Joseph W Bellacosa

January 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A Law Journal columnist recounts legendary Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's one-time clash with a New York chief judge.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

4 minute read

January 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Politicians on the losing side of litigation over reconfiguring New York's congressional districts may not be the only losers in this bruising battle, no matter the results of the short-term map-making do-over, a Law Journal columnist writes.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

4 minute read

November 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The better policy of wait-and-see, with diligent continuing deliberations among the permanent members, is a virtue well worth practicing because it affords the opportunity to pursue common-ground solutions inter sese for the decisions where recusals or absences occur, and the few where a vouch-in is unavoidably needed.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

5 minute read

November 01, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Early in Law Journal columnist Joseph Bellacosa's tenure at the New York Court of Appeals, a destabilizing financial meltdown was brewing back in the Big Apple. Hugh Carey was sworn in as governor was sworn in that year and he took leadership to get the state legislature to pass emergency temporary relief—a moratorium on the payment of New York City's short-term obligations of approximately $5 billion.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

4 minute read

September 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Retired Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bellacosa looks back at the notable accomplishments of the past chief judges of the Court of Appeals, which, as he writes, was "inspired solely by the Court's recent leadership change with a fresh en banc composition."

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

8 minute read

August 09, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A former high court judge comes to the defense of Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who serves as the New York court system's independent monitor for its efforts to combat racial bias in the courts.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

1 minute read

June 05, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Since human intelligence is finite in this world by its nature, and retired Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa is counting on humanity to once again defeat tech artificial intelligence, just as the Enlightenment turned out to be not so enlightened.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

6 minute read

May 08, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A court of last resort is more like an elegant boutique than an all-purposes/all-products department store.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

11 minute read

April 04, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The senator's manifestly inimicus submission to spin support for his sponsored legislation affecting the consideration of a contested litigation and appeal is particularly egregious.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

3 minute read

March 13, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Aaudacious few senators have succeeded in sidelining the Assembly and the governor who serve as indispensable joint actors to enact a legitimate amendment, a former chief judge of the Court of Appeals writes.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

2 minute read