JUAREZ v. NYS VICTIM SERVS.

No. 5.

36 N.Y.3d 485 (2021)

167 N.E.3d 478

143 N.Y.S.3d 310

2021 NY Slip Op 01091

In the Matter of WENCESLAO JUAREZ et al., Respondents, v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Letitia James , Attorney General, Albany ( Owen Demuth , Barbara D. Underwood , Jeffrey W. Lang and Victor Paladino of counsel), for appellants.

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Albany ( George F. Carpinello and Mark A. Singer of counsel), for respondents.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Regulations of the Office of Victim Services (OVS), as amended in January 2016, limit attorneys' fee awards for crime victim claimants to the costs incurred on applications for administrative reconsideration or appeal and on judicial review (9 NYCRR 525.3, 525.9...

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