$60 million
$62.8 million
One third
$54.7 million
$80.4 million
By increasing current funding to the Legal Aid society by $25.6 million, how much is the Council increasing their funding?
Legal Aid Society
Article 18-B Lawyers
Mayor's allocation
City Council seems to want more funds allocated to which organization?
Giuliani
Lawyers
Mayor Blasio
Mayor Giuliani
Which former mayor had an allocation of $62.8 million for lawyers appointed pursuant to Article 18-B?
Around 20 million dollars, $60 million
More than $20 million, $80.4 million
In the past $5.6 Million was the allotted amount added, what is the amount they are proposing this year?
Legal Aid Society
New Jersey
New York City
Mayor Giuliani is the former mayor of which city?
Shifting funds
Slashing mayor's allocation
Legal Aid can achieve greater economies of scale than lawyers appointed pursuant to Article 18-B of the County Law
To handle only multi-defendant cases where the Legal Aid Society had a conflict
Proposed slashing the Mayor's allocation of $62.8 million down to $21.4 million
Diverting or adding more funds to Legal Aid
What did the Council do about 18-B lawyers handling 50 percent of the indigent criminal cases in New York City?
One of the most dramatic changes in priorities proposed by the City Council would shift $25.6 million from funding for court-appointed lawyers to the Legal Aid Society. In a document released yesterday to justify its reordered priorities, the Council contended that Legal Aid can achieve greater economies of scale than lawyers appointed pursuant to Article 18-B of the County Law. The Council document also noted that "inexplicably" 18-B lawyers are handling 50 percent of the indigent criminal cases in New York City, even though their mandate is to handle only multi-defendant cases where the Legal Aid Society had a conflict. In past years, the City Council had consistently added $5.6 million to the $54.7 million proposed for the Legal Aid Society by former Mayor Giuliani, bringing the total to just a shade over $60 million. But this year for the first time, the Council is proposing shifting more than $20 million in funds earmarked by the Mayor for 18-B lawyers to the Legal Aid Society, which would increase its total funding to $80.4 million. That would reflect a jump in its current finding of about one-third. Meantime, the City Council proposed slashing the Mayor's allocation of $62.8 million for 18-B lawyers by 66 percent, to $21.4 million. 