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VOLS partners with New York City’s community organizations, law firms and companies
to provide free civil legal services to New Yorkers with limited access to resources.
Our Services
VOLS’ free legal services support New Yorkers with limited access to resources as they face their civil legal challenges.
VOLS works with older adults, immigrant youth, individuals seeking public benefits, small business owners, and incarcerated mothers.
What's New At VOLS
Elderly Project/Veterans Initiative Newsletter Archive
Please find the latest text only version of our VOLS Elderly Project and Veterans Initiative newsletters below. You can access…
Guide to COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021
UPDATE 12/6/21: The eviction moratorium for commercial and residential tenants has been extended to January 15, 2022. The information and…
VOLS Submitted Testimony for NYC Council on Aging and Public Housing
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Legal Director, Peter Kempner, submitted testimony yesterday to a joint hearing of the New York…
VOLS Microenterprise Team Publishes Article in New York State Bar Association Pro Bono Newsletter
Mai Toyohara (2020-21 AmeriCorps VISTA) and Arthur Kats (VOLS Microenterprise Project Director) recently published an article in the New York…
VOLS Files Amicus Brief in Appellate Court Seeking to Uphold Small Business Protections
In August of 2020, the federal district court in Manhattan accepted the VOLS Microenterprise Project’s “friend of the court” brief (also known as an amicus brief), in support of…
Understanding the New American Rescue Plan
The VOLS Unemployed Worker's Project applauds the passage and signing into law of the American Rescue Plan Act, which extends eligibility…
