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NYLAG Fights For Fair & Equal Access to Justice

Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combatting economic, racial, and social injustice by advocating for people experiencing poverty or in crisis. 

Combatting social, racial, and economic injustice

Our Impact

130,443

people impacted by our services last year

380+

community sites across NYC where we offer services

10,374

tenants & homeowners represented, resulting in thousands of people keeping their homes

27,118

immigrants served from 196 different countries, including for asylum claims & deportation defense

Your Support Helps

Help us provide free legal services to children and adults in need of a lawyer.

News & Resources

Testimony: On the 2025-2026 State Executive Budget for Health and Medicaid

NYLAG's Valerie Bogart and Rebecca Wallach submitted testimony for a joint hearing on the state budget about health and Medicaid.

Brick Underground: What undocumented tenants and apartment hunters should know about their rights in NYC

NYLAG Tenants' Rights Unit Senior Supervising Attorney Allison Yurick spoke with Brick Underground about undocumented immigrants' rights as tenants in NYC.

New York Times: Inside the N.Y.C. Immigration Crackdown That Yielded 39 Arrests

In light of the recent and, thus far, the biggest show of force from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York City under the new federal administration, Jodi Ziesemer, Co-Director of the Immigrant Protection Unit at NYLAG, spoke with ...
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