HUDSON VALLEY JUSTICE CENTER PROVIDES FREE, HIGH QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL COUNSEL TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD A PRIVATE ATTORNEY. HVJC PRIORITIZES MATTERS WHERE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS ARE AT STAKE INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL, CLASS ACTION AND IMPACT CASES. HVJC REPRESENTS AND ADVISES CLIENTS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND ADVOCATES FOR POLICY CHANGES THAT BENEFIT THE HUDSON VALLEY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.