Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
AGENCY TESTIMONY
Indigent defense services and MOCJ's role
7:41:21
ยท
65 sec
Deanna Logan explains MOCJ's role in administering the city's indigent defense portfolio and ensuring quality representation for individuals unable to pay for legal services.
- MOCJ works closely with the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services (ILS) to administer funding to providers.
- The office manages the city's conflict counsel, known as the Assigned Counsel Plan.
- MOCJ has created a dedicated team in its legal division focused on contracts, invoicing, and payments for the indigent defense portfolio.
- The office has achieved timely registration of fiscal year 2025 contracts and is on track for timely registration in fiscal year 2026.
Deanna Logan
7:41:21
We must never compromise an individual's right to quality representation when accused of a crime, regardless of ability to pay, which is why MACJ tasked with administering the city's indigent defense portfolio works closely with the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services, also known as ILS, to effectively administer funding to providers.
7:41:50
We also manage the city's conflict council known as the assigned council plan.
7:41:55
As part of our transition to our own agency, MACJ reorganized its personnel resources to create a dedicated team of professionals in our legal division focused on the contracts, the invoicing, and the payments for this large portfolio of indigent defense.
7:42:16
Collaborating with our contracts and fiscal teams, fiscal year twenty five contracts were registered timely and we are now on track for timely registration in fiscal year twenty six.