The live public forum, “How Structural Racism Built Today’s Education, Health and Economic Outcomes,” will focus on the history of systemic racism and its impact on health care, economic opportunities and education.
The New York State Bar Association is launching a Task Force on the Treatment of Transgender Youth in Sports to examine the constitutional, scientific, and social justice implications of laws passed around the country that ban or severely limit the participation of transgender athletes in school sports.
As New York prepares to welcome Afghan refugees who have fled the Taliban regime, a new book traces the history of a largely successful but little-known federal resettlement program that has benefitted both the refugees and the upstate New York communities in which they settled.
On December 31, 2021, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals Eugene M. Fahey’s 27-year career on the bench will end due to his attaining mandatory retirement age.
As the national debate over immigration continues and intensifies, the question of whether refugees contribute to a community’s vitality or drain the community’s resources continues to be debated. The more than 1,000 Afghani refugees likely to be resettled in upstate New York has again brought the issue to the fore.
Many (but not all) of the foregoing miscues (ethical and otherwise) could have been avoided if Boies had not put on a director hat.
Karen Crandall of Schenectady, attorney for children, and Sullivan County Family Court Judge Mark Meddaugh are the winners of the Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare.
Come December 2021, those seeking to legally change their name and gender designation will no longer be subject to an antiquated requirement that has left many individuals reluctant to come forward for fear of inviting public ridicule, scorn and even physical violence.
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, during her coronavirus update today, responded to the pending lawsuits from several unions challenging the state court system’s mandatory vaccination requirement.
This article contains the annual review of new legislation amending the penal law, criminal procedure law and related statutes.