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The Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) recently announced
$1.246 million in grants to Legal Services NYC and its programs,
including $400,000 earmarked for South Brooklyn Legal Services by the
Robin Hood Foundation. The awards will be used to coordinate new and
expanded foreclosure prevention legal services city-wide.
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National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel announces: "Advocates who are pursuing a right to counsel in civil cases, as well as those who simply want information about the issue, now can access a new online source: the website of the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel at www.civilrighttocounsel.org."
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Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Judith S. Kaye responded last week to the dramatic rise in residential foreclosure filings throughout New York by announcing a new pilot program in Queens County intended to educate homeowners and facilitate negotiations through court-sponsored early settlement conferences to try to resolve foreclosure cases without further litigation. As a Program Partner of the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Legal Services NYC is helping to coordinate new and expanded foreclosure prevention legal services city-wide.
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Washington, DC--The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies last week approved $390 million for the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) FY 2009 budget, a $40 million, or 11 percent, increase over current funding levels. LSC is a major funder of Legal Services NYC.
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