Josefa Velasquez

August 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A lawyer for a group of shareowners in the Midtown hotel the Manhattan Club said clients are awaiting news of restitution from the settlement after a yearslong investigation.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

August 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal district court in Brooklyn Thursday, challenging the EPA's decision to allow dredging sediments to be dumped in the Long Island Sound.

By Josefa Velasquez

2 minute read

August 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Health insurance rates for individuals and group plans in New York will increase next year by 14.5 and 9.3 percent respectively, less than the increases approved last year.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

August 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

According to a letter sent to health insurers Wednesday, it had "come to the attention" of the Department of Financial Services that some insurers may be denying claims of transgender individuals "because the gender with which the individual identifies does not match the gender of someone to whom those services are typically provided."

By Josefa Velasquez

6 minute read

August 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Owners and operators of the Manhattan Club reached a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for misleading timeshare participants after a probe launched in 2014.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

August 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing that New York's hate crimes law be amended to add inciting to riot and rioting to the list of offenses that are punishable as a hate crime when rioting is directed at a protected class—such as a racial or ethnic group—following the protests in Charlottesville this weekend that left three dead and a score injured.

By Josefa Velasquez

7 minute read

August 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Nonprofit animal shelters and rescue organizations in New York will now have to be licensed and inspected by the Department of Agriculture and Markets. Previously, the requirement applied only to pet stores and home-based sellers of cat and dogs.

By Josefa Velasquez

2 minute read

August 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As legislators in Albany considered expanding ride-hailing outside of New York City, Uber Technologies Inc. spent nearly $1.8 million on lobbyists and lobbying expenses for the first six months of the year, lobbying disclosures show.

By Josefa Velasquez

11 minute read

August 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Chewable and effervescent tablets, lozenges and non-smokeable forms of plant material would be added to the capsules, oils and liquids permitted in New York under regulations proposed by the state Health Department.

By Josefa Velasquez

4 minute read

August 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The founder of a group that supports this year's referendum on whether the state should hold a constitutional convention has filed a lawsuit against the Board of Elections to put the question on the front of the ballot.

By Josefa Velasquez

2 minute read