The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. - The Older Americans Unit

Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation which gives free civil legal information, advice and representation to residents of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, and Otsego. 

How to Get Help

Please call our HelpLine at 1-877-777-6152 to access services.

We have 7 offices:

Binghamton
105 Court Street 3rd Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901
(607) 231-5900

Oneonta
189 Main Street 3rd Floor
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 433-2220

Oswego
335 West 1st Street
Oswego, NY 13126
(315) 532-6900

Syracuse
221 S. Warren Street Suite 310
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 703-6600

Utica
120 Bleecker Street
Utica, NY 13501
(315) 793-7000

Watertown
215 Washington Street Suite 202
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 955-6700

Agricultural Worker Project (statewide)
P.O. Box 282
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
(845) 256-9096

Our Agricultural Worker Project is statewide, and handles the following issues for farmworkers: worker's rights (farmworkers, discrimination and harassment, unions, immigrants working in the U.S., wages and hours, workplace safety, other rights and protections); housing (eviction, repairs, tenant rights, other rights and protections); money and taxes (taxes); immigration (working in the U.S., visas, victims of human trafficking or other crimes, money and tax issues for immigrants); public benefits (Medicaid).

Our Homeownership Protection Program (HOPP) serves the following counties: 
Binghamton Office - Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego
Utica Office -  Herkimer, Madison, Oneida
Watertown Office - Jefferson, Lewis

Our Immigration Project serves all 13 counties. We provide assistance with: Battered Spouse Waiver, Citizenship, domestic violence, TPS, victims of human trafficking/other crimes, U-visas.