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HRA: pilot for legal representation of domestic‑violence survivors not yet funded; legal groups seek smaller pilot and data baseline
Summary
Intro 11‑75 would create a program to provide legal representation to domestic‑violence survivors during divorce; witnesses said a Local Law 5 pilot remains unfunded and that a prior 2022 estimate pegged two‑year costs at $24 million.
The City Council considered Intro 11‑75 on June 3, which would establish a program to provide civil legal representation to survivors of domestic violence during divorce proceedings and require annual reporting by the Office of Civil Justice. HRA and DSS witnesses told the committee the city enacted Local Law 5 of 2022 to create a two‑year pilot but that funding for the pilot has not been allocated.
Administrator French said the pilot was estimated at $24 million over two years in 2022 and that the city has not yet appropriated those funds. "At this point the funds have not been able to be allocated for that pilot," French said, adding that DSS…
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