Its services include direct representation, case consultation, advocacy, community education, training, financial counseling, and impact litigation.
NYLAG has 150 community offices located in courts, hospitals, and community- based organizations in all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island and Westchester and Rockland Counties.
[2] The agency has a paid staff of 284 and uses the services of approximately 2,200 pro bono attorneys and other volunteers.
Populations Served: immigrants, children with special needs, victims of domestic violence, veterans, elderly, Holocaust survivors, LGBTQ, disabled, tenants, homeowners, victims of natural disasters, serious or chronically ill patients, and consumers.
[3] In 2008, NYLAG filed a class action lawsuit with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, suing the United States government for delays in the processing of Immigration Applications.