Gov leaves out atty student loan relief from budget

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Gov leaves out atty student loan relief from budget

Despite widespread support from lawmakers, district attorneys and public defenders alike, Governor Kathy Hochul did not allocate the $4 million in her recently released Executive Budget Proposal needed to enable legislation that would expand the District Attorney and Indigent Legal Service Attorney Loan Forgiveness program.

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Attys call for state to increase law school loan debt relief

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Attys call for state to increase law school loan debt relief

Hundreds of lawyers this week called on the governor and state legislature to include in the state’s upcoming budget a bill from a Queens lawmaker that would increase the amount of student loan forgiveness for public interest attorneys saddled with debt from law school.

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