LawHelpNY new Consumer Self-Help Tools Online

LawHelpNY has created a new set of online tools to help people solve their problems with money and consumer legal issues. LawHelpNY.org is a website that is designed to teach low-income New Yorkers about their rights, help them find free Continue reading LawHelpNY new Consumer Self-Help Tools Online

Don’t forget to vote today! Find your polling place!

Find your polling place Not sure where to vote? Use the NYS Voter Lookup to find your district and where to vote:  https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/ Constitutional Convention On November 7, registered voters can decide whether NYS should hold a constitutional convention. https://www.elections.ny.gov/ProposedAmendments.html Continue reading Don’t forget to vote today! Find your polling place!

Register to Vote on National Voter Registration Day: Tuesday September 26, 2017

Tuesday, September 26 is National Voter Registration Day!  Are you registered to vote? Did you recently move (change address), turn 18, get married (change your name), complete parole, or would you like to change your party affiliation? From 12pm-3pm on Continue reading Register to Vote on National Voter Registration Day: Tuesday September 26, 2017

Beneficial Bits n’ Bytes: Local & Online Legal Resources LibGuide for Elmira, NY

No one thinks they will need a lawyer. That is until they do. Perhaps you need to take a landlord to court, or you need a divorce from an abusive spouse. Maybe you are in a custody dispute or you Continue reading Beneficial Bits n’ Bytes: Local & Online Legal Resources LibGuide for Elmira, NY

Immigration News: Citizenship Corner in the Steele Memorial Library

Check out our Citizenship Corner (next to the health and education reference center by the Digital Media Lab) on the 2nd floor of the Steele Memorial Library)! It includes citizenship test preparation materials along with information about the naturalization process. Continue reading Immigration News: Citizenship Corner in the Steele Memorial Library

News: fake, real, and everything in between. A roadmap for the rest of us.

In November 2016, The Stanford History Education Group published the results of their one and a half year study to determine the civic online reasoning skills (ability to reason about the information on the Internet) of 7,804 students across 12 Continue reading News: fake, real, and everything in between. A roadmap for the rest of us.