As lawmakers and district attorneys appear to flirt with the idea of rolling back the state’s discovery reforms, a coalition of public defense groups have joined up in an effort to protect the changes made to New York’s discovery statute half a decade ago.
Read MoreA new bill introduced in Albany this week aims to help prosecutors catch up with new discovery laws by giving them access to the online databases of police departments and other agencies.
Read MoreFormer Queens City Councilmember Eric Ulrich, who also served for several months as a special advisor to the mayor and as the city’s Building’s Commissioner, accepted or solicited $150,000 in bribes over the course of several years and spanning several public offices, prosecutors alleged on Wednesday.
Read MoreSix supporters of Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign mayor for may were indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday for a campaign finance scheme concocted to curry favor with the future City Hall occupant. Neither Adams nor his campaign are implicated in the indictment.
A controversial proposal to rollback the state’s 2019 discovery reforms was struck from the state’s budget at the final moments this week.
Read MoreSeveral New York City district attorneys are pushing leaders in Albany to include rollbacks to the state’s discovery reforms into the state’s budget, sources with knowledge of the negotiations told the Eagle.
Read MoreAs former president – and Queens man – Donald Trump was being arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday, Queens residents went about their daily lives, giving little thought to the man who once called the borough his home.
Read MoreIn his latest attempt to combat unlicensed weed sellers shopping their wares in the now-legal marijuana market, Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Tuesday that they’re turning to the civil law book.
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