In partnership with CUNY Citizenship Now!, NALEO Educational Fund, and other organizations, Access Justice Brooklyn provides critical assistance to immigrants and other foreign-born New Yorkers. This includes assisting parents with emergency planning if they are detained or deported, helping individuals’ complete naturalization papers, and organizing trainings on immigration law for volunteer attorneys.
Immigration Resources
CUNY Citizenship NOW!: CUNY Citizenship Now! provides free, high quality, and confidential immigration law services to help individuals and families on their path to U.S. citizenship.
Assistance for First-Time Haitian TPS Applicants now through May 17: Get help with your first-time application for Haitian TPS through a new partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the NYC Council, and the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute. To make an appointment, call 646-664-9400, or request a call from CUNY Citizenship NOW!
ActionNYC; ActionNYC offers all New Yorkers free, safe immigration legal help in a network of trusted community-based organizations at community sites, public health facilities, public schools, and libraries. Services are provided in your language. Your immigration status does not matter.
You can call the City-funded, free and safe ActionNYC Hotline at 800-354-0365, or call 311 and say “ActionNYC,” between 9AM to 6PM, Monday to Friday, to get:
- Answers to immigration-related questions
- Information on immigration policy
- Connections to City-funded, free and safe immigration legal help including comprehensive immigration legal screenings and legal representation
- Referrals to other community-based resources and support services
Resources for Immigrant New Yorkers: Regardless of your immigration status, New York City is here to help. The NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has compiled a list of resources for Immigrant New Yorkers including immigration legal help, free English classes, and more (translations available on their website).
Avoid Becoming the Victim of Immigration Fraud: “Immigration fraud” means immigration legal services-related scams that target vulnerable immigrant New Yorkers.