The state must disclose all memos it sends to judges about how to interpret the law after an appellate court ruled against the Office of Court Administration’s contention that the memos were protected from the public.
Read MoreA new lawsuit alleges that the NYPD has been practicing a new form of stop and frisk, pulling over and searching Black and Latino drivers at a disproportionate rate, most prominently in parts of Southeast Queens.
Read MoreA New York federal judge struck down a Justice Department lawsuit this week that sought to end a law that prevents immigration officials from arresting individuals in New York State courthouses.
Read MoreThe city quietly did away with its premiere community policing program recently, moving its officers over to a new unit focused on quality-of-life issues.
Read MoreOver a hundred legal advocacy and prisoner rights groups called on the state to pursue more ways to shrink the state’s prison population, including expanded use of clemency powers.
Read MoreA group of public defender organizations and immigration nonprofits are calling on a federal court to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging a New York State law that protects immigrants when they appear in court.
Read MoreEvery police precinct in Queens will soon be outfitted with a team of officers whose sole purpose is to address quality-of-life issues, the mayor and police commissioner announced on Monday from Astoria.
Read MoreA new lawsuit brought by a group of law firms and nonprofit organizations claims the Trump administration violated federal law by sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest migrants at their court hearings.
Read MoreThe state last week reached an agreement to settle one of several lawsuits brought against it in recent years alleging that it had failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide attorneys to low-income New Yorkers.
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