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New York State Allocated Millions for Public Defense. NYC Isn’t Using It.

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New York State has poured more than $65 million into public defense over the past seven years, but nearly all of that money bypassed New York City, helping fuel what defender groups now warn is a staffing and retention crisis in the city’s courts, according to a new report by eight local bar associations. The […]

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