Indigent Legal Services director warns proposed ILS fund sweep would jeopardize family‑court representation expansion Patricia Worth of the Office of Indigent Legal Services told the budget committee that the executive budget would sweep $234 million from the ILS fund; she said $114M is for assigned‑counsel rate reimbursement but $120M lacks a public‑defense purpose and urged legislators to preserve the fund and to phase in a $150M target to expand family‑court representation.

Patricia Worth warns that a proposed $234 million sweep from the Indigent Legal Services fund could devastate family-court representation and compromise essential legal aid for low-income New Yorkers.

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