Legal Support and Services for Consumer Financial Issues

NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

Seeks a non-profit legal services organization to be the designated provider to deliver consumer protection legal support for the Centers. The selected legal services provider would provide legal support, including advice and guidance, limited counsel, and full representation, to Center financial counselors and clients with low and moderate incomes on legal issues including but not limited to student loans, lending violations or unjust lending practices, fraudulent or predatory debt collection, money judgements, bankruptcy, loan contracts review, and consumer protection law (“consumer financial legal issues”). It is preferable, but not required, that the provider would also be able to provide legal advice and guidance with Social Security Administration disability overpayments and other financial issues related to disability benefits.

Long Beach Harbor Dept. (Port of Long Beach, POLB)

Provide on-call accounting and financial staffing support services.

New York State Department of Transportation

Provide legal services related to prelitigation environmental matters. The contracted counsel will provide support on environmental aspects of project planning on a case-by-case basis to ensure compliance with the federal and state laws. The contracted counsel will also provide support in reviewing and representing the Department in Department of Public Service power siting applications involving the Department’s right-of-way, including applications for generating facilities and transmission facilities for renewable energy.