ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill late Saturday that would have provided for an eventual state takeover of indigent criminal legal defense costs now paid by New York City and counties outside the city.
The localities have come to shoulder most of the burden for the indigent representation in New York state since the Supreme Court’s decree in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, that having access to an adequate defense against criminal charges is a constitutional guarantee.
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