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Empire Justice Testimony on Civil Legal Services
Empire Justice CEO Anne Erickson testimony to the Joint Fiscal Committee on the State Budget as it relates to civil legal services. Read More |
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Empire Justice Testimony: Ensure Funding for Legal Services in New York
Anne Erickson's written testimony presented at the Joint Legislative Public Hearings on the 2011-12 Executive Budget Propsal- Public Protection. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Human Services
Testimony before the Joint Legislative Committees on human services in the 2010-2011 executive budget. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Public Protection Hearing for 2010-2011
Most years we confront the need to restore state funding to the budget. This year we confront that and so much more. We are facing a triple whammy: the elimination of over $13 million from the Executive Budget that had been in last year’s budget; a dramatic decline in funding from the Interest on Lawyer Account (IOLA) fund; and an unrelenting increase in people desperately seeking legal assistance as the economy continues to strip them of the ability to hold onto their jobs, homes and their economic stability. Read More |
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Empire Justice Testimony at IOLA Hearings
Testimony focusing on four areas: our core belief in the rule of law, the role of the Empire Justice Center in the legal services delivery system in New York, the potential solutions to the chronic shortage of stable funding for legal assistance, and the unique opportunity we have in the midst of this crisis. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony at Senate Hearings on IOLA Crisis
Discussion of civil right to counsel and potential funding sources for civil legal services Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony on the Governor's Proposed Deficit Reduction Plan
In the Governor’s proposed Deficit Reduction Plan, several funding streams, are slated for substantial cuts that will not only undermine your commitment and the Assembly’s commitment to legal assistance, but will also result in INCREASED costs to the state. Read More |
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NEDAP and Empire Justice Testimony on NYHELPs Program
We fear that low income New Yorkers who receive loans through NYHELPs and later become disabled or have difficulty finding employment will be harmed by this program. Read More |
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Empire Justice Testimony at Assembly Hearing on the Effectiveness of State Prompt Contracting Laws
Empire Justice's contracting experiences with different state agencies range from very positive and fairly timely to absolutely abysmal, frustrating, and confusing. These experiences can change from year to year, with some agencies improving their processes and others falling further behind. Read More |
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NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence Testimony on the 2009-2010 Executive Budget
Today we ask the new Senate Majority to work with leadership in the Assembly and the Governor to restore civil legal services funding. Domestic violence victims are often faced with extreme economic hardship when trying to gain freedom from their abusers- the ability to access low-cost or free legal services is essential to their successful pursuit of safety and independence. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Public Protection Hearing for 2009-2010
For the Empire Justice Center, state funding is a critical part of our annual budget – with it we are able to provide training, support and technical assistance in a broad array of substantive law areas to legal services staff throughout the state. Read More |
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Empire Justice Public Protection Testimony
For the Empire Justice Center, state funding is a critical part of our annual budget – with it we are able to provide training, support and technical assistance in a broad array of substantive law areas to legal services staff throughout the state. Much l Read More |
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Legal Services Funding Alliance Testimony at the Public Protection Budget Hearing for 2009-2010
Unfortunately, the current economic crisis only intensifies the need for legal assistance – from difficulties accessing unemployment and other benefits to increased numbers of foreclosures due to job loss. This combined with waning Interest on Lawyers Account (IOLA) and foundation revenues, fundraising difficulties, and proposed cuts in state funding for civil legal services make it all too likely that this number will only increase substantially. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony on the 2009-2010 Human Services Executive Budget Proposal
Our testimony today will focus on a series of recommendations for the human services budget and will touch on the need to restore the elimination of civil legal services funding. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony on Budget issues in Health, Education, Higher Education, and Social Services
We urge you to use the level of funding allocated for the provision of essential services such as civil legal assistance, welfare benefits, child care and disability assistance and the availability of health coverage to low income and disenfranchised New Yorkers as the yardstick by which you measure the quality of the budget proposal. Read More |
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Nassau Suffolk Law Services Testimony at the Senate Democrat Public Forum 2008
Nassau Suffolk Law Services fully recognizes and understands the severity of the current fiscal crisis. However, the needs of our clients and the needs of the new poor cannot fall between the cracks in the midst of crisis budget concerns. Read More |
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Volunteer Lawyer's Project Testimony at the Senate Democrat Public Forum 2008
in these very difficult economic times that the State must be more vigilant, more active and more aggressive in making sure that people in need do not fall prey to denial of life sustaining benefits, loss of their home or further injustice. Read More |
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Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo Testimony at the Senate Democrat Public Forum
Lisa Gradascevic, of The Legal Aid Bureau, testifies. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony Before Joint Committees on Consumer Affairs and Aging
Addressing Consumer Scams Affecting Senior Citizens. Read More |
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GRCRC Testimony at the Public Meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Comments on the proposed acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corporation by the Bank of America Corporation. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Joint Legislative Hearing on Economic Development & Taxes
Our testimony today will focus on components of the proposed budget regarding economic development. Investments made in other economic development sectors will come to naught if we do not simultaneously and vigorously attack the foreclosure crisis. Read More |
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The Legal Project Testimony at the 2008 Public Protectin Budget Hearing
For many of the victims we help, it comes down to life and death struggles and we must be there to help them. Our program, and the many others who exist to provide civil legal services to those who are truly in need, must be able to rely on support through the New York State Budget. Read More |
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Empire Justice Testimony on Public Protection in the 2008-2009 Executive Budget
Providing access to legal assistance is critical to the core fabric of any state’s human services delivery system. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Testimony on Human Services in the 2008-2009 Executive Budget
Testimony to the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees regarding budget priorities for Human Services Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Human Services Budget Testimony for 2006
Testimony on the 2006-2007 Human Services Executive Budget Read More |
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