ANHD 2016 Building the Community Development Movement
Free Legal Help – For Those Who Can Verify Poverty
- Legal Services of New York: For personal and family needs such as evictions and threats of eviction, utility terminations, domestic violence, bankruptcy, divorce, child support and custody, and more. Legal Services NY has many locations across NYC’s boroughs. To find the office nearest you CLICK HERE
- Urban Justice Center: Debt assistance. UJC was launched at Emmaus House ! For help CLICK HERE
- Legal AId Society – Criminal Court Lawyers: The criminal court assigns free lawyers to defendents who can’t afford a lawyer. If you need to find out which lawyer was assigned to you, CLICK HERE
- Legal Aid Society – Getting Your Benefits: Help with public assistance, immigration, employee benefits CLICK HERE
- MFY Legal Services: For housing, public benefits, debt issues CLICK HERE
Free Training & Job Search
- 15 pages of free & low-cost resources for training, job search & more CLICK HERE
- Free on-line training with NYC Small Business Services CLICK HERE
Where to get IDs
- NYC ID – FREE: To make an appointment to get your ID CLICK HERE . To find what documents you need to get the FREE NYC ID, CLICK HERE
- BIRTH CERTIFICATE COPY (NYC births only): CLICK HERE
- SOCIAL SECURITY CARD: To order new or a replacement CLICK HERE
- VOTE – REGISTRATION INFO: CLICK HERE
Where to find more ..
- FREE CELL PHONE: If you receive SSI or Medicaid, you qualify for a free cell phone CLICK HERE
- For a guide to East Harlem Resources CLICK HERE
- All types of resources compiled by NY Catholic Charities & VOAD. CLICK HERE
12-Step Recovery Groups
- To find meetings in the tri-state area please CLICK HERE
- AA Meetings by phone: Available most hours. For phone numbers CLICK HERE
Where to find pantries & community kitchens
- In addition to Emmaus, to find other food resources CLICK HERE
- Application for SNAP: For an application for food stamps CLICK HERE
Social Service Resources
- Click Here for Comprehensive Resource List from NYS Disaster Case Management Program, Catholic Charities-NY Archdiocese,& Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
Sandy info & updates
- Sandy Funding Tracker: Updated progress for the NYC Build it Back program. www1.nyc.gov/sandytracker
- NYC Housing Sandy Recovery Progress Report: http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/home/home.shtml
- CDBG-DR Action Plan: New York City’s Sandy recovery funding is provided through the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief program and administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. For details see http://www.nyc.gov/html/cdbg/html/home/home.shtml
- FEMA NYC flood zone maps and info on new flood insurance rates: http://www.region2coastal.com/sandy
- Sandy Recovery outreach materials: http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/flyers-and-handouts/flyers-and-handouts.shtml
Statistics
- NYC’s Worst Landlords – 2014 listing published by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James
- Making Housing Unaffordable-The Burden of Fees – 2013 report by CASA and Urban Justice Center
- NYC’s Richest & Poorest Census Tracts – 2000 vs. 2011
Federal Government
- Federal Register
- U.S. Congress
- Thomas – Library of Congress
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- United States Census
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Senate
Nat’l Housing Advocacy & Research
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Center for Community Change
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Congress for Community Economic Development
- National Housing Institute (NHI), producer of Shelterforce magazine
New York State Government
- New York State Assembly
- New York State Senate
- New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
- New York State Banking Department
Reinvestment
- Accountability-Central.com
- National Community Reinvestment Coalition
- NYS Banking Department
- Federal Reserve Bank of NY
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Office of Thrift Supervision
- Office of Comptroller of Currency
Intermediaries
- Enterprise Community Partners
- Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC)
- Housing Partnership Network
Legal Services
New York City Government
- Community Boards
- Independent Budget Office
- Commission on Human Rights
- New York City Council
- New York City Department of Finance
- Dept. of Housing Preservation & Dev.
- Housing Development Corporation
- Office of Management and Budget
- New York City Department of City Planning
- New York City Rent Guidelines Board
- Housing and Vacancy Survey
- Office of the Mayor
Local Housing Advocacy Organizations
- Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of New York State
- Supportive Housing Network of New York State
- Tenants and Neighbors
Local Resources
- City Limits
- Housing First!
- TenantNet
- Gotham Gazette
- Pratt Institute Center PICCED
- Furman Center for Real Estate and Policy
- Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City
- Milano Mix (Management Information Exchange)
First Time Home Buyers