Volunteer Guide

Urban Justice Center's Peter Cicchino Youth Project

  • Location:
    40 Rector Street
    9th Floor
    New York, NY 10006
  • Phone:
    (646) 602-5600
  • Toll-free:
    1-877-542-8529
  • Fax:
    (212) 533-4598

Urban Justice Center's Peter Cicchino Youth Project (PCYP) provides free civil legal services to homeless and street-involved youth under the age of 25 in New York, with a particular focus on LGBTQ youth.

Counties served: Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Suffolk, Westchester
Detention Facilities Served: Rikers Island Prison Complex (NY)

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Populations served: Detained individuals, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes