May 4, 2022: Flushing Lawmaker Launches Free Legal Clinics, Queens Daily Eagle

Councilmember Sandra Ung and Queens Legal Services are partnering to provide free legal assistance to Flushing residents beginning this week. The legal clinics will take place on the first Friday of each month, and will rotate between housing, immigration and government benefits experts. Ung, a former attorney who now represents parts of Flushing, Mitchell-Linden, Murray Hill, Queensboro Hill and Fresh Meadows, said that she pursued the partnership in the hope that immigrant and non-English speaking Queens residents would be able to access legal services they’re often locked out of. “Before I was elected to office, I was an attorney,” Ung said. “I always thought it was important to bring legal resources to communities, especially this community where we have a lot of seniors and people whose first language is not English.”