Ithaca state legislator gets free legal aid from group she gave $30,000 in taxpayer funding. Now she says she’ll cover the cost.
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A state legislator from Ithaca received free legal aid from a group that she had provided with taxpayer funding. The legislator has stated that she will cover the cost of the legal services. The amount of taxpayer funding the group received from the legislator is reported as $30,000, although the legislator has also been involved in securing a larger amount of state funding for local legal service programs.
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