Our Impact
LSNYC Helps Erase Student Debt and Empowers Clients to Achieve Their Goals
Kai Smith, a native New Yorker, decided to dedicate his life to social work and street violence prevention after experiencing a rough childhood. Despite coming from modest means, he put himself through school, and eventually enrolled in a masters degree program…
LSNYC Helps Clients Get Disability Benefits After Denial
From huge court wins to individual client help, LSNYC staff members are always working to makes sure clients get what they need, Ms. M, a 54-year-old woman originally from Jamaica, had worked for her company for over 23 years before she…
LSNYC Wins Major Victory for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers Facing Zombie Debt Collection
Legal Services NYC secured a major court win for our client, Tameeka Colon, and for millions of other student loan borrowers facing zombie debt collection. Due to high interest rates and fees, Ms. Colon could no longer afford her student…
LSNYC Secures Safe and Accessible Housing for Bronx Tenants, Settlement Award
In a victory for tenants’ rights, Legal Services NYC helped tenants of 99 Marble Hill Avenue in the Bronx win a settlement that will significantly improve their quality of life. For years, tenants had been living with hazardous and dangerous conditions…
LSNYC helps 99-year-old client fulfill her dream of becoming an U.S. Citizen
You’re never too old to chase your dreams! Congrats to Ms. E, a 99-year-old immigrant from Cuba, on fulfilling her dream of becoming a U.S. citizen and a shoutout to her advocate, Mayra Chalas who fought tirelessly on her behalf. Ms. E’s…
LSNYC Helps Defend NYC’s Rent Stabilization System Against Landlord Attacks
Legal Services NYC, Legal Aid Society, and Selendy Gay successfully defended New York’s rent stabilization laws against landlord attacks. Landlord groups sued the city, arguing that recent laws to strengthen the rent stabilization system were unconstitutional. Those new laws were designed…
LSNYC Helps Erase Student Debt and Empowers Clients to Achieve Their Goals
Kai Smith, a native New Yorker, decided to dedicate his life to social work and street violence prevention after experiencing a rough childhood. Despite coming from modest means, he put himself through school, and eventually enrolled in a masters degree program…
LSNYC Helps Victims of Identity Fraud Recover Their Savings
James Vesey was nearing retirement at the U.S. Postal Service after a 30-year career. He worked in midtown, sorting mail and unloading trucks. Over the decades, his long days of physical labor had taken their toll on his body, leading to…
LSNYC Helps Make LGBTQ+ Immigrant’s Dream of Citizenship a Reality
As a gay man in Venezuela, Alfredo was at constant risk of violence, blackmail, and kidnapping. Fearing for his life, he sought an education in the U.S. to escape the danger he faced. Alfredo remained in the U.S. on a succession…
LSNYC Fights to Keep Buildings Rent-Stabilized
In April 2021, residents at several buildings in the Bronx received a totally unexpected letter: Their landlord, Emerald Equities, had applied to a state agency to deregulate the buildings, ending their status as rent-stabilized — and giving the landlord the opportunity…
LSNYC Helps Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Consolidate Their Debt, Keep Their Tax Refunds
In 2018, Brooklyn resident Jazmin Unruh found herself trapped in a financial nightmare. Like over a million other Americans that year, Jazmin’s tax refund—including her much-needed Earned Income Tax Credit—was seized by the U.S. Department of Education because her student loans…
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