New Congressional Map Challenge; Board of Elections litigation, Stefanik Poll Challenged by Democrats; Register Now for the November 14 Statewide Census Organizing Conference; VRA Preclearance; ...
Court of Appeals Hears Newburgh VRA Challenge; Even Year Voting Law Upheld; Register Now for the November 14 Statewide Census Organizing Conference; VRA Preclearance; A Closer Look at Even Year Voting ...
On the same day last month that heavily armed federal agents gathered for a widely-publicized immigration raid in the Bronx, the New York City Hospitality Alliance sent out an email with the subject ...
New York State’s redistricting process following the 2020 Census failed to live up to the reforms envisioned by voters who endorsed the 2014 constitutional changes. Instead, the redistricting process ...
Recently the City got some good news about Rikers Island, a change from the bad news of recent years. On August 2, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio, together with Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte, ...
Trees under the common law were considered natural conditions with the result that possessors of land were not liable for injuries caused trees. Professor William Prosser wrote in the first edition of ...
How small is too small when it comes to trip hazards on New York City sidewalks? New York courts, grappling with this issue for over 125 years, have declined to advance a standard based solely on the ...
Christopher Columbus is in trouble. Political pressure to remove Columbus monuments most recently dates from 1992 during the preparations for the 500 th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage. The ...
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), joined by 17 Republican colleagues, reintroduced the Equal Representation Act legislation to ensure that only legal citizens are factored into the count for ...
When municipalities are sued in tort, two of the most powerful bars to recovery are the public duty principle and the governmental function immunity defense. When these two principles are applicable, ...
A long-standing feature of American tax policy is the exemption granted to nonprofit organizations, the largest of which is the exemption from local property taxes. The exemption, with origins back to ...
On November 6, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly executed a search warrant for New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ electronic devices. 1 Mayor Adams was allegedly carrying two ...