Tenant unions and legal aid across New York

These are the New York organizations most likely to find our rent-increase pages useful for the renters they serve. Every phone number and contact page below comes from the organization's own website. Details change — check the page before you send, and treat this as a starting list rather than a verified directory.

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16 organizations

• Met Council on Housing

  New York City (citywide)

  Tenant union / tenant association

  Membership tenants' rights organisation with a volunteer-run hotline and free neighbourhood tenant clinics.

  www.metcouncilonhousing.orgContact page212-979-0611 (tenants' rights hotline)
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• Housing Court Answers

  New York City (housing courts)

  Housing advocate / nonprofit

  Explains Housing Court process, rent arrears help and code enforcement to tenants who are already in a case.

  housingcourtanswers.orgContact page212-962-4795 (housing court hotline, Mon–Fri 9–5)
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• The Legal Aid Society — Housing

  All five boroughs

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Free eviction defence, NYCHA cases and repair actions for income-eligible tenants.

  legalaidnyc.orgContact page212-577-3300
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• Legal Services NYC

  All five boroughs (borough offices)

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Largest borough-based civil legal services provider; heavy eviction-prevention and rent-overcharge practice.

  www.legalservicesnyc.orgContact page917-661-4500
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• TakeRoot Justice

  New York City

  Housing advocate / nonprofit

  Movement-lawyering group that supports tenant associations organising building-wide.

  takerootjustice.orgContact page
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• Communities Resist (CoRe)

  Brooklyn and Queens

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Community law office working with tenant groups against displacement in North Brooklyn and Queens.

  communitiesresist.orgContact page
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• Cooper Square Committee

  Lower East Side, Manhattan

  Tenant union / tenant association

  Neighbourhood tenant organising and free tenant clinics on the Lower East Side.

  coopersquare.orgContact page
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• Crown Heights Tenant Union

  Crown Heights, Brooklyn

  Tenant union / tenant association

  Building-level tenant union with a strong rent-stabilisation and harassment focus.

  crownheightstenantunion.orgContact page
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• Community Voices Heard

  NYC, Yonkers, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie

  Housing advocate / nonprofit

  Member-led group organising public-housing and low-income tenants across the Hudson Valley and NYC.

  www.cvhaction.orgContact page
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• Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY)

  Western New York / Finger Lakes / Southern Tier

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Civil legal aid across 14 upstate counties, including a fair-housing enforcement project.

  www.lawny.orgContact page585-325-2520 (Rochester office)
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• Legal Services of Central New York

  Syracuse and Central New York

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Eviction defence and habitability cases for tenants in 13 central counties.

  www.lscny.orgContact page1-877-777-6152
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• Western New York Law Center

  Buffalo and Erie County

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Housing and consumer legal help in Buffalo, plus vacant-property and code work.

  wnylc.comContact page716-855-0203
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• Volunteer Lawyers Project of Western New York

  Buffalo / Western New York

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Pro bono panel that takes housing matters volunteers can handle in a single appearance.

  www.vlpwny.orgContact page716-847-0662
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• Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

  Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Ulster, Sullivan

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Free civil legal help for lower-income tenants across seven Hudson Valley counties.

  lshv.orgContact page877-574-8529
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• Nassau Suffolk Law Services

  Long Island

  Legal aid or pro bono clinic

  Long Island's civil legal services provider; large eviction-defence practice.

  www.nsls.legalContact page516-292-8100 (Nassau) · 631-232-2400 (Suffolk)
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• Empire Justice Center

  Statewide (policy + fair housing)

  Housing advocate / nonprofit

  Statewide policy and fair-housing centre that maintains tenant resource pages other groups cite.

  empirejustice.orgContact page
  Copy outreach emailDetails checked: 2026-09

Rent Clarified is an educational tool, not a law firm, and nothing on the site is legal advice. Listing an organization here is not an endorsement and does not mean they endorse us. For a specific situation, consider consulting a licensed attorney or a local tenant rights organization.