name = "Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for New York (FY2025)"
description = "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."
license = "CC0-1.0"
jsonld = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny.jsonld"

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/lsc-funding"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "7 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $32,053,168 in New York (FY2025)"
text = "The LSC Basic Field grant directory records 7 LSC-funded civil legal aid grantees in New York for fiscal year 2025, awarded $32,053,168 in total. A re-tally of published LSC grant awards."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025); superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/poverty-population"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "2,702,954 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering New York (FY2025)"
text = "The poverty population in the LSC Basic Field service areas covering New York is 2,702,954, the figure LSC uses to allocate Basic Field grants. A Census/ACS-based poverty count summed across the state's service areas."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "Re-tally of LSC's published service-area poverty figures (occurred=true), from a named authority — BUT the underlying poverty count is a U.S. Census/ACS SURVEY ESTIMATE with sampling error, not a hard census enumeration. Superseded with each LSC grant cycle / ACS vintage."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/service-area-types"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "LSC grant counts by service-area type in New York (FY2025): Basic Field 7, Agricultural Worker 1"
text = "Counts of the 7 LSC grants by LSC service-area type: Basic Field 7, Agricultural Worker 1. A count of grants per LSC-defined service-area category."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025); superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/funding-per-poverty-person"
warrant = "DERIVED"
name = "LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in New York (FY2025) — a derived ratio"
text = "Dividing the $32,053,168 in LSC Basic Field funding for service areas with a reported poverty population by the 2,702,954 people in poverty there yields $11.86 of LSC civil legal aid funding per person in poverty in New York. A transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes."
source = "Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a constructed ratio, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's calculation, not an LSC/Census figure). Reproduce it: $32,053,168 ÷ 2,702,954 = $11.86. Falsified if either input is wrong; it counts ONLY LSC Basic Field funding for grants with a reported poverty figure, not total civil legal aid spending, so it understates total per-capita legal aid."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for New York (the epistemic boundary)"
text = "Every figure above describes LSC Basic Field grant CAPACITY and FUNDING for New York (FY2025). It is NOT all civil legal aid (LSC funds only part of the field; it excludes non-LSC legal aid, pro bono, and self-help), NOT a measure of cases handled, outcomes, or unmet need, and NOT a statement of whether you personally qualify for legal aid. For eligibility and help, use LawHelp.org / your local LSC grantee; for the full justice gap, see LSC's Justice Gap research."
source = "Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not an LSC verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. The figures above are LSC records plus one disclosed derived ratio; the four-status labels each, and this is the only interpretation."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-defamation-libel-slander"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 215(3))"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 215(3), the civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) in New York is 1 year. Note: Republication restarts the clock; covers libel and slander.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/215"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-medical-malpractice"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 2.5 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214-a)"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214-a, the civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice in New York is 2.5 years. Note: an outer statute of repose of 7 year(s) may also bar the claim; Continuous treatment doctrine tolls until last treatment for the same condition.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214-A"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-wrongful-death"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 2 years from death civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (N.Y. EPTL § 5-4.1)"
text = "Under N.Y. EPTL § 5-4.1, the civil statute of limitations for wrongful death in New York is 2 years from death. Note: Decedent must have had a viable personal-injury claim when died; criminal-act exception extends SOL.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/ept/article-5/part-4/5-4-1/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-personal-injury"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214)"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214, the civil statute of limitations for personal injury in New York is 3 years. Note: Intentional torts (assault/battery) governed by CPLR § 215 (1-year).. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-product-liability"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214)"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214, the civil statute of limitations for product liability in New York is 3 years. Note: Strict liability and negligence theories share 3-year SOL.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-property-damage"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214)"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214, the civil statute of limitations for property damage in New York is 3 years. Note: Trespass and conversion typically 3 years.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/214"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-contract-oral"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(2))"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(2), the civil statute of limitations for contract oral in New York is 6 years. Note: Same 6-year period applies to express or implied contracts.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/213"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-contract-written"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "New York sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(2))"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(2), the civil statute of limitations for contract written in New York is 6 years. Note: UCC § 2-725 imposes 4-year SOL on sale-of-goods claims.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/213"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-fraud"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "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))"
text = "Under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213(8), the civil statute of limitations for fraud in New York is 6 years (or 2 yrs after discovery). Note: a discovery rule may apply (the clock may start at discovery, not occurrence); Discovery extension applies only to actual fraud requiring intent.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/213"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ny/sol-boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)"
text = "The periods above are the statutes New York has on the books. They do NOT tell you YOUR deadline. When a claim \"accrues\" (starts the clock), whether the discovery rule, tolling, a minor/incapacity, or a statute of repose changes it, and which cause of action even applies, are fact-specific legal determinations. A missed deadline can permanently bar a claim. This atlas informs and routes — it is not legal advice and not a substitute for a licensed attorney. If you may have a claim, consult an attorney in New York immediately; for free civil legal aid see this state's legal-aid page."
source = "Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing/legal boundary, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not a court's ruling on any case) — the lowest-warrant claim. The period+citation claims above are recorded statutes (verifiable at the cited code); this boundary is the only interpretation on the SOL data."

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations)"
value = 7
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC service-area grants"
value = 8
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Total LSC allocation (USD)"
value = 32053168
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Poverty population in service areas"
value = 2702954
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (U.S. Census/ACS)"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC funding per person in poverty (USD)"
value = 11.858569550203223
warrant = "DERIVED"
source = "Justice Atlas — allocation ÷ poverty population"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Fiscal year"
value = 2025
warrant = "—"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[serviceAreaTypes]]
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
grant_count = 7

[[serviceAreaTypes]]
service_area_type = "Agricultural Worker"
grant_count = 1

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Services NYC"
service_area = "NY-9"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 17270072
poverty_population = 1456337

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Services of the Hudson Valley"
service_area = "NY-20"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 3001759
poverty_population = 253130

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc."
service_area = "NY-23"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2582642
poverty_population = 217787

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc."
service_area = "NY-22"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2492329
poverty_population = 210171

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc."
service_area = "NY-21"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2223558
poverty_population = 187506

[[providers]]
organization = "Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc."
service_area = "NY-7"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2058921
poverty_population = 173623

[[providers]]
organization = "Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc."
service_area = "NY-24"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2032390
poverty_population = 171386

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc."
service_area = "MNY"
service_area_type = "Agricultural Worker"
allocation_usd = 391497
poverty_population = 33014
