{"id":314129,"date":"2026-08-05T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314129\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:15:15","slug":"free-immigration-hotline-campaign-launches-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314129\/","title":{"rendered":"Free immigration hotline campaign launches in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 New Yorkers will begin seeing information on how to access <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/ny-hotline-that-helps-immigrants-detained-by-ice-adds-more-hours\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/ny-hotline-that-helps-immigrants-detained-by-ice-adds-more-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">free legal immigration support,<\/a> in multiple languages and across all five boroughs, as part of a new citywide campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The NYC Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs has launched a month\u2011long advertising effort to highlight its free, safe and confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline. The information will appear in print, digital and radio ads.<\/p>\n<p>The $300,000 campaign was funded by the New York City Council in Fiscal Year 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Ads will reach New Yorkers in 17 languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Pulaar, Tibetan, Tagalog, Nepali, Kichwa, Soninke, Arabic, Punjabi, French, Haitian Creole, Urdu, Wolof and Min Nan.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/brooklyn\/rally-shows-strong-support-for-haitian-immigrants-fighting-to-keep-legal-protections\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tRally shows strong support for Haitian immigrants fighting to keep legal protections\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Printed and radio ads will run in community and ethnic media outlets, while digital ads will appear on different social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, can call the free and confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1\u2011800\u2011354\u20110365, or dial 311 and say, \u201cImmigration Legal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours of operation for NYC\u2019s free immigration support hotline:<\/p>\n<p>Monday: 9 a.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: 9 a.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Friday: 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis month, we\u2019re bringing that legal support directly into our communities, in seventeen languages, through the newspapers people read, the radio stations they listen to and the neighborhoods they call home,\u201d Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. \u201cIf we say New York is a city that welcomes immigrants, then we have a responsibility to make sure every New Yorker knows where to turn for help. That is exactly what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Alarcon is an award-winning digital content producer. She has covered local news for the tri-state area since 2021. She joined PIX11 News in 2026. See more of her work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/nicole-alarcon\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/nicole-alarcon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 New Yorkers will begin seeing information on how to access free legal immigration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-314129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}