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
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.
Schedule an appointment through EPIC
OR Bellevue Referral Office: 212.562.1011, belreferraloffice@nychhc.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Bellevue, Immigration Clinic
Manhattan
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Fridays
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Schedule an appointment through EPIC
OR Bellevue Referral Office: 212.562.1011, belreferraloffice@nychhc.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Bellevue, Cancer Clinic
Manhattan
Tuesdays
12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Schedule an appointment through EPIC
OR Bellevue Referral Office: 212.562.1011, belreferraloffice@nychhc.org
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
To make a referral, call 929.333.2264 or email LegalHealthTriage@nylag.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst, Immigration Clinic
Queens
By Appointment
To make a referral, call 929.333.2264 or email LegalHealthTriage@nylag.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/ 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.
Hospital workers: schedule an appointment in EPIC or call the social work office at 718.245.4010.
Patients: call the social work office and ask for an appointment with LegalHealth at 718.245.4010.
Hospital workers: schedule an appointment in EPIC or call the social work office at 718.245.4010.
Patients: call the social work office and ask for an appointment with LegalHealth at 718.245.4010.
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
Call 929.333.2264 or email LegalHealthTriage@nylag.org to make a referral.
NYC Health + Hospitals/ Queens
Queens
Thursdays
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Patients: If you get the answering machine, you should be told to provide you name, phone number, MR number, and date of birth.
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
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
