“What I enjoy most is knowing that I’m a part of doing good things in my community.” For Shadel Cole, Deputy Director of Paralegals with Build Up Justice NYC’s Preserving Affordable Housing – Brooklyn…

Milestone 20th Anniversary Marked by the Program’s Largest Donation to Date

Please help us send a strong, final budget message to the State government about the urgent need to fund civil legal services for New Yorkers in need. The Governor’s Executive Budget included $77.5 million, nearly 25% less in spending authority than needed by the Interest on Lawyer’s Account (IOLA) to fund the second year of five-year contracts, and the Justice Infrastructure Project. The Senate and Assembly one-house budget proposals restore IOLA funding to $102.5M, and the Senate recommends an additional $50M to enhance civil legal services for low-income New Yorkers. The civil legal...

The state legislature this week proposed boosting a civil legal services fund in its one-house budgets that attorneys say was severely underfunded in Governor Kathy Hochul’s executive budget proposal.