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Empire Justice Center Statement on the Budget
Empire Justice Center applauds the Governor and the Legislature for achieving a number of very positive things that will provide assistance to struggling New Yorkers.
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March 2012 Foreclosure Funding Fact Sheet
Funding for foreclosure prevention services runs out March 31,2012. To preserve these critical services for homeowners, $25 million must be allocated in the 2012-13 budget.
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Empire Justice Center 2012 Legislative and Executive Agenda
The focus of our state level policy work for 2012.
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2011 Domestic Violence Legislative Update
Current through September 28, 2011. Described herein are new domestic violence specific laws, as well as the bills which successfully navigated both houses of the state legislature and are awaiting further action.
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2011 Domestic Violence Legislative Update
Described below are the new domestic violence-specific laws, as well as the bills which successfully navigated both houses of the Legislature and are awaiting further action. This update is current through July 20, 2011. The Empire Justice website posts legislative updates throughout the summer as needed.
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Legislative Session Leaves Much to Be Done, With One Grand Exception
After the 2011-12 state budget passed - on time - Empire Justice Center’s policy team immediately shifted gears to focus on our other legislative priorities and to respond to a number of bills that unexpectedly demanded our attention.
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Highlights from the 2011 Legislative Session
After all the emails, strategy sessions, meetings, Facebook updates and trips to Albany, the 2011 Legislative session closed with a huge amount of excitement about New York’s new civil rights law that will bring marriage equality to same sex couples.
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Policy News
On the policy front, Empire Justice Center continues to seek ways to improve the way the law impacts struggling individuals and families in our state, while at the same time keeping an eye out for proposals that would undermine their legal rights or their often tenuous economic security.
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Social Services and Child Care State Budget Outcomes
Social services and child care state budget 2011 outcomes.
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State Budget Results: Funding for Legal Services - Cuts, Restorations and Hope for the Future
The legal services community has suffered significant losses over the past few years as state legislative funding has dropped from approximately $13 million in 2009, to $6 million in 2010 to less than $3.5 million in this year’s budget.
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