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. To make an appointment, call 646-664-9400, or request a call from CUNY Citizenship NOW!

MOIA Immigration Legal Support Centers: The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has multiple Legal Support Centers across the City that offers New Yorkers free, safe immigration legal help. These centers are housed in 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 MOIA Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365, or call 311 and say, “Immigration Legal,” between 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday, to get:

  • Answers to immigration policy questions
  • Information on how and where to find City-funded, free, and safe immigration legal help

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.