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Residents in upstate New York are putting a new statewide constitutional right to its first test in two lawsuits filed this spring, alleging that a landfill receiving garbage from the…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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May 2022

NYC Installs WiFi at Every Family Homeless Shelter Following Legal Settlement

In November 2020, after months of pandemic-induced school closures and remote learning, Legal Aid and the law firm Milbank filed a lawsuit on behalf of three families with children in…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Sep 2021

Justice News

NYPD Can No Longer Access Sealed Arrest Records Without Court Order, Judge Rules

“Until today, the NYPD has been using private information from sealed arrests in over a dozen of their interconnected surveillance databases, and has trained its officers that it is okay…

ByEse Olumhense 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Justice

Transparency Needed Over Rikers Island Heat Conditions, Legal Aid Lawsuit Alleges

The Department of Correction (DOC) is refusing to disclose how it ensured the safety of inmates in its more restrictive housing units, including during a record-breaking heat wave this summer,…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Feb 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development News

Lawsuits Seeking to Stop Two Bridges Development Overturned in Appellate Court

A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday reversed an earlier injunction halting the contentious Two Bridges project — a major setback for Lower East Side community groups, which have been…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jan 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Gowanus Rezoning on Hold as Court Date Looms

A lawsuit has temporarily suspended the start of the land use review procedure for the controversial rezoning, which critics want halted until the city can resume in-person meetings once the…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Gowanus Group Files Lawsuit Over City’s Use of Virtual Hearings During Rezoning Review

Voice of Gowanus announced it would file a lawsuit Friday challenging the city’s plan to hold virtual hearings during the public review of its proposal to rezone the neighborhood, and…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

14

Jan 2021

Government Justice

NY Attorney General Sues NYPD Over Protest Policing

Letitia James’ office filed a lawsuit Thursday against the NYPD for its actions during months of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which she says “blatantly violated the rights of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2019

Government

Commuters with Disabilities Sue MTA to Install Elevators During Subway Station Renovations

The lawsuit accuses the MTA of violating the Americans with Disabilities Acts by renovating subway stations without adding elevators.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Dec 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Fight Over Land-Use Powers in Council’s Two Bridges Lawsuit

The suit by the City Council and Manhattan Borough President is one of three possible cases involving the proposed skyscrapers.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

Outsourced NYC Trash is Causing a ‘Never-Ending Odor Event’ Upstate, Lawsuit Alleges

NYC Installs WiFi at Every Family Homeless Shelter Following Legal Settlement

NYPD Can No Longer Access Sealed Arrest Records Without Court Order, Judge Rules

Transparency Needed Over Rikers Island Heat Conditions, Legal Aid Lawsuit Alleges

Lawsuits Seeking to Stop Two Bridges Development Overturned in Appellate Court

Gowanus Rezoning on Hold as Court Date Looms

Gowanus Group Files Lawsuit Over City’s Use of Virtual Hearings During Rezoning Review

NY Attorney General Sues NYPD Over Protest Policing

Commuters with Disabilities Sue MTA to Install Elevators During Subway Station Renovations

Fight Over Land-Use Powers in Council’s Two Bridges Lawsuit

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