Staten Island Legal Services
{{Infobox organization
| name = Staten Island Legal Services
| type = Non-profit
| founded = 2004
| location = Staten Island, New York City, New York
| services = Legal services
| fields = Free legal services to low-income residents of Staten Island
| key_people = Nancy Goldhill, Project Director
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}
Staten Island Legal Services (SILS) is an American non-profit agency providing free civil legal assistance to low-income people on Staten Island in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.statenislandlegalservices.org/ |title=SILS Homepage |publisher=Statenislandlegalservices.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}} SILS has served more than 10,000 clients after its creation in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=136 |title=LSNYC |publisher=Legalservicesnyc.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}}
Services
The agency provides legal services in the areas including of family law, domestic violence, immigration, foreclosure prevention, and disaster recovery services (post–Hurricane Sandy).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/nyregion/for-father-working-three-jobs-a-startling-diagnosis.html|title=For Father Working Three Jobs, a Startling Diagnosis|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2014-03-05|first=Jed|last=Lipinski|date=2012-01-06}}{{cite web|author=Staten Island Advance |url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/staten_island_legal_services_o.html#incart_river |title=silive Sandy Storm Article |publisher=Silive.com |date=2012-11-09 |accessdate=2013-12-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7Unxs32a0 |title=Telemundo Story |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2013-02-02 |accessdate=2013-12-01}}{{cite news|last=Curan |first=Catherine |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/post_sandy_storm_Xa1sMTUzQnyAdtd0T1vNsJ |title=NY Post Sandy Storm Article |publisher=Nypost.com |date=2013-02-17 |accessdate=2013-12-01}}
SILS also provides advice or referral information if unable to provide representation.{{cite web|url=http://www.statenislandlegalservices.org/our-work.html |title=Services Homepage |publisher=Statenislandlegalservices.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}}{{cite web|author=Staten Island |url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/post_344.html |title=silive Foreclosure Article |publisher=Silive.com |date=2012-09-18 |accessdate=2013-12-01}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/business/30foreclose.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Foreclosure Aid Fell Short, and Is Fading|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2014-03-05|first1=Michael|last1=Powell|first2=Andrew|last2=Martin|date=2011-03-29}} Special projects have included defending the rights of the disabled to reasonable accommodations from the New York City Housing Authority.{{cite web|author=Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein |url=http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/12/city_deaf_to_plight_of_blind_s.html |title=Williams NYCHA Lawsuit |publisher=Silive.com |date=2010-12-01 |accessdate=2013-12-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mfy.org/wp-content/uploads/Williams-Denial-of-Motion-to-Dismiss.pdf |title=Williams Decision|publisher=Mfy.org |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}}
See also
{{Portal|Law|New York City}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.mfy.org/wp-content/uploads/Williams-Denial-of-Motion-to-Dismiss.pdf Decision in Williams v. NYCHA Motion to Dismiss]
Category:Legal aid in the United States
Category:Legal organizations based in the United States