New York’s executive branch won’t divert $100 million from a fund that pays for low-income New Yorkers to receive civil legal services, apparently bending to pushback from a swath of the Empire State’s broader legal community, including Big Law.
In January, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget team proposed to transfer the amount from the New York Interest on Lawyers Account, and into the state’s general fund in fiscal 2025, which begins in April.
