Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. – Ithaca Office

902 Taber Street, Suite 1
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 273-3667
Toll free Phone: (800) 724-4170
Fax: (607) 273-5521
Website: https://www.lawny.org/
Office Website: https://www.lawny.org/node/51/ithaca-location

Eligibility: Income eligibility is 125%-200% of federal poverty guidelines.

Counties Served: Tioga and Tompkins

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.(LawNY) provides free legal aid to people with civil legal problems.

Services Include:

• Public Benefits
  • Social Security Disability and SSI
  • Public Assistance and Temporary Housing Assistance
  • Food Stamps (SNAP)
  • Fuel Assistance (HEAP)
• Housing (Tenants ONLY)
  • Evictions
  • Public and Subsidized Housing (Section 8)
  • Substandard Conditions
  • Mobile Home Issues
  • Utility Shut-offs
• Homeownership
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Tax Foreclosure
  • Land Contracts
  • Mobile Home Issues
• Family (for victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault)
  • Orders of Protection
  • Custody/Visitation
  • Support
• Health Care
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Denials of Health Care Services
  • Coordination of Benefits
  • Access to Care for Uninsured Persons
  • Access to Health Insurance Programs
  • Reduction of medical debt
  • Managed Long-Term Care
• Employment Rights and Rights of Persons with Criminal Records
  • Employment clearance for background checks by public agencies
  • Certificates of Relief from Civil Disabilities/Certificates of Good Conduct
  • Public benefits denials based on criminal record ("fleeing felon" and UIB misconduct)
  • Employment Discrimination based on criminal record (re-entry issues)
• Elder Law
  • Wills, Health Care Proxies, and Powers of Attorney
• Consumer
  • Advice regarding debt collection, credit cards, credit reports, consumer scams, student loans, vehicle repossession, identity theft, and bankruptcy
• Uncontested Divorce
  • Pro se Divorce Clinic

*Services are subject to change. Contact office for information on current legal services*

*Does not assist with completing petitions to Family Court (Custody, Guardianship, Adoption, Visitation) nor provides representation services regarding these matters*