Lawmakers call for ‘diverse’ pool of chief judge candidates

Lawmakers call for ‘diverse’ pool of chief judge candidates

The call for the Commission on Judicial Nomination to diversify the group of candidates for chief judge it will soon recommend to Gov. Kathy Hochul intensified after a group of nearly two dozen State Senators wrote to the commission this week.

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Queens Dems nominate Supreme Court candidates as reformers question process

Queens Dems nominate Supreme Court candidates as reformers question process

The largely pro forma judicial convention to nominate Supreme Court justice candidates to the Queens County Democratic Party’s line in November was met with dissent this week by a group of New Reformer delegates.

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Assigned counsel scores pay increase – for now

Assigned counsel scores pay increase – for now

Attorneys representing indigent clients and children in Family and Criminal Court cases in New York were handed a significant – albeit temporary – victory in their fight for better pay last week.

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City to appeal strike down of non-citizen voting law

City to appeal strike down of non-citizen voting law

A decision from a Staten Island judge that struck down a New York City law to expand the franchise by hundreds of thousands of people will be challenged by attorneys for the city, according to court documents filed on Friday.

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Over a year after fire, Jackson Heights tenants continue to fight for a return to their homes

Over a year after fire, Jackson Heights tenants continue to fight for a return to their homes

Well over a year after an eight-alarm fire ripped through their apartment complex in Jackson Heights, injuring dozens and displacing hundreds, a group of over 60 tenants are in a continued legal battle with the building’s landlord, demanding that they be let back into their homes.

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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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Queens man convicted of murdering NYPD detective shot by fellow officers

Queens man convicted of murdering NYPD detective shot by fellow officers

Following one of the longest trials in Queens Criminal Court this year, a jury convicted Jagger Freeman of murder in the death of an NYPD detective who was shot by his fellow officers during a robbery gone wrong in 2019.

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