Brian Lee

April 23, 2024 | New York Law Journal

One lawyer said of lawmakers including new standards to combat discrimination in the provision of insurance to affordable housing that it's "an extremely important statement for the state of New York to be making, that we're not going to tolerate this, and I believe that we're the first in the nation to take action like that. It's 100% a national issue; not a New York State-specific issue."

By Brian Lee

7 minute read

April 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judge Biju J. Koshy was appointed to the top administrative post in Richmond County Criminal Court, overseeing its operations.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

April 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys in the practice area said they worried about the potential for a surge in litigation and the impact on landlords who are acting in good faith.

By Brian Lee

7 minute read

April 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The budget bill widened the strike zone for the crime of assault against judges by removing language about the offender intending to cause serious physical harm that prevents a judge from working.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

April 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Hochul had previously abandoned a plan that would have taken millions more from the interest on lawyer accounts fund.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

April 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

"Our hope," said New York State Bar Associatio President Dick Lewis, "is that we can start impacting what's going on in our educational system and the attitudes of adults as well as students."

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

April 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Brooklyn Roman Catholic diocese agreed that it failed to uphold the policies and procedures it adopted for investigating and responding to abuse complaints.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

April 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Backers of the Jury of Our Peers Act, S206A/A1432A, said enactment of the bill would align with New York lawmakers' restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of felonies, on their release from incarceration, in 2021.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

April 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The unanimous determination said it was also inappropriate for St. Lawrence County Court Judge Gregory Storie to have told lawyers that he would have accepted the defendant's guilty plea, despite the man appearing "catatonic."

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

April 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

In central New York, Syracuse attorney Robert Julien filed a claim on April 9 on behalf of Oneida County against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who signed the law in December, and the state.

By Brian Lee

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