Safety
Net
Project
We preserve and strengthen families and communities by fighting to prevent evictions, illegal rent increases, uninhabitable living conditions, and other attacks on our social safety net.
COVID-19 Update
All of our Safety Net Project walk-in clinics are closed for the time being. If you need assistance with Public Assistance, SNAP, Fair Hearings for PA and SNAP, or CityFHEPS/FHEPS, please call 646-923-8358 and leave a voicemail. If you need assistance with a legal issue in the Bronx or Brooklyn involving your housing please call 646-470-9704. We will do our best to return their call within 24 hours.
Safe, secure housing and fundamental resources for underserved and marginalized communities
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“When Dealing With The Shelter And Public Assistance, You Have To Have A Crisis To Actually Be Listened To. It’s Terrible . . . .”
– Maria
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Obtaining essential public benefits
should not be this hard
Bureaucracy
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Recent Press
NYC welfare recipients endure long waits, bad treatment from staff: study
NY Daily News
For New Yorkers who rely on public assistance, the average wait-time at facilities that offer these benefits is three hours. The following article by the Daily News, features quotes and statistics from the Safety Net Project’s report: Bureaucracy of Benefits.Shuffled Among Homeless Shelters, and Not Told Why
NY Times
Read this New York Times article about the Safety Net Activists' recent report on harmful “transfer” practices imposed on people living in NYC’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelters.Advocates Call On City To Keep Harlem Food Stamp Office Open
Patch
Kiana Davis, our benefits advocate at SNP, speaks with Patch.com about the closure of Central Harlem's food stamp office and its negative effect on the most vulnerable benefits recipients.Contact
Safety
Net
Project
We welcome your questions and comments
Main Office
40 Rector StreetNew York, NY 10006
Telephone: 646.602.5600
Email: snp@urbanjustice.org
Hours
M-F: 9:00AM-6:00PM
The Safety Net Project does not conduct client intake at our Rector Street Office. For information about our services and walk-in clinics, check out our legal clinic flyer.
