The more things change, the more they remain the same. As we enter a new year, New York’s Appellate Division faces the same and greater challenges: increasing caseloads, staff shortages, judicial vacancies, and legal disputes that are ever more complex. As usual, however, the Appellate Division’s Justices are rising to the occasion.

Below, we summarize some of the Appellate Division’s leading decisions from the final quarter of 2014.

First Department