New York County Lawyers' Ass'n v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lucindo Suarez, J.

THE TRUE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IS THE FIRMEST PILLAR of good government.1 The courts of this state cannot be true to George Washington’s conviction when the most vulnerable in our society, children and indigent adults, appear in courts without advocates to champion or defend their causes. The pusillanimous posturing and procrastination of the executive and legislative branches have created the assigned counsel crisis impairing the judiciary’s ability to function. This pillar is essential to the stability of our political system. It should therefore be…