‘On brink of collapse’ — NYC hasn’t paid its nonprofit legal providers for 5 months

November 13, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Members of Brooklyn Defender Services and other NYC public defender offices rally for justice reform. Advocating for the Youth Justice and Opportunities Act and other key legislations, they aim to reshape New York's legal system in 2024, focusing on reducing injustices against marginalized communities.
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Defender Services

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CITYWIDE — DESPITE THEIR CONTRACTS WITH NYC being registered on-time for Fiscal Year 2025, none of the city’s top nonprofit legal service providers have been able to submit invoices to the city’s Human Resources Administration for payment because the agency has not yet approved their FY 2025 budgets, according to a coalition of 14 legal service providers. The five-month delay is pushing them to the brink of collapse, the organizations said Wednesday in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams. The organizations provide housing and immigration services to thousands of families each year, but the payment delays threaten their ability to maintain basic operations, they said.

Signing the letter to the mayor were The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, NMIC, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Legal Services NYC, CAMBA Legal Services, Brooklyn Defender Services, the Human Services Council, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, the Bronx Defenders, TakeRoot Justice, Mobilization for Justice, the Urban Justice Center and BronxWorks.

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