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47 Court St, Buffalo, NY 14202
A free legal service program which helps remove barriers to positive health outcomes by addressing social determinants of health and structural inequities facing patients and their care providers. Provides legal assistance in the following areas:
  • Housing (Eviction, Section 8, Habitability)
  • Family (Custody, Support, Orders of Protection, Divorce)
  • Public Benefits (SNAP, DSS, Temporary Assistance)
  • Disability (SSI, SSDI, Return to Work)
  • Estate Planning (Wills, POA, Healthcare Proxy)
  • Name Changes
  • Veteran Issues (Discharge Upgrades, Service-Connected Disabilities)
  • Referrals
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Downtown Central Library, Whisper Space, 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203
Provides walk-in consultations for people seeking assistance with civil legal matters, including:
  • Divorce/Post-Divorce Matters
  • Landlord/Tenant/Housing Matters
  • Credit/Debtor Issues
  • Reentry Matters
  • Employment Matters
Available every other Friday, 10am-3pm; call for dates. ##REENTRY##
361 S Main Street, Geneva, NY 14456
  • Provides legal services and counseling for civil matters to low-income people. Legal education and information. Health care advocacy. Elder Law advocacy. SSI disability advocacy. Domestic violence/victims of a crime. Medicare and Medicaid legal problems and denials. Fair housing enforcement/ housing discrimination and education. Public benefits such as SNAP. * Provides legal information to people who are homeless, at risk of losing their housing, or have a public benefits termination or denial; this includes: Evictions. Foreclosures. * Provides information for referrals for civil legal needs that are not listed. Resources can oftentimes link people with a source of assistance.
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175 Walnut St, Ste 1, Lockport, NY 14094
Provides free legal representation in eight Western New York counties in the areas of:
  • Assisted Living
  • Evictions
  • Consumer Protection
  • Elder Abuse Prevention
  • Foreclosure Prevention
  • Health Care Advocacy
  • Housing
  • Income Maintenance
  • Substituted Decision Making
  • Western New York Coalition Pooled Trust
1701 Lincoln Ave, Ste 7610, Olean, NY 14760
Provides consultation and representation to older adults on elder abuse, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, consumer scams, public benefits programs, powers of attorney, health care proxies, landlord/tenant problems, and other areas of civil law. Hours available by appointment.
111 Main St, Suite 101, Lockport, NY 14094
Offers legal counseling, information, and assistance with such concerns as Health Care Proxy, wills, guardianship, power of attorney, living wills and trusts, consumer fraud, contractual disputes, tenant-landlord disputes, home ownership questions, neighbor disputes, Social Security questions, Medicare and Medicaid related problems, SSI application, and eligibility questions.
401 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, NY 13202
Provides free advice and information about small estates, 17-A Guardianship, Power of Attorney, wills, and other trust and estate issues. May be able to provide on-the-spot assistance with filling out petitions for Surrogate's Court.
1021 Broadway Street, 5th Floor, Buffalo, NY 14212
Provides civil legal services for mental health consumers, including assistance related to:
  • SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY/SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI): Appeal of benefit denial, Initial SSD/SSI applications, Continuing Disability Review (CDR/Cessations), and Overpayments
  • PUBLIC BENEFITS: Appeal of benefit denial, termination or suspension of: Temporary Assistance, Food Stamps (SNAP), and Medicaid (MA)
  • HOUSING LAW: Landlord/Tenant Disputes and Tenant’s Rights, Evictions (Advice & Counsel), and Section 8 Informal Hearings
  • FAMILY LAW: Uncontested Divorces, Contested Divorces (disputes other than custody or child support) on a case by case basis, Child Support, and Custody/Visitation
  • CONSUMER LAW: Bankruptcy advisement (Chapter 7), Formal complaints to Attorney General, Creditor Harassment, and Student Loan Discharge advisement (TPD-based on disability)
  • ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: Power of Attorney, Other/related advanced directives (limited basis)
314 Central Ave, Ste 300, Dunkirk, NY 14048
Provides free legal representation in eight counties of Western New York. The Chautauqua County office offers legal services in the areas of:
  • Assisted Living
  • Evictions
  • Consumer Protection
  • Elder Abuse Prevention
  • Foreclosure Prevention
  • Health Care Advocacy
  • Housing
  • Income Maintenance
  • Substituted Decision Making
  • Western New York Coalition Pooled Trust
Also houses the Elder Advocacy Program, a cross-systems community collaboration to address elder abuse. The Elder Advocacy Program acts as a single point-of-entry for elder abuse survivors, assessing their needs and providing appropriate legal and non-legal services to end abuse and empower survivors.