Florence Roberts, who spent much of her career at Legal Services NYC serving low-income families, incarcerated women and victims of domestic violence, died June 1 at home in Greenwich Village after a three-year fight with cancer. She was 73.
Roberts headed the family law units of two Legal Services NYC offices, first in Brooklyn and later in Queens. Friends, colleagues and those she mentored credited her with promoting the parental rights of mothers and domestic violence victims at a time when family services received little funding or resources.
