MOIA Immigration Legal Support Centers

Last updated 7/10/25

The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs has multiple Legal Support Centers across the City that offers New Yorkers free, safe immigration legal help. These centers are housed in community sites, public health facilities, public schools, and libraries. Services are provided in your language. Your immigration status does not matter.

The MOIA Immigration Legal Support Centers provide:

• Free legal screenings to find out if you qualify for any immigration benefit
• Free legal help from an experienced attorney or accredited representative for a range of cases including:
• Citizenship
• Green card applications and renewals
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Referrals to City-funded and community-based resources and support services

Each MOIA Immigration Legal Support Center has strong immigration legal expertise, local community ties, and cultural and linguistic competence that help them meet community specific needs.

Locate a MOIA Legal Support Center Near You

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Please note that the MOIA Immigration Legal Support Hotline does not schedule people for legal appointments directly. For more information on how to find a provider that speaks your language and near your neighborhood, please call the MOIA Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365.

You may also visit the service sites listed below. Due to high demand, it is not guaranteed that there will be available appointments for screenings.

MOIA Immigration Legal Support Centers

Community Sites

• Upon request, all sites can offer services in other languages not listed below

Bronx

BronxWorks

• Address: 1130 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, 10456
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-508-3091
• Language(s) Spoken: English and Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above or e-mail legalsupportcenter@bronxworks.org to schedule an appointment.

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Catholic Charities Community Services, South Bronx Center

• Address: 402 East 152nd Street, Bronx, NY, 10455
• Phone Number: 212-419-3700
• Language(s) Spoken: Over 200 languages through language access services
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs (NAICA)

• Address: 181 E. 161st street, Lobby office, Bronx, NY, 10451
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM.
• Phone Number: 718-538-3344 ext. 130
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)

• Address: 8 Clinton Place, Bronx, NY, 10453
• Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 212-822-8310
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the intake line at 929-415-8745, Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00am-12:00pm to schedule an appointment.

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Brooklyn

Arab American Association of NY

• Address: 6803 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11220
• Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-745-3523
• Language(s) Spoken: English and Arabic
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please email info@arabamericanny.org to schedule an appointment.

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Arab American Family Support Center

• Address: 150 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-643-8000
• Language(s) Spoken: Arabic, Spanish, Urdu, and Bangla
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services

• Address: 1101-B Liberty Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11028
• Hours of Operation: 10:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-235-1700
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, Bangla, and Haitian Creole
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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CAMBA

• Address: 20 Snyder Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11226
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-940-6311
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, and Urdu
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Center for Family Life

• Address: 443 39th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11225
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-438-9500
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Council Of Peoples Organization (COPO)

• Address: 1077 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11230
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-434-3266
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Punjabi, Pashto, Hindi, Nepali, Uzbek, and Farsi
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call 718-434-3266 ext. 1016, email to orasheed@copo.org or htahir@copo.org, or walk-in during business hours to schedule an appointment.

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Caribbean Women's Health Association

• Address: 3512 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11213
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm; third Saturday of the month, 10:00am-3:00pm
• Phone Number: 929-399-8070, please press 1 (immigration department)
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Haitian Creole, and Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization:Please call the phone number above or email immigrationcwha@gmail.com to schedule an appointment.

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Make the Road New York

• Address: 301 Grove Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11237
• Hours of Operation: Monday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Phone Number: 718-418-7690
• Language(s) Spoken: English and Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Manhattan

African Communities Together

• Address: 127 West, 127th Street Suite 221 New York, NY 10027
• Hours of Operation: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• Phone Number: 347-746-2281
• Language(s) Spoken: French, Wolof, Mandingo (Dioula, Bambara) Malinke (Guinea), Fulani(Guinea), Pulaar(Senegal & Mauritania), Mandinka(Gambia, Senegal), Arabic, Hassaniya(Mauritania), Moore, Dendi(Niger), Ewe(Togo), Soninke(Gambia,Mali,Senegal), Amharic, Tigrinya
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: phone, email and walk-ins

