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Corporation Counsel urges keeping judgment & loss appropriation at $9.5M, warns of large pending exposures
Summary
Corporation Counsel told the budget committee it expects continued high litigation exposure and recommended maintaining the $9.5 million appropriation for judgments and losses, noting several large unresolved cases that could settle next year.
Department of Corporation Counsel asked the Budget Committee to retain the FY‑26 appropriation for judgments and losses at $9.5 million, saying unresolved and potentially large cases make reductions risky.
Dana Viola, appearing for the department, told Council members the department had been appropriated $9.5 million for J&L in the prior year and that actual expenditures this year are running higher than the…
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