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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New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program
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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NLS Navigator Program Helps Clients Who Need Health Insurance
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
Continue readingNLS Helps Transgender Client With Name Change; Court Seals File To Protect Client
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,
Continue readingStudent Loan Payment Suspension Extended through September 30, 2021: What Borrowers Need to Know
On January 20, 2021, his first day in office, President Biden to extend the coronavirus-related payment suspension and 0% interest rate on certain federal student loans. This relief had been set to expire on January 31, 2021. Hopefully, this is the first of many actions Biden takes to fulfill his campaign promises to struggling student loan borrowers. Read
Continue readingNLS Attorney featured in Investigative Post/WGRZ on a new Buffalo Lead Paint initiative
Grace Andriette discusses new Buffalo Lead Paint initiative. Read more at https://www.investigativepost.org/2021/01/27/progress-at-last-addressing-lead-poisoning/
Continue readingSpread the Word: Don’t Throw Out the Stimulus Debit Card
Dear friends and allies, The U.S. Treasury has begun issuing its second round of stimulus payments. People who don't receive a direct deposit by early January should look for either a check or Economic Impact Payment (EIP) debit card in the mail. People will not necessarily be paid the same way they received their first Continue reading
Know Your Rights Virtual Edition on Landlord/Tenant Law and New Protections During the COVID-19 Crisis: February 24 at 12:00 p.m.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yuCgtzKIThu7SK1nhv1IVQ Topic: A Conversation With Local Housing Attorneys About the State of Landlord Tenant Law Due to COVID-19 Description: During this panel discussion, moderated by Julie Loesch, Esq., Director of Child and Family Services EAP and CRJ, our panelists will address the current status and requirements of the COVID-19 Continue reading
