| Staten Island Legal Services |
Staten Island Legal ServicesStaten Island Legal Services is part of Legal Services NYC, the nation’s largest provider of free legal assistance to low-income people. Since opening its doors in late 2004, Staten Island Legal Services has helped nearly two thousand residents of Staten Island with important civil legal problems. Our staff provides free legal advice and representation to eligible individuals and groups in the following areas:
Our services are available in all languages. We offer interpreters either in person or through a telephone interpreting service. Staten Island Legal Services also conducts workshops and presentations for community groups on issues important to Staten Island residents.
Location:
36 Richmond Terrace, Ste. 205 (across the street from Staten Island ferry)
Nancy Goldhill, Project Director In the NewsWhen Denying Loan Mods, Loan Servicers Often Wrongly Blame Investors
SILS Staff Attorney Joseph Sant and Client Featured in 2009 New York Community Trust Annual Report
Investor Denials Hinder HAMP Modifications
SILS Staff Joins in JP Morgan Chase Shareholder Meeting Demonstration: On May 18, the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP) led a lively demonstration outside Chase's annual shareholder meeting. More than 150 community advocates and aggrieved Chase customers protested the bank's abusive lending practices, failure to modify mortgages and opposition to federal financial reform. Photo below: SILS Staffers Margot Albert (middle), Carolyn Sha (behind Margot’s arm), and Joe Sanders (below "debt traps!")
Federation of Cuban Women Visits SILS Above: Staten Island Legal Services receives a visit from representatives of the Federation of Cuban Women, who are in New York for a conference at the United Nations for the Commission on the Status of Women (Beijing 15 conference). From left to right, Yamilla Gonzalez Ferrer (Secretary of the Cuban Society of Civil and Family Law and daughter of the founder of the Federation of Cuban Women), Nancy Goldhill (SILS Project Director), Ana Violeta Castañeda (Regional Coordinator for FMC) and Maritzel Gonzalez-Quevedo (Official of Foreign Relations, FMC). We took them on a tour of Family Court where they were able to interview one of our attorney referees about how custody cases are heard and decided. They were stunned that she does the whole thing herself without a team of mental health professionals! SILS Co-Sponsors Citizenship Day SILS Helps Homeowners Getting Hit a Second Time SILS Client Meets with President Obama SILS featured in New York Times Housing Fraud Article SILS Assists Homeowners at Settlement Conferences SILS Wins Decision Recognizing Loan Modification Discussions Domestic Violence Work at SILS: Advance Article Staten Island Advance Features SILS Immigration Clinics
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