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Justice For Our Neighbors (Lower Manhattan Office)

  • Location:
    69 Madison Street
    New York, NY 10002
  • Phone:
    (212) 870-3785
  • Contact methods:
    Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Justice For Our Neighbors (JFON) provides immigrants with free legal services, education, and advocacy for a variety of immigration issues.

Counties served: Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, 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: Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Contact organization for clinic dates and times. Services are by appointment only.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 6
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: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network, Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Steven Lee
(347) 603-6871
Executive Director:
Steven Lee
(347) 603-6871
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: August 7, 2018
Administrator comments: 9/17/12: tickler 12/3/13: tickler 11/5/14: website updated by Steven Lee 12/12/14: tickler 3/29/16: tickler 07 Aug 2018: updated phone number
IAN Members? Yes
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