text: For the last 35 years , the program has had a two-tiered structure , in which a citywide agency , now called Legal Services for New York City ( LSNY ) , has received federal funds that in turn have been distributed to seven different local corporations , which provided the bulk of services in civil legal matters to indigent New Yorkers .
  
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  The acronym LSNY stands for Legal Services for New York City .