Report: State Lawmakers Spending Heavily On Legal Fees

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Nick Reisman

The various corruption investigations and sexual harassment scandals have been an economic boon for law firms in New York, according to a review of legislative spending by the Empire Center for New York State Policy.

The think tank found state lawmakers have spent more than $1 million in public money for outside legal representation over the last six months, based on the recently released expenditure reports.

The Assembly has paid a total of $657,629 to five different law firms. The largest chunk of money went to Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedma — $345,000.

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2014/08/report-state-lawmakers-spending-heavily-on-legal-fees/


Here is the report. http://www.empirecenter.org/publications/lawmakers-lawyer-up-again/