An increase in state aid for civil legal services, plus the damage and disruption wrought by Hurricane Sandy, combined to more than double the number of low-income New Yorkers helped through the state-aided legal programs last year, according to a new report.
Using data supplied by the Office of Court Administration, the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York reported that 267,965 New Yorkers were served by civil legal services programs funded by the judiciary in the 2012-2013 fiscal year, up from the 125,169 who were aided in the 2011-12 fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2012.
