Our Legal Clinics

NYCHA Issues

OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER ENCARNACION

Date: First Tuesday of every month

Time: 10am – 1pm

Topic: Only For Tenants in Councilmember Encarnacion’s district with NYCHA Issues

Location: 105 E. 116th St., New York, NY 10029

How to RSVP: No RSVP; First come, first served. Please ask for the sign in sheet for the “Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center” when you arrive.

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Public Benefits & Homeless Legal Clinics

SNP BENEFITS AND HOMELESS ADVOCACY WARMLINE HOURS

• The SNP Benefits and Homeless Advocacy warmline hours are Thursdays from 10 AM – 2 PM. We take a limited number of calls each Thursday so we advise people to call earlier if possible.
• The warmline number is 646-923-8358.
• Callers are instructed to leave a message and generally receive a call back within 24-48 hours.
• We take a limited number of calls each week so once the maximum number of calls is reached, we are not able to take on additional callers. The message will inform all callers as to whether to expect a call back from SNP staff.

What do we assist with?

• SNP’s Benefits and Homeless Advocacy unit assists with the following issues:
• Public Assistance (PA) problems,
• SNAP problems,
• Fair Hearings for SNAP and PA,
• CityFHEPS and FHEPS problems, and
• Support for people who are homeless in shelters or on the street

MONTHLY LEGAL CLINICS

In addition, SNP continues to operate monthly legal clinics at the below locations. The legal clinics operate by appointment. Appointments are generally scheduled directly through the partner sites but if someone is having difficulty scheduling an appointment, feel free to reach out to us.

CASA CLINIC

Date: First Thursday per month

Time: 5pm – 8pm

Topic: Landlord Tenant Issues

Location: Address: CASA office. 35 Marcy Place, Bronx, NY 10452.

How to RSVP: No RSVP; First come, first served. Please ask for the sign in sheet and intake form for the “Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center” when you arrive.

List of general services we provide: Tenant’s Rights; Landlord/Tenant legal questions; Options if rent is owed; Repair Issues; Housing Court involvement; Landlord Harassment.

MET COUNCIL CLINIC

Date: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month

Time: 6pm – 8pm

Topic: Landlord Tenant Issues

Location: Address: Trinity Commons. 76 Trinity Pl, New York, NY 10006.

How to RSVP: No RSVP; First come, first served. Please ask for the sign in sheet for the “Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center” when you arrive.

List of general services we provide: Tenant’s Rights; Landlord/Tenant legal questions; Options if rent is owed; Repair Issues; Housing Court involvement; Landlord Harassment.

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If you have a case in Housing Court, you can go to the Housing Court listed on your court papers on your court date and ask to be referred to a Right To Counsel lawyer.

If you have an eviction case, the website EvictionFreeNYC can help you work out who the service providers in your neighborhood are and connect you with local tenant organizing groups.

If you have a housing issue but there are no court papers, you can reach out to the Housing Court Answers hotline at 212-962-4795 for advice and referrals.

You can also call 311 and you need housing legal services.