Justice Lasak Set To Resign Sept. 14
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Queens Criminal Court Justice Gregory Lasak will step down from his position effective Sept. 14, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.
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Judge Stokinger Touts Tech In Family Court
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When Queens Family Court Supervising Judge Carol Stokinger left Massachusetts to attend law school at Columbia, she planned on becoming a defense attorney.
Read MoreJustice Lasak Set To Resign Sept. 14
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Queens Criminal Court Justice Gregory Lasak will step down from his position effective Sept. 14, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.
Read More‘Wheels of Justice’ Coming To A Street Near You
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They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, but try telling that to staff in the New York Legal Assistance Group’s Mobile Legal Help Center who drive to a different neighborhood every day to provide vital legal services to low-income New Yorkers.
Read MoreSAICBA-Q Reflects Growing Influence in Queens
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Members of the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Bar Association joined Judge Ushir Pandit-Durant and U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley, the Queens Democratic Party leader for an event at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club in Long Island Wednesday.
Read MoreCorrupt Brazilian Soccer Boss Sentenced in FIFA Probe
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Brazil’s former soccer federation chief was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court yesterday for his role in a sprawling FIFA bribery scandal.
Advocates Praise Bill Ensuring Free Divorce Lawyers For DV Survivors
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A City Council bill that would mandate free legal representation for victims of domestic violence seeking a divorce has earned praise from victims’ advocates in Queens and across the city.
Read More‘It’s Not Worth It,’ Chinx Murder Suspect Tells Kids
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By David Brand
When Quincy Homere walked out of a courtroom in Queens County Criminal Court surrounded by law enforcement officers Wednesday, he had a message for four young people sitting in chairs in the hallway.
Read MoreNoisy LGA routes may actually lower life expectancy, Columbia researchers say
/The constant roar of passing planes started in 2012 when a flight path usually used a handful of times a year became a permanent route.
Read MoreBayside Torturer Gets 10 Years for Kidnapping Housekeeper
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A Bayside man was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping his housekeeper and torturing her. His wife received five years probation for her participation.
Read MoreFDA Files Complaint Against Fishy Food Factory in LIC
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The FDA found some fishy food handling practices at a Long Island City processing plant and now the Department of Justice is shutting them down.
Read MoreNazi Camp Guard Deported From Jackson Heights
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The last Nazi war crimes suspect facing deportation from the U.S. was taken from his Jackson Heights home and spirited early Tuesday morning to Germany, following years of efforts to remove him from the United States.
Read MoreCriminal Justice Reform Advocates Hail New DA Watchdog Law
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s eleventh hour decision to sign a law creating the nation’s first prosecutorial misconduct commission has received mixed responses from the Queens legal community and borough lawmakers.
Read MoreGov. Cuomo Signed Prosecutorial Misconduct Bill As Deadline Loomed
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bipartisan bill that will create a commission on prosecutorial misconduct on Monday night, just hours before the bill’s deadline. The bill had passed the state Assembly and Senate earlier this year but faced opposition from many district attorneys, including Queens DA Richard Brown.
Read MoreFreezing Out Immigrants: The Denial of Due Process in New York State Courts
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Frequent raids on immigrant communities and deaths in immigration detention centers have galvanized an “Abolish ICE” movement nationwide.
