Bill Title: Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-04-02 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S09718 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Introduced	2026-04-02	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for New York S09718

Supplemental Documents

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