The City Bar Justice Center, the nonprofit arm of the New York City Bar Association, will begin representing low-income, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender New Yorkers with their civil legal needs, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Tiger Baron Foundation.
The LGBT Advocacy Project joins an existing Justice Center project focused on financial matters, such as veterans’ benefits and foreclosure, and another that works on immigrants’ legal issues. It was launched in response to the expansion of federal benefits for gays and lesbians and marriage equality for same-sex couples.
