As AI enters courtrooms, courts leaders lay out potential risks and rewards

As AI enters courtrooms, courts leaders lay out potential risks and rewards

The New York Unified Court System on Thursday released its first annual report on the use of artificial intelligence in state courtrooms, outlining both the technology’s potential benefits and the risks it poses to the legal system.

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Tensions boil over at meeting over Southeast Queens park

Tensions boil over at meeting over Southeast Queens park

Tensions over who is to blame for the troubling conditions at a Southeast Queens park and community center came to a head Monday night when Queens Borough President Donovan Richards got into a shouting match with a local organizer.

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Professors’ free speech rights violated in case against Queens DA

Professors’ free speech rights violated in case against Queens DA

A group of New York law professors had their right to free speech violated last year when the city’s top attorney attempted to prevent them from publicly publishing a number of misconduct claims against nearly two dozen current and former Queens prosecutors, a judge ruled this week.

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