Urban Justice Center

The community development project (cdp) provided low-income new yorkers legal services in housing, employment, immigration, and consumer debt and supported community organizing work, closing 1,300+ cases. The community development project (cdp) provided legal services related to the essentials of life for 515 low-income people struggling with employment or consumer-debt subsistence income issues, 732 people in need of immigration assistance, and 3351 low-income tenants or tenant groups. Additionally, cdp handled 175 transactional matters for community- or low-income-based groups.

The domestic violence project (dvp), which works with victims of domestic abuse city-wide, irrespective of gender, sexuality, race, religion, or citizenship status, closed approximately 2,100 cases. The domestic violence project (dvp) through collaborative effort with a local student run medical clinic, has been successful in obtaining free medical exams performed and certified by a uscis approved civil surgeon for lpr applications. Dvp has also aligned themselves with a robust group for survivors of intimate partner violence to address issues as identified by the group of survivors with an additional goal of creating partnership and support among the survivors. They have also created a strong linkage with hostos to provide advancement and ultimate employment opportunities for survivors to obtain self-sufficiency and ability to create a life defined by them.

The international refugee assistance project (irap) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. We serve persecuted individuals and empower human rights leaders by mobilizing direct legal services.