Public defense and legal services groups are calling on political leaders to reject a proposed change that would redirect more than $230 million from the Indigent Legal Services Fund into New York’s General Fund.

The Chief Defenders Association of New York and more than 70 other organizations have submitted a formal letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie urging them to reject the $234 million sweep.