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Nonprofit legal services

Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc. (NAICA)

20 attorneys in the New York State Bar registry list this organization as their firm or employer.

About Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc. (NAICA)

The Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc., known as NAICA, is a nonprofit recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and its founding date is listed as 1974. Its origins trace back to community leaders who organized around housing needs after the 1970s Bronx fires. The group describes its mission as delivering culturally & linguistically client-centered housing, legal and social support services to people across New York.

Its functions include free legal representation for tenants facing eviction in Bronx and Queens Housing Courts, homelessness prevention with rental assistance, transitional housing, and immigration services. Annual caseload figures put the number of households helped by its legal program at over 2,000 households annually. The organization says it serves residents across The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens & Manhattan, and its Bronx address is listed as 1075 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10452.

TypeNonprofit legal services
New York officesBronx, Brooklyn
Phone(347) 226-4169
Websitenaicany.org
Registered NY attorneys20

Practice areas

Areas of work that Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc. (NAICA) describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.

Landlord-Tenant Immigration

Organization profile based on its official website and public sources (reviewed October 29, 2026). Attorney list from the New York State Unified Court System registration data. Not affiliated with Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc. (NAICA).

Registered attorneys

Paul Finkelstein Admitted 1991 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Enetra Patterson Admitted 2003 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Benjamin Bakke Admitted 2006 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Ivelina Buyuklieva Admitted 2010 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Andres Valles Admitted 2015 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Leneer Hutchinson Admitted 2016 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Thomas Kim Admitted 2017 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Gregory Greene Admitted 2017 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Shaina Wood Admitted 2018 · Bronx, NY Currently registered Stephanie Lafosse Admitted 2019 · Bronx, NY Currently registered
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