'The War on Smoke Shops': Officials agree, illegal pot enforcement is needed, but how is it working?

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'The War on Smoke Shops': Officials agree, illegal pot enforcement is needed, but how is it working?

Most officials agree – in order for the legal cannabis market to thrive, the unlicensed market must be tampered down. But enforcement of the unlicensed market has ruffled feathers on both sides of the issue – some have pushed for greater enforcement, while others say the current tactics mirror the enforcement of the failed war on drugs that marijuana legalization in New York State was aimed at rectifying.

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'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction

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'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction

Three decades after Michael Robinson was arrested for a Queens murder he says he didn’t commit, an appellate court overturned his conviction. He now waits for the Queens district attorney to decide whether or not to retry him or to clear his name once and for all.

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Adams admin dodges questions about struggling legal program

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Adams admin dodges questions about struggling legal program

The Adams administration had difficulty answering questions about the city’s struggling Right to Counsel program during a City Council oversight hearing held on Monday.

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Courts reform controversial bar exam question

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Courts reform controversial bar exam question

“It's a small step and it's good for the people who no longer have to answer the particular parts of the inquiry that they decided to remove, but [OCA] doesn't get brownie points for making a question halfway legal.”

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Full Senate must vote on judicial nominees, judge rules

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Full Senate must vote on judicial nominees, judge rules

The State Senate Judiciary Committee's initial rejection of chief judge nominee Hector LaSalle was unconstitutional and all future Court of Appeals nominees must receive a full Senate floor vote, a Suffolk County judge ruled on Tuesday.

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Queens resident faces eviction after allegedly denying landlord’s advances

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Queens resident faces eviction after allegedly denying landlord’s advances

Advocates rallied in front of the Queens Civil Court building in support of a South Jamaica resident who is facing eviction from her home of 13 years after allegedly declining her landlord’s sexual advances.

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Senate leader defends LaSalle rejection following lawsuit

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Senate leader defends LaSalle rejection following lawsuit

“We're entitled to make our rules,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said after a lawsuit was filed alleging that she improperly ended the chief judge nomination of Hector LaSalle. “I'm disappointed, but the reality is that I think it was pretty clear in the committee meeting the votes were not there for Judge LaSalle.”

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Queens Dems pick Civil Court candidates to support in 2023 primary

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Queens Dems pick Civil Court candidates to support in 2023 primary

The Queens County Democratic Party voted to support five candidates to fill five judicial vacancies on the Queens Civil Court bench last week.

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Lawsuit calls for full Senate vote on LaSalle

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Lawsuit calls for full Senate vote on LaSalle

A lawsuit was filed on Thursday demanding that a judge order the State Senate to take a full vote on Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, three weeks after the nominee was rejected by the Senate’s Judiciary Committee in a 10-9 vote.

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