Where your story becomes our shared fight for justice
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.Â
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
Immigrant Parents
Veterans & Their Families
Cancer Survivors
Children with Disabilities
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 ...
