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CUNY Citizenship Now! - CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

  • Location:
    25 W. 43rd St.
    18th Floor
    New York, NY 10036
  • Phone:
    (212) 652-2071
  • Fax:
    (646)664-9429
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, 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
Other areas of legal assistance: Nonprofit Organizations
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories
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: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Tamara Bloom