Advocates for New York public defenders took their plea for increased funding to both the legislature and courthouse on Wednesday.

Late morning in Supreme Court, Albany County Administrative Judge Gerald W. Connolly heard oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union—along with Schulte Roth & Zabel and Felicello Law—to request a preliminary injunction affirming that the state is failing to meet its public defense obligations in five counties under the 2014 landmark settlement reached in Hurrell-Harring v. New York.