Free Legal Services for Patients
For Help
For patients of NYC H+H: 929-333-2264 or LegalHealthTriage@nylag.org
For patients of non-H+H hospitals: 929-356-9586 or LegalHealthTriage@nylag.org
For patients of Bronx or Manhattan VA: 212-659-6199
For questions about Public Charge: 212-659-6188
For questions about Standby Guardianship: 857-410-0405
*The phone will be answered during business hours of 9:00am-5:00pm Monday – Friday.
Currently, all legal appointments are either by telephone or in-person at the hospital’s legal clinic. If in-person, the scheduler will provide location information. For televisits, patients will receive a call at their designated appointment time.
Hospital
time
appointments
Blythedale Children’s Hospital
Westchester
2nd and 4th Tuesdays
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Social Work Office
914.831.2439
CancerCare
Manhattan
1st and 3rd Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Referral by social worker
James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center
Bronx
Tuesdays, by appointment only
10:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
General Clinic
2nd, 4th, and 5th Fridays
9:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Felix Cruz
718.920.2273, Press 1
frosario@montefiore.org
Mount Sinai Hospital
Manhattan
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Referral by social worker
Mount Sinai Hospital
REAP
Tuesdays
12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Referral by social worker
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Referral by social worker
Mount Sinai Hospital
Healthfirst
Tuesdays
10:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Referral by social worker
Mount Sinai Hospital
The Dubin Breast Center
Tuesdays
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Referral by social worker
Mount Sinai Hospital
Pediatrics Clinic
Tuesdays
11:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Referral by social worker
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
Manhattan
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Maria Maldonado Secretary III
Dept. of Social Work and Case Management
212.420.5632
maria.maldonado@mountsinai.org
Cancer Center
2nd and 4th Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Darren Arthur
212.844.6292
darren.arthur@mountsinai.org
Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
Manhattan
Fridays
9:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Referral by social worker or by calling 212-523-4410, Option 1
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell
Manhattan
Wednesdays
10 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Natasha Bennett-Navarrete
212.746.4320
nab9049@nyp.org
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Velita Jackson
212.305.2553
Northport VA Medical Center
Long Island
Tuesdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Danielle Martin
631.261.4400, ext. 6591
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Bellevue, General Legal Clinic
Manhattan
Tuesdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Appointments available via referral from Bellevue staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Bellevue, Immigration Clinic
Manhattan
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Fridays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Appointments available via referral from Bellevue staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Bellevue, Cancer Clinic
Manhattan
Tuesdays
12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Appointments available via referral from Bellevue staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Coney Island
Brooklyn
2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Office of Social Work
718.616.4209
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst, General Legal Clinic
Queens
By Appointment
Jasmine Zavieh: 718-334-1057 or zaviehj@nychhc.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst, Immigration Clinic
Queens
By Appointment
Jasmine Zavieh: 718-334-1057 or zaviehj@nychhc.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Gotham Health, Cumberland Medical Center
Brooklyn
By Appointment
To make a referral, call 929.333.2264 or email LegalHealthTriage@nylag.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Gotham Health, Gouverneur Immigration Clinic
Manhattan
Wednesdays
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Fridays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Referral by social worker
or
ActionNYC Hotline
800.354.0365
Can also call 311 and say “ActionNYC”
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Gotham Health, Morrisania Immigration Clinic
Manhattan
2nd and 4th Friday of each month
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Appointments made through patient’s healthcare team
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Harlem
Manhattan
Wednesdays
9:30a.m. – 2 p.m.
Appointments available via referral from Harlem staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Jacobi
Bronx
Thursdays
9:30a.m. – 2 p.m.
Referral by social worker
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Kings County
Brooklyn
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Kings County
Brooklyn
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Kings County, Immigration Clinic
Brooklyn
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tuesdays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Appointments available via referral from Kings staff and care team members
Appointments available via referral from Kings staff and care team members
Appointments available via referral from Kings staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Lincoln General Legal Clinic
Bronx
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
1st, 3rd & 5th Fridays
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m
Appointments available via referral from Lincoln staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Lincoln Immigration Clinic
Bronx
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Appointments available via referral from Lincoln staff and care team members
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Metropolitan
Manhattan
Thursdays
12:30p.m. – 5 p.m.
212.423.7516
NYC Health + Hospitals/ North Central Bronx
Bronx
Wednesdays
12:00 p.m. – 5 p.m.
718.519.3100
NYC Health + Hospitals, Post-Acute Care, Immigration
By appointment
Referral by social worker
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Queens
Queens
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Referral by social worker
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Woodhull
Brooklyn
Wednesdays
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Social Services Department
Call 718.963.5955 or 718.963.8070
NYU Langone Medical Center, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center
Manhattan
Wednesdays
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Amanda Truglio
212-731-5806
NYU Langone Health
Manhattan
12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Brooklyn
12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
One Brooklyn Health System
Interfaith 10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., and by appointment
Referral by social worker
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., and by appointment
Referral by social worker
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., and by appointment
Referral by social worker
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
Manhattan
Thursdays, by appointment only
10:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
914.493.6800 x7704
WMCHealth/Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla Campus
Westchester
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In addition to general civil legal matters, below are specific issue patients may be facing at this time that we can help with:
- Returning to work after a COVID-19 positive or presumptive diagnosis
- Advance planning for parents with young children, including health care workers
- Advocacy for shelter or OEM isolation beds for individuals with COVID-19 symptoms
- Advocate a return to their home, if a landlord is refusing a COVID patient to return to the home
- Visa extensions for immigrants who can’t travel back to their home countries
- Housing conditions that directly impact an individual’s health
- Upcoming court dates
- Upcoming hearings regarding benefits, immigration, Social Security, or other
- The need to recertify for benefits
- Immigration deadlines
- Concerns regarding home care or insurance coverage
- Sick pay, unemployment
For more resources related to COVID-19, visit nylag.org/COVID19
