A78 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.
- Title
- Relates to the provision of legal representation to certain persons in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-01-03
- In committee
- Judiciary
- Introduced
- 2022-12-29
- Same as
- S3299
- Law section
- County Law
Sponsors
- Linda B. Rosenthal Assembly Member, District 67
Co-sponsors
- Steven Raga Assembly Member, District 30
Heard in committee
- Judiciary NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S3299 (2023-24 session) NY State bill