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African Services Committee (ASC)

• Address: 429 W 127th Street, Floor 3, New York, NY 10027
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 212-222-3882
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, French, Wolof
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please fill out ASC's Intake form

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Catholic Charities Community Services, Immigrant & Refugee Services

• Address: 80 Maiden Lane, 23rd Floor, New York, NY, 10038
• Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 212-419-3700
• Language(s) Spoken: Over 200 languages through language access services
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Gay Men's Health Crisis

• Address: 307 West 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018 (Between 8th and 9th Avenues)
• Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
• Phone Number: 212-367-1181
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call 929-415-8745, Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00am-12:00pm to schedule an appointment.

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Lutheran Social Services of New York

• Address: 75 W 125th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027
• Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 212-265-1826
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Email aslanintake@lssny.org

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Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation

• Address: 45 Wadsworth Avenue, New York, NY, 10033
• Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 212-822-8310
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the intake line at 929-415-8745, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:00am- 12:00pm to schedule an appointment.

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Project Rousseau

• Address: 1560 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
• Language(s) Spoken: English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Bangla
• Phone Number: 917-719-1060
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please fill out Project Rousseau's new intake form. New clients will not be received via walk-in

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Urban Justice Center

• Address: 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY, 10006
• Hours of Operation: 9AM-5PM
• Phone Number: 646-602-5617
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please email swp@urbanjustice.org to schedule an appointment.

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Queens

Advocacy Center of Queens County

• Address: 62-07 Woodside Ave, Woodside, NY, 11377
• Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-472-9400
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, Haitian Creole
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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CIANA

• Address: 36-12 34th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Astoria, NY, 11106
• Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 10 AM-6pm, Saturday (legal services by appointment only) 10 AM-4pm
• Phone Number: 718-545-4040
• Language(s) Spoken: Arabic, Bangla, French, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call or text the phone number above, walk-in, or contact their team through the Ciana website to schedule an appointment

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La Victoria Foundation

• Address: 37-53 90th Street, Queens, NY, 11372
• Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday - 10:00am-6:00pm
• Phone Number: 347-985-4079
• Language(s) Spoken: English & Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Make the Road New York

• Address: 104-19 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, NY, 11368
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Thursday 9:00am-7:30PM, Friday 9:00am-5:30pm
• Phone Number: 718-565-8500
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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MinKwon Center for Community Action

• Address: 133-29 41st Avenue, Suite 202, Flushing, NY, 11355
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 10:00am-6:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-460-5600
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above or email minkwon@minkwon.org to schedule an appointment.

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Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC)

• Address: 33-14 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY, 11355
• Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-358-8899
• Language(s) Spoken: Mandarin, Cantonese, English
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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NYLAG Legal Health

• Address: Elmhurst Hospital, Room E1-40C, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY, 11373
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please contact an H+H social worker, a community health worker, a clinical provider or visit legalhealth.org/find-us/ to schedule an appointment.

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Queens Community House

• Address: Forest Hills Community Center, 108-25 62nd Drive, Forest Hills, NY, 11375
• Hours of Operation: 8:00am-6:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-592-5757, ext. 245
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please send an email address to Immigration@qchnyc.org to schedule an appointment.

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Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

• Address: 10-25 41st Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 718-784-7447 ext. 129
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish (additional languages available through an interpreter)
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Women for Afghan Women

• Address: 71-19 162nd Street, Unit CF-D, Fresh Meadows, NY, 11365
• Hours of Operation: Mondays - Thursdays from 9:00am-5:00pm, Fridays from 9:00am-1:00pm.
• Phone Number: 718-591-2434
• Language(s) Spoken: Dari/Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, English, Turkish, and Ukrainian
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above or email nycc@womenforafghanwomen.org to schedule an appointment.

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Staten Island

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Make the Road New York

• Address: 161 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10302
• Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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Project Hospitality

• Address: 221 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10302
• Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
• Phone Number: 929-598-6211
• Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and Yoruba
• Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call or text the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

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