Indigent Legal Services, Office of
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Mission
The Office of Indigent Legal Services and the associated Indigent Legal Services Board are responsible for examining, overseeing, and improving the quality of New York's county-based system of providing legal representation to people who are unable to afford an attorney.
Budget Highlights
The 2015-16 Executive Budget recommends $86.9 million All Funds support for the Office of Indigent Legal Services, an increase of $4 million from 2014-15, and a workforce level of 19 FTEs, an increase of 8 from 2014-15.
The increase in funding levels from 2014-15 is a result of the settlement agreement in the Hurrell-Harring, et al, v. State of New York case, regarding indigent legal services in the following five counties: Onondaga, Ontario, Schulyer, Suffolk and Washington.
| Category | Available 2014-15 |
Appropriations Recommended 2015-16 |
Change From 2014-15 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 1,900,000 | 2,900,000 | 1,000,000 | 0 |
| Aid To Localities | 81,000,000 | 84,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 154,000,000 |
| Total | 82,900,000 | 86,900,000 | 4,000,000 | 154,000,000 |
| Program | 2014-15 Estimated FTEs 03/31/15 |
2015-16 Estimated FTEs 03/31/16 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigent Legal Services Program | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 11 | 19 | 8 |
| Total | 11 | 19 | 8 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/21/2015