It Starts With You
We are home to immigrants of all nationalities.
We have served over 10,000 members.
WeLcome to the
immigrant ORIENTATION CENTER
The New York City Immigrant Orientation Center (IOC) is an information center that provides immigrants with guides, legal referrals, employment assistance, housing and shelter resources, food and nutrition support, assistance with health care registration, connections to community and religious leaders, school registration assistance, as well as maps, brochures, coupons, and discounts to meet all their needs in the city. Our staff speaks more than ten languages and is available for consultations.
Our President & founder
Amadou Ly
“I want this organization to do for people what I didn’t have: a one stop hub that gives new immigrants what they need to make their American dreams come true.”
Read Amadou Ly’s story of being a 13 year old homeless immigrant living in New York, to becoming a US Citizen, achieving his dream of being an Actor in a major motion picture, and creating the Immigrant Orientation Center.
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