David Klepper

January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As bitter winter weather arrived in the Northeast, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order requiring the homeless to be forcibly removed from the streets in freezing temperatures, an unprecedented government intervention that faced immediate legal questions and backlash.

By Jonathan Lemire and David Klepper

4 minute read

December 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Lawmakers returning to Albany for the usual debates over taxes and spending will also take on an issue even more basic to many New Yorkers—the options for getting home from the train station, the airport or a long night out on the town.

By David Klepper

3 minute read

December 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Lawmakers returning to Albany for the usual debates over taxes and spending will also take on an issue even more basic to many New Yorkers—the options for getting home from the train station, the airport or a long night out on the town.

By David Klepper

3 minute read

December 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has shaken New York politics down to the granite foundations of the state Capitol, provoking fresh calls to overhaul a system that has stubbornly clung to its long history of corruption.

By David Klepper and Larry Neumeister

5 minute read

December 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has shaken New York politics down to the granite foundations of the state Capitol, provoking fresh calls to overhaul a system that has stubbornly clung to its long history of corruption.

By David Klepper and Larry Neumeister

5 minute read

May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Dean Skelos has resigned his position as New York Senate majority leader after his arrest on federal corruption charges, but he intends to keep his legislative seat, a person familiar with the decision said Monday.

By David Klepper

2 minute read

May 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Dean Skelos has resigned his position as New York Senate majority leader after his arrest on federal corruption charges, but he intends to keep his legislative seat, a person familiar with the decision said Monday.

By David Klepper

2 minute read

September 11, 2014 | New York Law Journal

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged victorious but bruised from Tuesday's Democratic primary, stung by a surprising 34 percent showing from a little-known law professor who galvanized liberal dissatisfaction with the governor's centrist, business-friendly policies.

By David Klepper

4 minute read

January 24, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A man was sentenced to two years in prison for working as a straw buyer for a gun smuggling ring that was monitored in the federal government's bungled investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.

By David Klepper

1 minute read

January 24, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Gay marriage faces its biggest test yet in Rhode Island as the state's House of Representatives prepares to vote on legislation Thursday that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in the only New England state where they can't.

By David Klepper

3 minute read