577-3001, 9:30am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri.
- Information
- New clients are seen on an appointment basis only on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
Monday through Friday 9:30am – 5:30pm. Summer Hours: Friday 09:30am-12:30pm
Phone–
- Phone Number (212) 577-3001
- Hours
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- Monday 09:30-05:30
- Tuesday 09:30-05:30
- Wednesday 09:30-05:30
- Thursday 09:30-05:30
- Friday 09:30-05:30
- Information
- You can also walk in during the office hours.
Summer Hours: Friday 09:30am-12:30pm
General Contact Information
- Address HIV Law Project, Inc.
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57 Willoughby Street, Lower Level (map)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
- Phone (212) 577-3001
- Fax (718) 246-3904
- Website http://www.hivlawproject.org
- Email info@hivlawproject.org
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- Member Since: March 11, 2018
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