Public defenders say $100M boost needed to prevent attorney shortage
March 25, 2026
Legal aid leaders warn that without major city funding, low salaries could drive attorneys away and strain representation for New Yorkers.
Legal aid leaders warn that without major city funding, low salaries could drive attorneys away and strain representation for New Yorkers.
MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI RELEASED A $124.7 BILLION BUDGET for Fiscal Year 2027 on Tuesday afternoon just before 2:30 p.m.
Hochul, in partnership with the state legislature, has secured an additional $4 billion in gap-closing support.
The U.S. owes nearly $4 billion in U.N. obligations, including $2 billion in dues, raising concerns about the organization’s solvency.
At average Manhattan rental rates, the 13,000 square feet of sealed-off vaults could yield an estimated $17 million annually.
The robber’s daughter, an NYPD officer, secured his $100,000 bond. He has not yet been arraigned on the indictment.
It’s a question Education Department officials repeatedly sidestepped — but the answer may influence the fate of Mamdani’s first budget plan.
The mayor has proposed a $127 billion spending plan and is weighing property tax increases to close a multibillion-dollar shortfall.
The mayor’s plan to balance the budget is getting panned by the comptroller and independent budget analysts.
Council budget hearings begin this week ahead of the April 1 preliminary response to the mayor’s spending plan.
New York City paid over $117M in NYPD misconduct settlements in 2025, highlighting ongoing accountability challenges and proposed reforms.
MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI on Tuesday released the city’s preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2027.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged Albany to help close NYC’s $7B budget gap, proposing higher taxes on the wealthy and more equitable state funding.
He placed the onus on the “staggering” fiscal mismanagement by former Mayor Eric Adams for underbudgeting core services.
Looming budget deficits, no provisions for federal aid cuts and new commitments mark the departing mayor’s last word on the city’s plan.
Comptroller DiNapoli warns NYC to curb spending, boost reserves amid federal funding risks and slower economic growth.
NYC launched a new office to connect residents with free legal help as immigrant arrests rise and a public defender strike looms.
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS on Tuesday announced a $331 million “After School for All” program to expand after-school opportunities across the city.
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS laid out four main budget requests to the New York state legislature during so-called “Tin Cup Day” in Albany
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS laid out four main budget requests to the New York state legislature during so-called “Tin Cup Day” in Albany
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS laid out four main budget requests to the New York state legislature during so-called “Tin Cup Day” in Albany
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS laid out four main budget requests to the New York state legislature during so-called “Tin Cup Day” in Albany
A month ago, an open letter to the governor asked her to allocate $4 million to expand a student loan forgiveness program for attorneys.
Governor Kathy Hochul has committed to increasing funding to a total of $950 million for the embattled hospital’s transformation.
THE MTA HEADS INTO 2025 facing uncertainty after the state Assembly and Senate last week rejected the agency’s $65.4 billion plans.
Parks advocates are furious that Mayor Adams has restored the budget of many other city agencies but not the Parks Department.
ALBANY — New York lawmakers are expected to miss the state’s budget deadline as negotiations over housing and education funding remain ongoing, a top official said Wednesday. The due date
Justin Brannan has called for using the reserves, contending that tax revenues will exceed the administration’s forecasts.
In a move that has left many non-profit organizations and advocates for the incarcerated blindsided, Mayor Eric Adams has decided to eliminate a series of programs at Rikers Island in
A drive to increase the Parks Department’s budget to at least 1% of the overall city budget is getting wide support in Brooklyn. New Yorkers for Parks is leading the
A coalition of New York City public defenders has criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget, warning that changes to the state’s bail laws will lead to a surge
Sherry Levin Wallach, president of the New York State Bar Association, has commented on the assigned counsel provisions in the 2023-24 state budget bills, noting that while progress has been
The 2024 city budget was released on Wednesday afternoon with big allotments to essential government programs. For fiscal-year 2024, the city government has over $106.7 billion on its balance sheet.
New York state lawmakers passed another weeklong extension for the state’s budget Monday to ensure state operations run undisrupted and workers get paid as budget negotiations continue. State Comptroller Thomas
CITYWIDE — Several days after the official budget due date, a group of coalitions representing over 200 organizations statewide, including the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, CUNY Rising Alliance, Housing Justice
BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Defender Services was among the advocacy groups that rallied on Monday to celebrate National Public Defense Day and to mark the 60th Anniversary of the landmark U.S.