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Staten Island Legal Services
Founded	2004
Type	Non-profit
Location	Staten Island, New York City, New York;
Services	Legal services
Fields	Free legal services to low-income residents of Staten Island
Key people	Nancy Goldhill, Project Director
Website	www.statenislandlegalservices.org

Staten Island Legal Services (SILS) is an American non-profit agency providing free civil legal assistance to low-income people on Staten Island in New York City.^[1] SILS has served more than 10,000 clients after its creation in 2004.^[2]

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The agency provides legal services in the areas including of family law, domestic violence, immigration, foreclosure prevention, and disaster recovery services (post–Hurricane Sandy).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] SILS also provides advice or referral information if unable to provide representation.^[7]^[8]^[9] Special projects have included defending the rights of the disabled to reasonable accommodations from the New York City Housing Authority.^[10]^[11]

^ "SILS Homepage". Statenislandlegalservices.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ "LSNYC". Legalservicesnyc.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ Lipinski, Jed (2012-01-06). "For Father Working Three Jobs, a Startling Diagnosis". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
^ Staten Island Advance (2012-11-09). "silive Sandy Storm Article". Silive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ "Telemundo Story". Youtube.com. 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ Curan, Catherine (2013-02-17). "NY Post Sandy Storm Article". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ "Services Homepage". Statenislandlegalservices.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ Staten Island (2012-09-18). "silive Foreclosure Article". Silive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ Powell, Michael; Martin, Andrew (2011-03-29). "Foreclosure Aid Fell Short, and Is Fading". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
^ Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein (2010-12-01). "Williams NYCHA Lawsuit". Silive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ "Williams Decision" (PDF). Mfy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.