Brooklyn Defender Services union goes on strike
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Over 500 attorneys and legal staff at the city’s second-largest public defender organization went on strike Thursday.
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Case volume continues to challenge Queens Criminal Court, top judge says
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Despite a boost in funding and resources for the state’s court system, Queens Criminal Court’s Supervising Judge Edwin Novillo says that large case volumes continue to be the greatest challenge for the court, and that more resources for additional judges, trial parts and technology capabilities are needed to efficiently process cases.
Read MoreAttorneys at second-largest public defense org in city authorize strike
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Unionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in the city voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hundreds of lawyers and support staff walking off the job and hampering criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreLongtime Queens criminal court judge retires
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A longtime Queens criminal court judge who oversaw some of the most high-profile murder cases in Queens over the past decade is stepping down from the bench.
Read MorePublic defender labor contracts expire as potential strike looms
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Labor contracts for some of the city’s largest public defender organizations expired at midnight on Tuesday, raising the possibility for over 1,000 attorneys to walk off the job if a deal isn’t reached soon.
Read MoreQueens nominates two candidates for Civil Court
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A Queens County Democratic Party candidate and an insurgent candidate both won the Democratic primary race for Civil Court on Tuesday.
Read MoreNew York’s mandatory retirement age for judges stands after top court ruling
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New York’s mandatory retirement age for judges will remain in place after the state’s top court rejected an argument from a trio of elderly justices who claimed that the retirement rules amounted to a form of discrimination.
Read MoreJustice Sandra Perez inducted into Supreme Court
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Queens Supreme Court Justice Sandra Perez was officially sworn into the bench last week. The judge is a founding member of the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, which has successfully pushed to get a number of its members elected to the courts in recent years.
Read MoreCourt dismisses one Forest Hills stadium suit, keeps another alive
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Judges in a state appellate court issued rulings in two separate lawsuits against Forest Hills Stadium last week, sending one back to a Queens court for further proceedings while dismissing another.
Read MoreFamily Court reforms passed by lawmakers
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Years of legislative debate over the role state judges should play in granting custody rights during cases of alleged abuse may finally be over after the legislature passed a bill that includes new procedures, evidentiary standards and considerations for those cases.
Read MoreCity and County bar associations rate Queens judicial candidates
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New York City and Queens County Bar Associations last week released their ratings for each of the four candidates running for the two open spots on the borough’s Civil Court bench.
Read MoreQueens atty who was wrongfully arrested on Rikers sues city, officers’ union
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A former Queens Defenders attorney who was wrongfully accused of smuggling drugs into Rikers Island is suing the city and the correctional officers’ union who levied the accusations against him, alleging he was unlawfully detained and defamed so the union could score political points.
Read MoreQueens judge orders city’s ‘worst landlord’ to repair dilapidated Elmhurst apartment building
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A Queens Housing Court judge ordered the city’s “worst landlord” to fix the hazardous living conditions at a crumbling Elmhurst apartment by the end of the month or face consequences.
Read MoreLawmakers move to speed up mental competency rulings for detained defendants
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New York lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk that includes several major reforms to how the courts determine if defendants are capable of standing trial.
Read MoreState lawmakers fail to advance bills that would grow NY’s Supreme Court
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A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week, leaving its future, as well as the prospect of increasing the number of justices in the state, uncertain.
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