Brooklyn Legal Services For The Elderly. The legal aid society's brooklyn office for the aging provides free civil legal service to brooklyn resident aged 60 and over on a wide range of matters with an emphasis on eviction prevention, maximization of government benefits, and urgent consumer law issues. We provide free, high quality legal services to maine’s socially and economically needy elderly age 60 and over.
We provide trainings and ongoing support to social workers, senior center staff, and pro bono attorneys to address clients’ legal needs. National grid foundation senior legal education and assistance program (ngf senior leap) volunteers make scheduled presentations at senior centers across brooklyn to teach the elderly about the importance of advance medical directives. Legal services also protect older persons against direct challenges to their independence, choice, and financial security.
If you are 60 or over, get help from one of the legal aid offices below.
Legal aid society provides a range legal services for brooklyn senior citizens, including assistance with housing, benefits, immigration issues, health care, and other issues. The vlp’s services are available to poor and low income residents of brooklyn, especially those who have particular difficulty in accessing the legal system, including the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons affected by chronic illnesses and victims of domestic violence. The hotline can assist you with civil legal issues, including matrimonial and family law, housing law, domestic violence, bankruptcy, and debt collection and benefits. If brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the united states.