Lawyers Manual - Unified Court System

Representing Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence 335
The Legal Aid Society—Domestic Violence Project
Bronx: (718) 991-4600
Brooklyn: (718) 722-3100
Harlem: (212) 426-3000
Queens: (718) 286-2450
Staten Island: (718) 273-6677
http://www.legal-aid.org/supportDocumentIndex.htm?docID=128&catid=43
The Legal Aid Society provides a range of legal services, including
immigration assistance, to victims of domestic violence. Languages:
Spanish, with interpreters available in other languages.
Main Street Legal Services, CUNY Law School (Flushing, Queens)
(718) 340-4300 (ask for the Battered Immigrant Women’s Project)
Callers who contact the office when intake is open (generally just before the
beginning of each new semester in August and December) will be given
intake appointments. Clients are served by third-year law students under a
supervising attorney.
New York Association for New Americans (NYANA)
Center for Women and Families
(888) 242-5838 (NYANA Domestic Violence Hotline)
http://www.nyana.org/women.asp
Victims who call the hotline will speak with a domestic violence counselor.
When appropriate, clients are referred for legal services. NYANA is located
in downtown Manhattan.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
(212) 822-8300 (ask for intake with the domestic violence unit)
http://www.nmic.org
The Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation serves victims of
domestic violence who are residents of Manhattan above 155th Street or
with community ties to the Washington Heights/Inwood area.
Safe Horizon: Immigration Law Project
(718) 899-1233, ext. 129
http://www.safehorizon.org/page.php?page=legalservices