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Is For All

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How You Can Help

Donations

Your donations will help ensure our clients continue receiving the necessary civil legal advocacy and representation they need and deserve!

  • Assist clients with legal services applications for their cases.
  • Estate planning sessions for families.
  • Legal services to help families stay housed.
  • Help clients get SSI/SSDI benefits.
  • Legal services loan help to save client homes.
Staff

LASMNY staff members are Servant Leaders. They are Transformational Leaders. They are the Subject Matter Experts of Civil Legal Aid. They are imperative to the members of our communities we serve. They are the leaders our clients need and the leaders who turn our clients' stories into success stories.

Areas We Serve
  • Utica
  • Syracuse
  • Binghamton
  • Watertown
  • Oswego
  • Oneonta
  • Cooperstown

How We Help

Low-income Americans do not get any or enough legal help for 92% of their substantial civil legal problems. From April 2023 to April 2024, our free services in Upstate New York have produced the following results...

$2,186,804
in back awards/settlements
$1,482,965
in retroactive Social Security benefits
$382,189
from family law matters
$226,622
in housing allowances
$85,377
in back wages and tax benefits
14,000
people served
709
households prevented from becoming homeless
13
counties served

Our Services

We are a not-for-profit law office providing free counsel, advice, and legal representation in civil matters to the underserved.

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  • Eviction
  • Domestic Violence
  • Disability
  • Foreclosure
  • Elder Law
  • Agricultural Worker Law Project

Who We Help

We target specific vulnerable populations with our services, such as senior citizens, victims of domestic violence, people with disabilities, refugees and immigrants, and veterans.

  • Families
  • Individuals
  • People With Disabilities
  • Survivors of Violence
  • U.S. Citizens
  • Immigrants
  • Refugees
  • Temporary Workers
  • Senior Citizens
  • Veterans
  • People With Public Benefits