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CUNY Citizenship Now! - City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa's Office

  • Location:
    618 W. 177th St.
    Ground Floor
    New York, NY 10033
  • Phone:
    (212) 652-2071
  • Fax:
    (646)664-9429
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

CUNY Citizenship Now provides free, high quality, and confidential immigration law services to help individuals and families on their path to U.S. citizenship. Our attorneys and paralegals offer one-on-one consultations to assess participants’ eligibility for legal benefits and assist them in applying when qualified. We also coordinate community, educational, and volunteer initiatives to help expand opportunities for New York City’s immigrant population.

Counties served: NY (Manhattan)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? No

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Estelle Yessoh
(646) 344-7245
Last contact date: February 9, 2018
Administrator comments: 3/13/12: updated by Tamara Bloom 9/25/12: tickler 2/6/14: tickler 10/8/14: updated contact person 12/24/14: added/tickler 4/4/16: tickler 6/20/17: phone # 09 Feb 2018: tickler
IAN Members? No
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