Upcoming Events

Learn About the Benefits of Becoming a United States Citizen

The Building Service 32BJ Legal Services Fund, the DC 37 Municipal Employees Legal Services (MELS), CUNY’s Citizenship Now! and the Emerald Isle Immigration Center are jointly presenting a seminar on the benefits of citizenship, on Tuesday, October 17 at 6 p.m.

This seminar will answer questions such as:

• How and when to file?
• What are the requirements to file?
• What is the test and how do I prepare?
• How can the 32BJ Legal Services Fund, MELS, CUNY’s Citizenship Now! and the EIIC help me?

Join us via Zoom to learn the answers to these questions and many more.

CLICK HERE to register for the seminar.

Please join MELS for a webinar on student loan debt at 6 p.m. on Oct. 18. Topics covered:

• Fresh Start: Bringing student loans in default current without penalty.
• One-Time Adjustment: Fast-tracking the path to Income Driven Plan and Public Service Loan Forgiveness for eligible borrowers.
• The SAVE Repayment Plan: Eligibility and how it works.

Register HERE.

Call the MELS Screening Unit at 212-815-1111 or e-mail MELSscreeningunit@dc37.net for more information.

At this MELS webinar on Oct. 24 at 6 p.m., learn how to settle affairs without an attorney when the value of the deceased estate is $50,000 or less. Our guest speaker is Erica Gómez, Esq., Court Attorney-Referee at the New York County Surrogate’s Court.

CLICK HERE to register for the webinar.

Presented by Hannah Weinstock and Tony Huertas of the MELS Social Work Department.

Please join us for a financial management group where we will discuss such themes as:

• Foundations of money management
• Psychology of money
• Financial prep for the holidays
• How to develop a budget and create SMART goals
• Discuss bankruptcy options
• Improving credit scores
• Learning about financial resources

This is a three-session series on Oct. 25, Nov. 1, and Nov. 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

CLICK HERE to register for the workshop.

Find out from an attorney at what to do in settling the affairs of someone close who has passed. This MELS webinar will be on Oct. 26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Our guest speaker is Probate Attorney Marti Roberge, Esq.

Find out:

• What is an “estate”?
• What does “probate” mean?
• What do I do with the Will?
• What happens when there is no Will or if the Will can’t be found?

CLICK HERE to register for the webinar.

Presented by Hannah Weinstock and Tony Huertas of the MELS Social Work Department.

Please join us for a financial management group where we will discuss such themes as:

• Foundations of money management
• Psychology of money
• Financial prep for the holidays
• How to develop a budget and create SMART goals
• Discuss bankruptcy options
• Improving credit scores
• Learning about financial resources

This is a three-session series on Oct. 25, Nov. 1, and Nov. 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

CLICK HERE to register for the workshop.

Presented by Hannah Weinstock and Tony Huertas of the MELS Social Work Department.

Please join us for a financial management group where we will discuss such themes as:

• Foundations of money management
• Psychology of money
• Financial prep for the holidays
• How to develop a budget and create SMART goals
• Discuss bankruptcy options
• Improving credit scores
• Learning about financial resources

This is a three-session series on Oct. 25, Nov. 1, and Nov. 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

CLICK HERE to register for the workshop.