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Free Legal Services
Funding is available to provide legal services or attorney’s fees for tenants whose income is 80% or less of Area Median Income (AMI) facing eviction proceedings in areas of the state outside of New York City. These services — intended to help tenants maintain housing stability — may include legal advice, representation in housing court, tenant/landlord mediation, and linkages to additional assistance and resources. Each provider has extensive experience working with vulnerable populations and providing housing stability and eviction prevention related services. They are also located in specific areas so that these services can be easily accessed by renter households across the state.
If you are a New York City resident, please visit the NYC Legal Services for Tenants website or call Legal Services NYC at 917-661-4500.
The listing below provides the contact information for each county.
- Albany County
- Allegany County
- Broome County
- Cattaraugus County
- Cayuga County
- Chautauqua County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Erie County
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Genesee County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- Livingston County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Nassau County
- New York City
- Niagara County
- Oneida County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Oswego County
- Otsego County
- Putnam County
- Rensselaer County
- Rockland County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- St Lawrence County
- Steuben County
- Suffolk County
- Sullivan County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Ulster County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Westchester County
- Wyoming County
- Yates County
Jefferson County Providers
Legal Aid Society of Mid-NY
Phone: 877-777-6152
Website: https://www.lasmny.org/help