Andrew Denney

September 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

From a fraught meeting of Brooklyn Democrats on Thursday night that stretched over six hours and offered a forum for feisty progressive-leaning voters to rage against the party machine, three candidates for Civil Court have emerged to run unopposed in the November election.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

September 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Organizations and attorneys who represent low-income parents in New York facing the prospect of losing their children in abuse or neglect proceedings told a blue-ribbon panel that there should be more funding for parental representation and caps on the number of those cases that attorneys take on.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

September 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

New York state and New York City can't shake a legal challenge from a group of property owners and renters who say the city's property tax system gives wealthy residents a break on their taxes while placing an unfair burden on those of modest means.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

September 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York Court of Appeals is increasingly the home of a roiling debate, with judges unafraid of airing dissents. Can the high court create consensus when it is so comfortable with airing its divisions?

By Andrew Denney

10 minute read

September 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The Queens councilman confirmed what has long been an open secret, insisting it's time for a progressive reform agenda in the borough prosecutor's office.

By Colby Hamilton | Andrew Denney

5 minute read

September 25, 2018 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court has denied bail in the case of a psychiatrist who has been in jail for almost a year while she awaits trial for charges that she orchestrated a botched murder plot for her child's father, who has a court-ordered $1.5 million life insurance policy as part of a child custody agreement.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

September 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Party leaders made their choices for open seats on the Brooklyn and Bronx courts in a time-honored political tradition that has come under widespread criticism for its lack of transparency.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

September 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In the decades since U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a litigator fighting for equal rights for women, the field of interested parties has grown on both sides of the political spectrum, which often means a larger stack of amicus briefs for the high court to sift through.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

September 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Empowered by a recently enacted state law, the New York City government is stepping up enforcement on so-called “zombie properties,” vacant homes that are underwater on their mortgages, and has filed lawsuits against lenders holding onto five such properties in Brooklyn.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

September 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Former sales executive Hong Perez said during her time with the company she became increasingly concerned about its culture with regard to how women are treated.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read