This morning, NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels will speak at the 204th CityLaw Breakfast. Chancellor Samuels will speak ...

Brooklyn Democrats Change Rules Before New Leader is Elected; Democrats ask State Elections Board to Investigate Trump Event; Even Year Voting Law Challenged as Voting Rights Violation; State Board of ...

BFC Partners’ proposal calls for 160 co-op units. On February 13, 2008, the Planning Commission approved an application to construct a housing project in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island.

Community group claimed landmarking would hinder responsible development plans. On January 16, 2007, Landmarks held a hearing on the Renaissance Ballroom and Casino, comprised of two buildings at Adam ...

Trees under the common law were considered natural conditions with the result that possessors of land were not liable for injuries caused trees. Professor William Prosser wrote in the first edition of ...

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission heard a proposal to substantially renovate and convert Angel Guardian Home, an individual landmark, into a Yeshiva. On August 2, 2022, the NYC Landmarks ...

How small is too small when it comes to trip hazards on New York City sidewalks? New York courts, grappling with this issue for over 125 years, have declined to advance a standard based solely on the ...

Can New York Redraw Its Congressional Districts? As the Texas Legislature begins to meet this week to take up a partisan effort to redraw the state’s congressional map, California Governor Gavin ...

Former Mayor Eric Adams appointed the so-called “zombie” NYC Charter Revision Commission on his final day in office, with its main agenda focused on open primaries. On May 27, Mayor Mamdani disbanded ...

On November 6, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly executed a search warrant for New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ electronic devices. 1 Mayor Adams was allegedly carrying two ...

What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting? The state legislature is expected to approve one or more constitutional amendments to permit the legislature to draw a new congressional map before ...

Former Mayor Eric Adams appointed the so-called “zombie” NYC Charter Revision Commission on his final day in office, with its main agenda item focused on creating open primaries for city elections. On ...