Attorneys representing indigent clients and children in Family Court, including a handful from Queens, rallied in Manhattan and Long Island Thursday to call for a pay raise after not seeing one in nearly two decades.
Read MoreA group of legal service providers rallied virtually Wednesday to urge the city to boost funding legal services for immigrant New Yorkers.
Read MoreA new program in Queens Criminal Court gives a number of young people charged with gun possession a chance to clear their record and access services to treat the root causes of violence.
Read MoreIn New York and in many other states, governors typically grant clemencies, whether they are sentence commutations or pardons, around the holidays. For Robert Webster, Christmas came and went without news from Governor Kathy Hochul’s office.
Read MoreThe bill, introduced by Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman, would require that the Office of Court Administration broadcast and archive most trial court proceedings and offer them free of charge to the public and press.
“We have seen no change, we have found no comfort,”
Read MoreThe courthouse of the Appellate Division, Second Department will soon again be filled with in-person arguments after exclusively holding virtual proceedings for the past two months.
Read MoreThe Queens County Bar Association hosted a CLE Monday to discuss the resumption of Housing Court operations to give attorneys an idea of the situation at hand.
“While the letters are surely embarrassing to the Corporation Counsel and the Queens District Attorney, they disclose nothing that can remotely be thought to be confidential.”
At the age of 51 with nearly 20 years of his sentence left to serve, Robert Webster is awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision on his application for clemency.
“I'm less effective when I'm scared.”
Read More“It's not a get out of jail free card, it's an opportunity.”
Read More“We hope that the governor keeps her promise that she is going to be independent, that she is going to look at all of the issues, and that she realizes that having an independent judiciary should be a priority,”
Read More“They bring vast legal knowledge and experience–along with unassailable integrity and a steadfast commitment to the fair administration of justice–to the newly established Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct.”
Read More“We have grave concerns that excessive bail amounts are leading to unnecessary pretrial detention and contributing to a humanitarian crisis in New York City’s jail system.”
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