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District attorney seeks authority to spend $377,739 state grant to add domestic‑violence prosecutors and advocate
Summary
Albany County District Attorney Lincoln Lehi asked the legislature to authorize spending a $377,739 New York State grant to hire two district attorneys and a crime‑victim advocate focused on domestic violence; he described the grant as a pilot and said it could be a force multiplier for countywide coverage.
Albany County District Attorney Lincoln Lehi told the Law Committee the district attorney’s office needs legislative authority to spend a state grant totaling $377,739 to expand domestic‑violence prosecution and victim services.
Lehi said the grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services is a pilot program focused on preventing intimate‑partner violence in the City of Albany and that the award will allow his office to hire two additional assistant district…
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