$165M immigrant legal defense (NYIFUP $30M)

Pledge to raise total immigrant legal-services funding to $165M including raising NYIFUP from $16M to $30M, Rapid Response Legal Collaborative from $500K to $25M, and Immigrant Opportunity Initiative from $20M to $40M. FY27 preliminary budget allocates only ~$33M total ($21.2M deportation defense + $11.6M MOIA Legal Support Centers) — ~20% of pledge, ~$130M short. NYIC publicly praised the budget despite the shortfall; close ties between NYIC leadership (Murad Awawdeh) and the Mamdani campaign team may explain muted institutional criticism. May 12 executive budget is last opportunity for material increase.