Attorney General urges council to restore litigation support fund spending authority and protect Cure the Streets

Attorney General Brian Schwab told the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety on June 9 that the mayor’s FY26 proposal would sharply reduce the Office of Attorney General’s (OAG) litigation support fund (LSF) spending authority and would force programmatic and technology cuts that, he said, would impair the office’s litigation, child-support and gun-violence intervention work.

Schwab said OAG has worked to reduce local spending this year but that the mayor’s proposal reduces LSF authority “by more than 60%,” cutting the LSF from a $27 million cap to roughly $11 million in the proposed budget. He said that would remove funding for key litigation infrastructure — including the Relativity e-discovery platform — and would “force OAG to shut or cure the streets altogether” unless the council restores funding.

Why it matters The litigation support fund is financed with recoveries and enforcement proceeds that under the council’s 2015 authorization are available to support OAG litigation and related nonpersonal services. Schwab said the LSF historically funds expert witnesses, depositions,…