UJC

The Urban Justice Center serves New York City's most vulnerable residents through a combination of direct legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. Our 12 Projects assist clients on numerous levels, from one-on-one legal advice in soup kitchens, to filing class action lawsuits to bring about systemic change, to pushing social justice legislation forward.
ASAP

The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) works to end the wrongful detention and deportation of refugee women and children in the United States. ASAP amplifies the traditional legal services model through creative use of technology, an international network of engaged volunteers, and innovative approaches to community building and partnership.
CAP

The Corrections Accountability Project is an innovative initiative dedicated to tearing down the commercial wall that blocks criminal justice reform and clearing the road for lasting transformational change. We work to eliminate the perverse influence of financial interests on our criminal justice system and end the exploitation of those it touches.
CDP

CDP provides legal, participatory research and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic and social oppression.
DVP

Our mission at the Domestic Violence Project (DVP) is to help victims of domestic violence and their children live free of violence and abuse. We consider domestic violence in any type of relationship, regardless of gender or sexual identity, to be a human rights violation.

Be heard. Be free.
HRP

The Human Rights Project (“HRP”), a project of the Urban Justice Center, works at both the local and national levels to equip advocates with information and tools to promote domestic compliance with universally accepted human rights standards.
IRAP

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. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world's most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.
MHP

The Mental Health Project of the Urban Justice Center is a team of attorneys, social workers and advocates dedicated to enforcing the rights of low-income New Yorkers with mental illness. We represent individual clients, bring class action lawsuits, and engage in community education and outreach with the belief that low-income people with mental illness are entitled to live stable and full lives, free from discrimination.
PCYP

Founded in 1994, PCYP is an innovative legal services project focusing on the civil legal needs of the thousands of homeless and street-involved lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) young people in New York City. PCYP works to interrupt the cycles of poverty and criminalization that prevent LGBTQQ young people from living fulfilling lives free from discrimination, abuse, and oppression. We have built unique expertise in the complex legal issues facing marginalized young people at the crossroads of youth and adult systems.
SNP

Casting a wider social safety net for all New Yorkers.
SVP

The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 1,500 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors’ movement for permanent change. We want more power and more respect. We are part of the Urban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and advocates for marginalized New Yorkers.
SWP

Created in December 2001, the Sex Workers Project is the first program in New York City and in the country to focus on the provision of legal services, legal training, documentation, and policy advocacy for sex workers.
VAP

The Veteran Advocacy Project at the Urban Justice Center provides free legal services to low-income veterans, with a focus on those living with Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and substance abuse problems.

Get Help

Need Legal Assistance?

Young people in New York City who are homeless or street-involved and under 25 years old can reach us directly by leaving a voicemail at 877- LGBT-LAW (877-542-8529) or by emailing pcyp@urbanjustice.org. All of our services are free of charge.

PCYP Legal Clinics:

Ali Forney Center

Mondays, 9:00am – 1:00pm
321 West 125^th Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY 10027
Ali Forney Center members only. Please call Ali Forney at 212-206-0574 for information about membership.

Covenant House New York

Every other Tuesday, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
460 West 41st Street, NY, NY 10036
Covenant House New York residents only. Please call Covenant House at 212-613-0300 for information about services.

Streetwork Project Harlem Drop-In Center

Thursdays,1:00pm – 3:00pm
209 West 125^th Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY 10027
Streetwork members only. Please call Streetwork at212-695-2220 for information about membership.

Streetwork Project Lower East Side Drop-In Center

Every other Tuesday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
33 Essex Street, NY, NY 10002
Streetwork members only. Please call Streetwork at 646-602-6404 for information about membership.

Hetrick-Martin Institute

First Tuesday of every month, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
2 Astor Place, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10003
Hetrick-Martin Institute members only. Please call Hetrick-Martin at 212-674-2400 for information about membership.

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