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Our Legal Assistance Hotline is staffed Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 4pm. Call 917-661-4500 to speak to an intake officer in any language.
Project Director: Marie A. Richardson
The Bronx is the poorest borough in New York City and home to the poorest Congressional district in the United States. Nearly a third of Bronx residents live below the federal poverty line. For nearly 50 years, Bronx Legal Services has been providing the communities of the Bronx with legal services designed both to address the systemic causes of concentrated poverty and to ameliorate the impact of poverty on families and individuals. We work in these practice areas:
- Access to Education
- Bankruptcy
- Civil Rights & Language Access
- Consumer Rights
- Disability Advocacy Project
- Disaster Recovery
- Elder Law
- Employment Law & Workers' Rights
- Family Law & Domestic Violence
- Foreclosure Prevention & Homeowners' Rights
- Government Benefits
- Housing & Tenants' Rights
- Immigration & Immigrants' Rights
- LGBT Advocacy
- Taxpayer Assistance
- Veterans Justice Project
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