Justice
SEE YOU IN COURT–OR IN THE PAPERS
Alyssa Katz |
With a media-ready case against the city’s child welfare system, Marcia Robinson Lowry steps up to defend children who never should have been taken into foster care.
Housing and Homelessness
CA COURT: DRUG LAW'S A BUMMER
Naush Boghossian |
In California, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is taking on some of the toughest policies about drug use and public housing evictions–and New York lawyers are hoping a precedent is set.
Bronx
LAWSUIT: TENANTS CUT OUT OF THIRD-PARTY TAKEOVER DEAL
Kathleen McGowan |
Negligent landlords are in the city’s crosshairs for code violations, but some tenants say that the program doesn’t give them a chance to take over their buildings themselves.
