Josefa Velasquez

June 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The vast majority of the New York State Bar Association's House of Delegates on Saturday voted in favor of holding a constitutional convention.

By Josefa Velasquez

4 minute read

June 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Paul Feinman, an appellate judge in Manhattan, is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's choice to fill the seat on the Court of Appeals left vacant by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam.

By Josefa Velasquez and Rebecca Baker

16 minute read

June 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The state bar association's House of Delegates meets in Cooperstown on Saturday to decide on whether to support a statewide constitutional convention in New York.

By Josefa Velasquez

13 minute read

June 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

"Uber did not employ an arm's-length approach to the claimants as would typify an independent contractor arrangement," a state Department of Labor administrative law judge wrote, finding three Uber drivers, and "similarly situated" others in New York City, are entitled to unemployment benefits.

By Josefa Velasquez

8 minute read

June 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Republican-led Senate was poised to pass a package of more than a dozen bills aimed at curbing heroin and opioid abuse, including one that would set new limits on prescribing to minors.

By Josefa Velasquez

4 minute read

June 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Civil liberties advocates and lawmakers gathered at the Capitol Tuesday to urge legislators to pass a bill that would limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons to 15 consecutive days and 20 days within a 60-day period before the end of the session next week.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

June 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Environmental groups are making a last-ditch effort to bank hydraulic fracturing waste from coming into New York from neighboring states like Pennsylvania.

By Josefa Velasquez

6 minute read

June 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Audi will begin testing out its self-driving car in Albany on Tuesday. The German carmaker is the first in the state to be approved to perform an autonomous vehicle demonstration.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

June 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio could face an additional set of disciplinary actions after being found guilty of violating terms of her conditional discharge on a DWI sentence if a probe by the Commission on Judicial Conduct finds that she violated ethical standards.

By Josefa Velasquez

5 minute read

June 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Tesla is making an all-out effort at the end of this legislative session in Albany to win approval for its plan to expand direct-to-consumer sales of its electric vehicles in New York state, but it is encountering huge opposition from the auto dealers' lobby, as it has elsewhere.

By Josefa Velasquez

4 minute read