New York S09718 mandates counties and cities to create plans for providing legal counsel to financially ineligible defendants or respondents in.

New York S09718 requires counties and/or cities to establish plans for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment, and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel. The bill defines an eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line. The state must match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.

New York S09718 mandates counties and cities to create plans for providing legal counsel to financially ineligible defendants or respondents in.

New York S09718 requires counties and/or cities to establish plans for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment, and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel. The bill defines an eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line. The state must match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.