Brian Lee

February 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The bar group also wants to expand throughout the state New York City's right-to-counsel law that provides free services to income-eligible tenants in the city who are facing an eviction.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

February 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The governor's budget seeks to increase assigned counsel rates to $158 an hour in downstate localities, and to $119 an hour upstate.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

February 09, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Justice Mary M. Farley, president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, said premature public disclosure prior to a final disposition risks unwarranted humiliation, undeserved injury to reputation and other adverse consequences that can;'t happen to other officials.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

February 09, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The lawsuit warns of the dangers of a six-judge court that may be prone to deadlock on key issues.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

February 08, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker said that incidents have increased 40% from 2020 to 2022.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

February 07, 2023 | New York Law Journal

"I think the public and frankly my colleagues deserve to know who actually cast the votes for whom?" Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal asserted.

By Brian Lee

8 minute read

February 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The CBAs affect all of the nearly 15,000 non-judicial employees who are represented by unions, as well as employees who are designated as management or confidential by the Public Employment Relations Board, OCA spokesman Lucian Chalfen said.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

February 03, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The court can either wait until there are seven judges or, if necessary, summon a judge from the appellate division or state supreme court to cast a deciding vote.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

February 03, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The measure—which the NYSBA expressed deep concern over—merits its own discussion and should not be tied up with the mammoth negotiation over the state's spending plan.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

February 02, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Claudia Braymer helped the group overcome a state plan to cut down 25,000 trees to build a connector snowmobile trail in the Adirondacks.

By Brian Lee

10 minute read