Speaking to the state’s legislature in the New York State Capitol in Albany on Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul dedicated a significant portion of her State of the State speech to the themes that came to define her 2022 race for governor – crime, public safety and bail.
Read MoreThe Board of Correction will form a committee to discuss jail officials’ controversial plan to intercept detainee mail on Rikers Island. The Department of Correction claims that the mail is increasingly being used to send drugs and other contraband into the jails. The claim is heavily disputed.
Read MoreFor fans of the New York Mets, the off-season is a time to dream of an improbable break from decades of mediocrity. Steve Cohen, the owner of the Queens club, is dreaming too – but not about baseball.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul stood by her controversial pick for chief judge, Hector LaSalle, on Friday as doubts continued to be cast on his ability to be confirmed by a State Senate growing increasingly displeased with his nomination.
Read MoreIt took two months to decide but Stacey Pheffer Amato has been reelected to represent Queens Assembly District 23, beating out Republican Thomas Sullivan by 15 votes.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Governor Kathy Hochul has rejected a bill that would make the process to recertify older judges nearly automatic.
Read More“While city leaders are tasked with navigating these uncertain economic times and finding efficiencies, they must also ensure sufficient staffing levels at city departments to provide capable, reliable and responsive services that New Yorkers need.”
Read MoreA dozen State Senators have said they’ll vote “no” on Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hector LaSalle. Now, his confirmation and his ascension to the most powerful judicial position in the state seems increasingly unlikely.
Read MoreFourteen ballots have been added to the race for Assembly District 23, where incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato leads her Republican challenger, Thomas Sullivan, by one vote.
Read MoreA bill that would essentially make the recertification of older justices an automatic process has hit the governor’s desk, and will either be passed into law or vetoed by the state’s executive by the end of the year.
Read MoreHector LaSalle, the presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, was nominated by Governor Kathy Hochul to serve as the state’s next chief judge. Reaction to his nomination has been mixed and a growing number of State Senators have vowed to vote against his confirmation.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul granted clemency to a little more than a dozen New Yorkers on Wednesday, and publicly shared, for the first time, updates to the clemency reforms she promised a year ago but has been slow to act on.
Read MoreThe city’s Department of Correction has again been accused of not providing medical care to detainees after three law firms representing the incarcerated population on Rikers Island filed a motion to have a judge hold the agency in contempt for skirting its mandated duties.
Read MoreFor the third time in two years, New York State and its governor are being sued over the stagnant wages of assigned counsel attorneys, who claim their low wages have resulted in a constitutional violation of low-income New Yorkers’ right to a defense in court.
Read MoreNew York City is preparing for a potential influx of asylum seekers ahead of the expiration of Title 42.
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