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Chair Stevens Questions Adjusting Support for Legal Centers

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 5:31:10 · 56 sec

Chair Althea Stevens asks how MOIA is adjusting support for legal centers as referral volume increases, highlighting the use of the capacity tracker.

Luisa Linares

No, that's helpful.

Luisa Linares

And I think I'm I'm heartened to hear about the capacity tracker because it is uh a concern.

Luisa Linares

I think where we can be uh more targeted and precise in our understanding where the gaps are in the in the field, um, then I think we'll be able to kind of build on that, right?

Luisa Linares

So I I'm heartened to hear that.

Luisa Linares

If I may one quick um I guess it just uh we can talk some more about about that.

Luisa Linares

Um I think uh we still have a whole uh three years um with Orange Chupacabra and uh complex system, right?

Luisa Linares

As we see every day, more and more changes are being made, which brings more complexity to the legal field.

Luisa Linares

So I think there's just going to be an ongoing issue to make sure that we check in and be very precise with like how we're supporting the building of the capacity to find lawyers.