# Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for New York (FY2025) — context brief

New York's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **7 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $32,053,168 in New York (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **2,702,954 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering New York (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC grant counts by service-area type in New York (FY2025): Basic Field 7, Agricultural Worker 1** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in New York (FY2025) — a derived ratio** — DERIVED · Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for New York (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **New York sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 215(3))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/215)
- **New York sets a 2.5 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214-a)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214-A)
- **New York sets a 2 years from death civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (N.Y. EPTL § 5-4.1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/ept/article-5/part-4/5-4-1/)
- **New York sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214)
- **New York sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214)
- **New York sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214)
- **New York sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/213)
- **New York sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/213)
- **New York sets a 6 years (or 2 yrs after discovery) civil statute of limitations for fraud (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(8))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/213)
- **Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**New York — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 7 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 8 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 32053168 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**New York — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 7; Agricultural Worker — 1…
**New York — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (8): Legal Services NYC — NY-9 — Basic Field — 17270072 — 1456337; Legal Services of the Hudson Valley — NY-20 — Basic Field — 3001759 — 253130; Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. — NY-23 — Basic Field — 2582642 — 217787…