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 FY 2017 Executive Budget recommends $99.4 million All Funds support for the Office of Indigent Legal Services, an increase of $12.4 million from FY 2016, and a workforce level of 19 FTEs, unchanged from FY 2016.
The increase in funding levels from FY 2016 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, Schuyler, Suffolk and Washington.
| Category | Available 2015-16 |
Appropriations Recommended 2016-17 |
Change From 2015-16 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2016-17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 3,000,000 | 3,200,000 | 200,000 | 500,000 |
| Aid To Localities | 84,000,000 | 96,200,000 | 12,200,000 | 181,959,000 |
| Total | 87,000,000 | 99,400,000 | 12,400,000 | 182,459,000 |
| Program | 2015-16 Estimated FTEs 03/31/16 |
2016-17 Estimated FTEs 03/31/17 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigent Legal Services Program | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/13/2016