Open Hands Legal Services, Inc.

Who We Are

Open Hands Legal Services serves homeless and low-income New Yorkers by providing free legal advice, counsel and representation. We focus primarily on housing law, employment law, reentry and child support matters. Open Hands address the needs of the low income through volunteer attorneys by setting up a free legal aid desk at existing community-based organizations such as soup kitchens and community centers.

Open Hands Legal Services currently operates on the second Saturday of each month at The Father’s Heart Ministries, located in Manhattan’s lower east side and on the third Saturday of each month at The Relief Bus in East Harlem.

We also have mobile legal aid desks at the All Angels’ Episcopal Church; Bowery Mission Men’s Center on Bowery and the Bowery Mission Men’s Center on 115th street; the Bowery Mission Women’s Center (for residents only); The New York City Rescue Mission (by appointment only); Exodus Transitional Community Center; Partnership for the Homeless; and the Relief Bus.

Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information on how to get help. Click here to find out when and where you can get legal help from Open Hands!

Who We Serve

Area(s): New York City (all 5 NYC boroughs)

Is this organization accessible by wheelchair?: NO

Does this organization provide access for the hearing impaired?: NO

Type of Help

This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources:

• Brief Advice
• Pro Se Legal Clinic