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2000 NY Att'y Gen. Rep. & Op. [i] (2000)

handle is hein.nyattgen/nysag0115 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL Opn. No. F 2000-1 PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW §17. Participants in the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Housing Court are employees within the meaning of Public Officers Law § 17 therefore are eligible to receive defense and indemnification by the State, subject to the procedural terms and conditions of the statute. Your Special Assistant has asked whether participants in the Volunteer Lawyers Project established by the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to assist litigants in Housing Court are eligible for defense and indemnification by the State pursuant to Public Officers Law §17. We conclude that the volunteers are eligible to receive defense and indemnification by the State under section 17. Your assistant has explained that most litigants in Housing Court are not represented by lawyers and many need extensive advice about court procedures. In 1997, the Chief Judge an- nounced a Housing Court Initiative intended to address that need and to make the Housing Court more accessible to the public.

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