Brian Lee

June 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Pryor Cashman has said in court filings that Newburgh's application of zoning rules is a smokescreen for attempting to punish his client for exercising its constitutional and statutory rights to house migrants.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

"Tish James is playing games, withholding documents she does not want to turn over because they undermine her political, since discredited report – but these documents are important to Gov. Cuomo's right to defend himself in two federal lawsuits," Cuomo's spokesman said.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

June 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Jury of Our Peers Act, if signed into law, would follow New York lawmakers' restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of felonies, on their release from incarceration, in 2021.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Public notaries saw a steep year-over-year decline as of the latest figures provided by the Department of State to the New York Law Journal on Tuesday.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Rochester City Court Judge Van White, according to New York's judicial watchdog, was a high-profile participant in a demonstration.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

June 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The bill points out that e-filing isn't mandatory in certain major classes of civil cases in state Supreme Court, such as matrimonial and Article 78 cases against state agencies and government.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

June 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal

November 2025 would be the earliest that the No Cap Act could become law. Lawmakers were wrapping up the session, returning to Albany in January.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The revised bill brings acknowledgement to the value of the death of a child or older family members, such as a grandparent. It also accounts for domestic partners.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

June 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan judge Laura Ward Ward approached a progressive group's criticism with introspection, acknowledging that she runs "a tight court," but goes out of her way to ask jurors if they felt a defendant received a fair trial.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

June 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Center for Community Alternatives, said Ward, who is making a bid to remain on the bench past the mandatory retirement age of 70, has failed to publish a legal decision in 13 years.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read