New York’s top court on Tuesday ordered the state to redraw its congressional districts, ruling that the state’s current congressional district lines, which were drawn by a court-appointed special master and used in the 2022 elections, deprived New Yorkers of their constitutional rights.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard arguments about whether or not New York’s congressional districts will be redrawn for the third time in the past two years, restarting a redistricting process that has been marred by partisan squabbles, multiple lawsuits and general confusion about where the state’s congressional lines stand.
Read MoreThe state’s top court said in a ruling this week that law enforcement in New York State will again be allowed to legally look for familial matches in the state’s DNA databank while investigating certain crimes, a controversial policy that, though infrequently used, has been on pause for the past year.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals judge who was previously considered the potential tiebreaker in the major redistricting case coming before the court next month has recused herself from the case.
Read MoreAfter a lower appellate court ordered state congressional district lines to be redrawn, the state’s highest court has ordered a stay until they make their own ruling.
Read MoreIn an expected move, the GOP and the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission have appealed an appellate court’s recent decision ordering New York’s congressional district lines to be redrawn. The case will now be heard by the state’s highest court, the second time the court has heard a case on the state’s redistricting lines.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Queens prosecutors to overturn a ruling made by a mid-level court earlier this year that found that a local man had been wrongfully convicted of a Bayside murder three decades ago.
Read MoreMichael Robison was found by appellate court to have been wrongfully convicted of the 1993 murder of his estranged wife. But despite the ruling, Robinson’s claims of innocence, his completed sentence and newly-discovered DNA evidence, the Queens DA is attempting to reverse the appellate court’s decision and get the case kicked up to the Court of Appeals.
Read MoreCivics, civility and collaboration – according to the New York State Bar Association, those are the “cornerstones of democracy.” But newly-sworn-in Chief Judge Rowan Wilson dissents.
Read MoreCaitlin Halligan, a powerful attorney and former solicitor general for the State of New York, appeared before the State Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to make her case as to why she believes she is qualified to serve as a judge on the state’s highest court.
Read MoreFor the second time this year, the State Senate’s Judiciary Committee peppered a governor’s pick for chief judge with questions about their past decisions, their judicial philosophy and their thoughts on the future of New York’s courts.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul nominated Court of Appeals Judge Rowan Wilson to serve as the high court’s chief judge.
Read MoreOpposition has begun to grow over a new bill recently brokered between the governor and legislature that would fast-track Court of Appeals judicial nominations if passed into law.
Read MoreThe Commission on Judicial Nomination recommended on Friday seven legal professionals for Governor Kathy Hochul to consider nominating to the top judicial position in the state.
Read MoreActing Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro delivered his State of the Judiciary address this week. It’s unlikely he was expecting to give the speech only a few months ago – it would have been given by Hector LaSalle, had he not been recently rejected by the State Senate. On Tuesday, LaSalle received a long standing ovation and words of praise from Cannataro.
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