Andrew Denney

June 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, has reportedly hired former federal prosecutor Guy Petrillo to represent him in the criminal probe against him.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

June 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Police Department has announced that officers will issue tickets for most cases of public marijuana-smoking rather than make arrests, but the city's district attorneys remain divided on how their offices plan to approach the cases.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

June 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has hired four women as he beefs up his executive team, which includes an attorney from the New York City Police Department who will now serve as Gonzalez's second-in-command.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

June 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Working on cases involving smuggled antiquities, murderous drug dealers and alleged fraud by a major investment bank helped 11 prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York receive recognition last week at the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys 34th annual Director's Awards.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

June 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Council has set aside $2.5 million to support legal service providers in the city representing workers who say they have fallen victim to wage theft, which by some estimates results in $1 billion in lost wages each year.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

June 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union held their annual cocktail reception to highlight the groups' advocacy for the LGBTQ community.

By Andrew Denney | David Handschuh

1 minute read

June 15, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan jury awarded more than $45 million to a philanthropist who was nearly killed by a shopping cart that two adolescents pushed from the fourth floor of an outdoor shopping center in East Harlem.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

June 14, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Judge Frederic Block said that at a trial held last year to explore protections for artists' works housed at the 5Pointz aerosol art gallery in Long Island City, Queens, the judge discovered that property owner Gerald Wolkoff had previously misled about his required timeline for razing the buildings that make up 5Pointz.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

June 14, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Council's approved budget for the city's upcoming fiscal year includes $15.3 million in additional funding for the city's five district attorneys offices to be spent on pay raises for prosecutors, hiring new staff to sift through police body cam footage and programs to address the opioid crisis.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

June 13, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The suit takes aim at an “inequitable and antiquated” property tax system throughout New York City in which similarly situated properties are saddled with “widely different” tax burdens based on where they are located in the city.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read