Andrew Denney

October 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In four meetings held in recent weeks in each of the boroughs that would receive a new jail under the plan, officials from City Hall were confronted by residents who oppose construction of new jails, even in locations where jails already exist.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

October 05, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Silver was convicted for running two schemes that included reaping $700,000 in payments to Jay Goldberg's real estate tax certiorari firm, Goldberg & Iryami, for steering developers to the firm.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

October 05, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Stanley Brown's team racked up victories that could have resonance in communities across the country that continue to struggle with fair housing.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

October 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The years of work that Becca Heller has put in as a human rights lawyer who works as director and co-founder of the Manhattan-based International Refugee Assistance Project has paid off in the form of a “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

October 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In the months before the 2016 primary election, the Democratic Party's judicial screening committee found that the sitting judge, who was elected to the Supreme Court in 2002, was not qualified for re-election.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

October 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed for a writ of habeas corpus for Happy, an African elephant that the group says has been held alone for 12 years at the Bronx Zoo in a 1.15-acre pen.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

October 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The total judgment for plaintiff Larry Jackson includes more than $2.6 million in prejudgment interest, which adds to $5.4 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

October 01, 2018 | Daily Business Review

A judge rules sportscaster Warner Wolf can't sue ex-boss Don Imus for age discrimination in New York after moving to Florida.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

October 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Radio personality Don Imus has fended off an age discrimination suit brought by legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf, who claimed in a suit filed under New York state and New York City's human rights laws that he was replaced with a younger sportscaster.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

September 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The defendants are seeking an admission from plaintiff Christina Smith that photos and a video posted on Instagram after her March 21, 2015, motor vehicle accident are indeed of Smith.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read