New York Lawyer's for the Public Interest(NYPLI) provides poor and underrepresented communities with legal access. NYPLI's Disability Law Center applies a combination of education, advocacy and litigation to protect and promote the civil rights of people with disabilities. To contact this group, CALL 212-244-4664.

Not-for-profit working to prevent and remedy all forms of discrimination, in housing, employment, education, and public accommodations through advocacy, litigation, education, outreach, research and monitoring. To contact this group, CALL 212-346-7600.

The Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services Clinic at Cardozo Law School represents the elderly and individuals with disabilities who cannot afford private cousel. Second and third year law students work on cases that involve entitlement programs (particularly Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare), housing and consumer affairs. To contact this group, CALL (212) 790-0240

Project Hospitality is an interfaith effort feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, and caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Project Hospitality, located in Staten Island, New York, has established a comprehensive continuum of care that begins with the provision of food, clothing, and shelter and extends to other services, which include health care, mental health, alcohol and substance use treatment, HIV care, education, vocational training, legal assistance, and transitional and permanent housing.

The Legal Action Center (LAC) is a nonprofit law and public policy organization whose mission is to fight discrimination against people with AIDS or HIV, criminal records or ex-offenders, and people with drug or alcohol addiction histories by providing advocacy, lobbying, paralegal, legal and policy analysis services. LAC's legal services assist HIV-positive people and their families with a variety of matters, such as government benefits, family law, housing problems, health care proxies, living wills, HIV confidentiality and HIV testing. To contact this group, CALL (212) 243-1313. You can also contact this organization by mail at 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014.