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inlawrev-22386	Leahy, William J.	The Right to Counsel in the State of New York: How Reform Was Achieved After Decades of Failure	2018	21	.pdf	application/pdf	9677	547	57	As early as 1967, New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) described the law’s deficiencies.33 In 1981, the state legislature’s funding of the New York State Defender Association’s (NYSDA) Public Defense Backup Center signaled an understanding of the system’s flaws.34 Many hearings and studies were undertaken, and NYSDA, in particular, issued an impressive series of reports and recommendations.3 5 In 1994, the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) created a Task Force on Representation of the Indigent, and soon followed the creation of and standards set by the Appellate Division, First Department’s Indigent Defense Organization Oversight Committee.36 David Carroll, New York caseload standards announced and their importance to statewide reform explained, SIXTH AMENDMENT CTR.	cache/inlawrev-22386.pdf	txt/inlawrev-22386.txt