Sentences with phrase «public defense reforms»

Suffolk County was part of a 2014 settlement where New York State agreed to fund major public defense reforms for 7 - and - a-half years.

Not exact matches

Ahead of it, the organization is calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to implement reforms, most notably replacing the county - based system of public defense with one run by the state, with adequate funding.

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday touted the provisions in the state budget that address criminal justice reforms, which range from raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and providing funds for the public defense of indigents.

Although Yogi would caution me that «it ain't over'til it's over», as we enter the last week of the special session of the 82nd Texas Legislature, it appears that our education reform coalition has successfully achieved its top priority for the session, which was the defense of HB 3, the comprehensive public school accountability -LSB-...]

Social inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitation.

Her accomplishments include development of legal reforms following Deepwater Horizon, the successful defense of the first renewables on public lands, and the historic settlement of the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history — the Cobell tribal trust litigation.

«This bill essentially takes the framework of the settlement in Hurrell - Harring and treats it something as a template for statewide reform of public defense services.»

Under the agreement, the state will adopt major reforms focusing on five New York counties — Ontario, Onondaga (Syracuse), Schuyler, Suffolk and Washington — that were chosen because their public defense systems are all different and cover communities large and small, but are all emblems of New York's flawed approach.

The New York Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP today announced a historic settlement that overhauls public defense in five counties and lays the foundation for statewide reform of New York's broken public defense system.

«This settlement marks what we hope and expect to be the beginning of sweeping reforms of New York's broken public defense system,» said NYCLU Associate Legal Director Christopher Dunn.