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Innovative Online Portal Provides Help to Low-Income New Yorkers with Consumer Issues
January 25, 2018
Low-income consumers in New York City now have a dynamic new tool for obtaining legal help on a consumer issue. The NYC Consumer Help Finder is an online portal through which low-income New Yorkers can apply for legal help with a consumer problem and be assured a prompt call-back from an attorney or authorized case handler.
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City Bar Justice Center’s Planning and Estates Law Project Announces Collaboration with the Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership
November 29, 2017
The City Bar Justice Center’s Planning and Estates Law Project (PELP) has announced a collaborative project with the Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership to connect Mount Sinai’s neediest patients with PELP lawyers.
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City Bar Justice Center Announces Honorees of 2017 Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Pro Bono Service
October 20, 2017
The City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, has announced the winners of the ninth annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service.
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Caitlin Miner-Le Grand Appointed Next Fragomen Fellow at City Bar Justice Center to Enhance Pro Bono Immigration Representation
September 25, 2017
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, the world’s leading provider of immigration legal services, has announced the appointment of Caitlin Miner-Le Grand as the firm’s latest “Fragomen Fellow” effective September 25, 2017. The Fragomen Fellowship is a two-year rotating position the firm’s New York office established to enhance the pro bono immigration services provided by the City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association.
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City Bar Chorus Benefit Concert: Be In the Room Where It Happens, All for a Good Cause
May 24, 2017
Don’t miss your shot to hear what will be among the first NYC performances of the official Hamilton choral medley at next month’s New York City Bar Chorus Benefit Concert. The award-winning 80-voice chorus, accompanied by Matthew V. Grieco, will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Musical Director Kathryn E. Schneider. The concert will take … Continue reading City Bar Chorus Benefit Concert: Be In the Room Where It Happens, All for a Good Cause
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City Bar Justice Center Announces New Anti-Harassment Project
April 13, 2017
The City Bar Justice Center (CBJC), the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, has announced the formation of the Anti-Harassment Project. The new project will provide pro bono legal assistance to New Yorkers who are threatened, harassed or coerced because they belong in a class of people who are protected under … Continue reading City Bar Justice Center Announces New Anti-Harassment Project
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City Bar Justice Center Gala to Celebrate Pro Bono
April 3, 2017
On April 5th, the City Bar Justice Center’s 12th Annual Gala will honor the global business leader Bloomberg L.P. and the international law firm Proskauer Rose LLP with the 2017 City Bar Justice Awards, for their leadership and dedication to pro bono and public service. This year’s gala provides critical support for the Justice Center, which … Continue reading City Bar Justice Center Gala to Celebrate Pro Bono
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City Bar Justice Center Announces Winners of 2016 Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Pro Bono Service
September 29, 2016
The City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, has announced the winners of the eighth annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service.
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New York Bar Foundation Awards Grant to Justice Center
May 9, 2016
The New York Bar Foundation recently presented a grant of $5,200 to the City Bar Justice Center. The grant will be used to support the Housing Security Initiative of their LGBT Advocacy Project, which will educate and assist LGBT seniors experiencing housing instability through community presentations, legal advice, and “know your rights” materials.
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City Bar Justice Center Gala to Celebrate Pro Bono
April 11, 2016
On April 13th, the City Bar Justice Center’s 11th Annual Gala will honor the international law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and global media corporation CBS with the 2016 City Bar Justice Awards, for their leadership and dedication to pro bono and public service.
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Council Member Treyger and City Bar Association Call on City to Speed Up Shelter Wifi Installation
January 28, 2021
“The scale of the problem is large: a May survey of homeless residents by the City Bar Justice Center, which has been studying technology access in shelters, found that only six percent of the homeless residents surveyed had internet access through their homeless shelter.”
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Sharp Drop in City Bankruptcies Could Foreshadow Big Jump Next Year
December 21, 2020
“‘There were relief measures put into place like the New York State eviction moratorium,’ says Ramona Morel, director of the consumer bankruptcy project at the City Bar Justice Center. ‘There were definitely protections and benefits in the CARES Act.’ Some of Kransdorf’s clients made more from the pandemic unemployment aid than they had in their jobs.”
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It Is Time to Address the VA’s Enormous Backlog of Claims for Disability Benefits
December 1, 2020
“Through our partnerships with the New York City Bar Justice Center’s Veterans Assistance Project, the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Veterans Legal Services Project, and the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School’s Veterans Legal Clinic, Proskauer attorneys have helped countless veterans obtain the benefits they deserve. Even with an experienced lawyer, delays are common and often devastating to indigent and disabled veterans who rely on the financial support for everyday necessities.”
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New Gambit in NYC Self-Storage Wars: Some Owners Willing to Cut Struggling Customers Free as Demand Booms
November 15, 2020
“If the auction is soon, go ‘masked up’ to the open Human Resources Administration center in your borough to apply for an emergency storage grant, said Lisa Pearlstein of the City Bar Justice Center.”
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Proskauer Virtual Volunteers Support LACBA’s Veterans Legal Service Project Clinic
November 11, 2020
“We also continue to build on our long-standing partnerships with the City Bar Justice Center’s Veterans Assistance Project in New York and the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School’s Veterans Legal Clinic in Boston to obtain disability benefits for veterans with service-connected disabilities and to petition for “discharge upgrades” to rectify the classifications that partially or entirely bar many veterans from the disability benefits they rightfully deserve.”
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Hundreds of storage units in New York heading to auction
October 27, 2020
“Lisa Pearlstein, director of the City Bar Justice Center’s Legal Clinic for the Homeless, asked the law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, to see if there could be a moratorium on auctions. The law firm said a pause on auctions would require executive action from the governor or the state legislature to modify the law that governs storage.”
Read moreThere’s No Eviction Moratorium on NYC Storage Units. Now the Contents of Hundreds are Being Auctioned Off
October 26, 2020
“Lisa Pearlstein, director of the City Bar Justice Center’s Legal Clinic for the Homeless, was so concerned about auctions among people who had lost their jobs during the crisis that she asked a law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, to examine the possibility of a moratorium on auctions.
‘They’re unemployed, they can’t pay their storage bills so easily,’ Pearlstein said. ‘They pay their rent, they buy their food first. And then, you know, boom, they’re hit with a storage auction notice, and they don’t have the funds to pay the bill and they lose their possessions.'”
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New York City Bar Justice Center Announces 10 Recipients of 2020 Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award
October 15, 2020
“The City Bar Justice Center has announced its 10 recipients of this year’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award, in which the legal services group recognizes and celebrates the ‘outstanding’ volunteer attorneys who have contributed to its core pro-bono lawyering projects.”
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Homeless Students Deserve More From NYC’s Education Department
September 21, 2020
“While the DOE’s decision to supply homeless students with iPads is certainly a step in the right direction, the New York City Bar Association through City Bar Justice Center reported earlier this year that most city shelters not only lack Wi-Fi, but also have spotty cell service — making it difficult for residents to use hotspots or the unlimited data the city-issued iPads come with.”
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