Staten Island Legal Services
Founded | 2004 |
---|---|
Type | Non-profit |
Location | |
Services | Legal services |
Fields | free legal services to low income residents of Staten Island |
Key people | Nancy Goldhill, Project Director |
Website | http://www.statenislandlegalservices.org/ |
Staten Island Legal Services is a non-profit agency providing free civil legal assistance to low income people in Staten Island.[1] SILS has served more than 10,000 clients after its creation in 2004.[2]
Services
The agency provides legal services in areas including of family law, domestic violence, immigration, foreclosure prevention, and disaster recovery services (post-Superstorm Sandy).[3][4][5][6] SILS also provides advice or referral information if unable to provide representation.[7][8][9] Special projects have included defending the rights of the disabled to reasonable accommodations from the NYC Housing Authority.[10][11]
See also
References
- ↑ "SILS Homepage". Statenislandlegalservices.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "LSNYC". Legalservicesnyc.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Lipinski, Jed (2012-01-06). "For Father Working Three Jobs, a Startling Diagnosis". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ Staten Island Advance (2012-11-09). "silive Sandy Storm Article". Silive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "Telemundo Story". Youtube.com. 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Curan, Catherine (2013-02-17). "NY Post Sandy Storm Article". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "Services Homepage". Statenislandlegalservices.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Staten Island (2012-09-18). "silive Foreclosure Article". Silive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Powell, Michael; Martin, Andrew (2011-03-29). "Foreclosure Aid Fell Short, and Is Fading". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein (2010-12-01). "Williams NYCHA Lawsuit". Silive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "Williams Decision" (PDF). Mfy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
External links
- Staten Island Legal Services website
- Legal Services NYC
- Legal Services Corporation
- Decision in Williams v. NYCHA Motion to Dismiss
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