LawNY® is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals in 14 boroughs of Western New York City. LawNY offices may be able to help you with issues such as homelessness/homelessness, evictions, foreclosure prevention, access to food stamps, social layoffs, domestic violence prevention, unemployment insurance benefits, access to veterans` benefits, reintegration of ex-offenders, divorces, SSI refusals or other legal matters if you are eligible for our services. The Jamestown Office of Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. (LawNY) ® assists qualified clients in Chautauqua County. For more information about legal services or to speak to someone who can help you, call NY Connects at 716-753-4582, 716-661-7582, 716-363-4582 or email Office for the Aging provides limited legal assistance through a contract with Legal Assistance of WNY (formerly Southern Tier Legal Services). Our contract primarily covers owner/tenancy issues and foreclosures, but can also put you in touch with pro bono attorneys and other legal resources. While we don`t have a contract with WNY`s Senior Legal Services, we connect people to that service, as well as the Attorney General`s Office and the National Consumer Protection Bureau, especially for cases of financial abuse or fraud. What is an emergency? If the person has been “excluded” from their home, is homeless, has received court records as part of an eviction or foreclosure proceeding, has no money, food or vital medicine, has been threatened with the closure of the public service or if utility companies have been terminated. Exceptions may be made up to 200% of the federal poverty line in certain circumstances.