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AGENCY TESTIMONY

Savings in judgments and claims fund

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The Law Department has achieved significant savings for the city through its efforts to enforce insurance coverage and reduce payouts from the judgments and claims fund.

  • The department anticipates saving over $100 million this fiscal year in payouts from the fund.
  • These savings come from compelling insurance companies to defend and indemnify the city in lawsuits arising from work by private contractors and permittees.
  • Since the late 1990s, the affirmative litigation division has saved more than $3 billion through this program.
Muriel Goode-Trufant
2:45:56
We also anticipate saving the city over $100,000,000 this fiscal year in payouts from the judgment and claims fund through our continuing activity to compel insurance companies to defend and indemnify the city.
2:46:15
In these cases, we are enforcing coverage for lawsuits arising out of the work performed by private contractors and permittees.
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Every case that an insurance company steps up to defend is a case that does not have to be defended by city lawyers.
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Thus saving enormous legal resources.
2:46:36
Settlements and judgments paid out by insurers and cases falling within the policy coverage also save the city substantial sums.
2:46:47
As of January 2025, the affirmative litigation division has saved more than $3,000,000,000 since the start of this program in the late nineteen nineties.
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