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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
• Preserving Housing & Benefits for Temporarily Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients
• Evaluating Client Capacity
• 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
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
• 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 Atttorney
• Health Benefits for Seniors Who Do Not Qualify for Medicaid
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, and foster care adoptions, please e-mail training@mfy.org.