Legal Defense Trust Expenditures
Pursuant to the City's Legal Defense Trusts Law, found in Chapter 11 of Title 3 of the New York City Administrative Code, a public servant (or someone acting on behalf of a public servant) may set up a legal defense trust to raise funds to pay for certain legal bills and expenses connected with the public servant’s City employment. This dataset lists information about expenditures made by legal defense trusts in accordance with the City's Legal Defense Trusts Law. Specifically, it includes the names and addresses of each entity paid for expenses incurred by the legal defense trust; the amount and purpose of the expenses; and the date the expenses were incurred.
For more information about legal defense trusts and the laws that govern them, visit https://www.nyc.gov/site/coib/the-law/legal-defense-trusts-law.page.
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| issued | 2025-08-27 |
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