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WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT EVICTIONS   The NY State Eviction Moratorium Has Been Extended to January 15, 2022.   Your landlord may still be able to evict you. Courts are open.  If you get court papers or a letter from the court, DO NOT IGNORE THEM. You should still try to pay your rent. If November 20, 2021Continue reading →

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  My landlord told me I have to move out this week and that he will call the police if I am not out.  Do I have to move? Only a civil officer (usually a sheriff or a marshal) can put a tenant out.  Your landlord can tell you that you have to move, but October 5, 2021Continue reading →

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an update to the Thrifty Food Plan, which is used to set benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This science-driven and long-overdue reevaluation will be welcome news for families across the country, many of whom will be better able to afford a healthy diet with greater

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On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the moratorium on all electric, gas, water, telephone, broadband, and cable shut-offs ended. This allows utility companies to begin terminating service to customers behind on their bills as soon as Monday, June 28. This is a crisis because there are more than one million utility consumers in New York that

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The New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program will provide significant economic relief to help low and moderate-income households at risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability by providing rental arrears, temporary rental assistance and utility arrears assistance.  For information, click here. 

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Neighborhood Legal Service’s Navigators provide one-on-one assistance to families and individuals seeking to enroll in health insurance through the NYSoH Marketplace (New York Health Benefit Exchange). NLS Navigators provide education about the different types of health insurance plans offered through the marketplace and assist with enrollment into both public insurance programs and private qualified health

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Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. as part of its H.E.L.P. at Evergreen Health initiative successfully advocated on behalf of a transgender client for a waiver of publication for a name change in Erie County Supreme Court.  The Court found that for transgender petitioners “the body of literature and statistics as to the high potential violence against such individuals,

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