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Albany County Legislature unanimously advances indigent defense grant amendments and awards
Summary
The Legislature authorized acceptance of a $1,360,697 Division of Criminal Justice Services grant for aid-to-defense programs and approved amendments to state indigent legal services contracts to fully use awarded funds. Lawmakers recorded motions and voice votes to move the contracts and budget amendments forward.
The Albany County Legislature voted Oct. 29 to accept state grant funding and to authorize related budget amendments for the county’s public defender operation.
Chief Assistant Public Defender Matthew Alburn told the Legislature the public defender’s office, alternate public defender office and assigned counsel program seek to accept $1,360,697 in awards from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to…
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