New York State Bar Outlines 2025 Legislative Priorities, Aiming for Fairness, Equity

By Brian Lee, original publication 12/18/24.

At the approach of the 2025 legislative session, New York’s largest bar association announced that it will lobby Albany lawmakers to enact right-to-counsel measures for children, families and immigrants in New York.

The new priorities, the statewide bar group said, will move the state closer to creating a more fair and equitable justice system.

The New York State Bar Association said it will also continue to advocate fervently for a series of past proposals that have failed to become law.

The NYSBA said in a statement that its top priorities are proposed laws that would make it more likely that immigrants facing deportation, New Yorkers at risk of eviction or foreclosure, and parents fighting to keep their children are all represented by lawyers.

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