Joel Stashenko

December 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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May 07, 2008 | New York Law Journal

It is outside the authority of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal to forgive arrears on rent for rent-stabilized tenants who would face "undue hardship" if made to pay, the Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. The agency had defended its 2004 decision to waive nearly $19,000 in rent payments for tenant Dru Arstark as allowed through its equitable authority under the Rent Stabilization Code. The Court decided 5-2 that the division misinterpreted the law.

By Joel Stashenko

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February 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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November 13, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Judith S. Kaye acknowledged yesterday in her final State of the Judiciary address as chief judge that her successor will inherit serious challenges for the judiciary, many of them related to the legal fallout from the "flailing" economy.

By Joel Stashenko

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April 27, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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June 04, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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December 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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December 16, 2009 | Law.com

A divided New York Court of Appeals decided Tuesday that a trial court properly allowed an elderly man who was too ill to travel to New York to testify against his alleged attacker via a two-way video conference hookup from California. The 4-2 majority said it found nothing in state statutes that expressly prohibited the use of the two-way televised testimony, and that the defendant's rights were not violated under the confrontation clauses of the state or federal constitutions.

By Joel Stashenko

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October 24, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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November 19, 2010 | Law.com

New York judges have asked the Court of Appeals to force lawmakers to give serious consideration to legislation that would raise the pay of state judges for the first time since 1999.

By Joel Stashenko

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