Andrew Denney

Andrew Denney

Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime

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January 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Court Vacates Certificate Allowing Controversial South St. Seaport High-Rise Build

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

January 23, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Retired Brooklyn Judge Appointed to Newly Created Post in New York City Law Department

The announcement of Ruth Shillingford's appointment to the Law Department and Eric Eichenholtz's promotion to its managing attorney comes at a time of flux for some of the agency's top positions.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

January 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Court Denies Sentence Reduction for Arsonist Convicted of 1994 Fire That Killed Responder

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

January 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Environmental Rights Invoked in New York Courts

Ultimately, New York courts will decide the scope of each person's environmental rights. In the short term, Gov. Kathy Hochul can do much to ensure that the state observes these elemental rights.

By Nicholas A. Robinson

6 minute read

January 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal

With Mission Growing Beyond Court Reform, Influential Nonprofit Takes On New Name

Today, the Center for Justice Innovation has a $90 million budget, 725 employees and programs in all five boroughs, New Jersey, California and the United Kingdom.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

January 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Hector LaSalle, The Governor's Controversial Pick For the Court of Appeals, Heads to the Senate For Confirmation Hearings. Here's The Story So Far

No matter how the confirmation process shakes out, Hector LaSalle has already received the distinction of encountering quite possibly the most vehement public opposition to his appointment out any past chief judge nominees since the 1970s,

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

January 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Deriding LaSalle as a Conservative Is 'Nonsense'

LaSalle merely concurred in and not author most of the decisions that his critics have cited. And none of those cited decisions can fairly be depicted as "conservative," much less legally erroneous.

By Vincent Chang and Adrienne Koch

5 minute read

January 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Role of the State Senate in Selection of the Chief Judge

Statements by those in favor of the justice's appointment and those opposed have proffered sometimes imprecise or vague information regarding the role of the State Senate. Because the arguments of the two camps must be made within a legal framework, understanding the process is important, writes Norman Olch.

By Norman Olch

6 minute read

January 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Court Approves Attorney Fees For Prevailing Party in Social Security Case

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

January 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal

New York's Courts Need a New Kind of Leader. That's Not LaSalle.

LaSalle has not shown any particular innovation in judicial administration, nor the kind of intellectual clout, that would justify his elevation to this important role at a time when New York's courts badly need a different kind of leader.

By Paul Newell

4 minute read


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