Joel Stashenko

April 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Adam Zurofsky, a former partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, has been named deputy secretary for energy and financial services. Gov. Cuomo also said he hired Adam Silverman as assistant counsel to the governor for public safety and Tanisha Edwards as assistant counsel to the governor for taxation and finance.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Enactment of a 2014 New York state agreement to move more mentally ill clients out of group homes and into individualized housing is bogged down in a court dispute over state compliance.

By Joel Stashenko

20 minute read

April 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge said a union and some of its members may have a First Amendment claim to bring against New York state for an alleged violation of the First Amendment right of free association.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The state Commission on Judicial Nomination set May 19 as the date for submission of applications by those interested in filling the vacancy on the state Court of Appeals created by last week's death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam.

By Joel Stashenko/Andrew Denney

6 minute read

April 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

For someone who never practiced commercial law herself, Judge Shiela Abdus-Salaam showed unusual adeptness at handling business cases throughout her career on the bench and her death is a loss to the commercial bar in New York, practitioners said.

By Joel Stashenko

11 minute read

April 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Third Department panel has dismissed on standing issues a petition challenging the state Department of Environmental Conservation's ban on extraction of natural gas through mining technique of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the judge who was found dead Wednesday in New York City, made a significant impact on the law despite the relatively short period she spent as the first black woman on the state's highest court.

By Joel Stashenko and Andrew Denney

16 minute read

April 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state panel of forensics experts put off its proposed adoption this week of expanding the use of DNA searches in New York state.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The arrival of a new fiscal year also brought a pay raise for the 1,250 state judges in New York.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

April 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Your People, a San Francisco-based company that provides payroll and other services online for businesses, has been fined $1.2 million by New York state regulators for improperly selling insurance products.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read