ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Attorneys defending the poor across New York averaged 680 cases last year, nearly double the recommended limit, even though their ranks and funding increased from the year before, according to a report Wednesday.
They were assigned 386,823 new cases last year in the 57 counties outside New York City, the Office of Indigent Legal Services reported. Those included 70,000 felonies, 90,000 family court cases and nearly 221,000 misdemeanors, according to the report.
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