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MFY’s presence and legal support enabled our community members to shed their fears about asserting their rights and addressing systemic workplace abuses in our city.
—Shirley Lin, Director of Community Organizing
New Immigrant Community Empowerment
Training & Community Legal Education
Expert TrainingMFY extends its impact by training pro bono attorneys, social service workers, community advocates, and constituent services staff of elected officials on a variety of topics, including:
• Adoption Law and Practice
• Aging in Place Issues
• Evaluating Client Capacity
• Guardianship & Custody Law
• Legal Issues Facing People with Psychiatric Disabilities & Diminished Capacity
• Representing People with Diminished Capacity
• Rights of Adult Home and Nursing Home Residents
• Rights of Residents of Supportive Housing
• How to Submit a Successful SSI Application
• Employment Issues and Undocumented Workers
• Employment Wage and Hour Law
• Employment Law Overview
• Issues in Foreclosure Prevention
• Preserving Housing & Benefits for Temporarily Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients
• Improper Consumer Debt Collection Practices
Community Legal Education
MFY attorneys provide community-based legal education to tenants, adult home residents, mental health consumers, low-wage workers, domestic violence survivors, seniors, and community residents on a wide array of legal issues, including:
• Rights of Adult Home Residents
• How Mental Health Consumers Can Get a Half-Fare MetroCard
• Rights of NYCHA Residents
• Rights of SRO Tenants
• Rights of Tenants in Buildings Facing Foreclosure
• New York City's Rent Stabilization Laws
• Employment Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors
• How to File for Unemployment & Appeal Denial of Benefits
• How to Win a Wage Claim in Small Claims Court
• What Seniors Need to Know about Housing
• Aging in Place: Ask the Attorney
• Health Benefits for Seniors Who Do Not Qualify for Medicaid
• Rights of Consumers in Debt Collection
To arrange for a training session or community workshop on one of these topics or other topics related to housing, public benefits, disability rights, employment, consumer, and guardianship, custody and adoption of related children, please e-mail training@mfy.org.