Press Contact: Antonio Quesada
Director of Mission Advancement
Legal Services NYC
40 Worth Street, Suite 606
New York, NY 10013
(646) 442-3565 (tel & fax)
info@legalservicesNYC.org
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012 |
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NY1 has the story of Staten Island Legal Services clients who were able to obtain a Mortgage Assistance Program grant which enabled them to stay in their home.
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Friday, 14 September 2012 |
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Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A Community and Economic Development Director Jessica Rose (pictured 6th from left) was among those honored on Sept. 12 at the New York County Lawyers' Association's Annual Public Service Awards. Brooklyn A is one of the few legal services programs in the country to
develop a sustained, substantial practice representing community-based
organizations in low- income neighborhoods, including
groups that organize tenants, build affordable housing, expand access to
health care, and establish community-run senior centers, schools and
daycare facilities.
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Monday, 02 July 2012 |
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South Brooklyn Legal Services, Legal Services NYC-Brooklyn Branch, and Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services are all participants in a New York State Court pilot program aimed at addressing the so-called "shadow
docket"—approximately 25,000 cases statewide—occurring when a lender
initiates a foreclosure action but does not file documents triggering
mandatory settlement talks.
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Friday, 15 June 2012 |
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Manhattan Legal Services Family Law Unit Director Tracy Bing (above, second from left) was honored on June 13th with a New York City Bar Legal Services Award. The awards are given annually to recognize to attorneys and non-attorneys who provide outstanding civil legal assistance to New York’s poor.
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Thursday, 07 June 2012 |
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An article in the Daily News highlights the foreclosure prevention program at Legal Services NYC-Bronx. LS-NYC Bronx advocates will be on hand tonight at the “Preventing Home Foreclosures - Knowing Your Rights and Finding Assistance” at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Harding Park Homeowners Association (1820 Gildersleeve Ave, Soundview) to help residents dealing with foreclosure or those who have received a loan modification, forbearance or are on a payment plan.
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Monday, 21 May 2012 |
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New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, a coalition of organizations representing consumers that includes legal service providers and housing counselors, recently submitted comments in response to an Office of Court Administration proposal intended to help clear the "shadow docket" of foreclosure actions filed by lenders that languish without court action. LSNYC Director of Foreclosure Prevention Litigation submitted the comments on behalf of the coalition.
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012 |
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An article in today's Daily News draws attention to a troubling but common practice in charter schools. Children, some as young as 5 years old, are being removed from schools—and thus denied their right to education— under so called "psychiatric suspensions." LSNYC-Bronx's Nelson Mar represents the families of the two kindergarteners featured in the piece.
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Monday, 09 April 2012 |
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A New York Times article focuses on the Department of Education's continuing failure to provide adequate school-based mental health services. Instead of providing such services, schools are dealing with disruptive or troubled students by sending them to emergency rooms. LSNYC-Bronx's Nelson Mar represents the family of the 10-year old profiled in the article.
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