AM2023: Local and State Government Law Section Meeting

Topics to be Included:

• First Amendment Audits: What Are They and How Can Government Officials Respond?
• Regulating Short-term Rentals in Your Jurisdiction
• A Primer on Civil Service Law – Employee Appointments, Discipline, and Workplace Reductions
• The Open Meetings Law: Demystifying the New Videoconference Procedures
• Representing Government Clients: What Lawyers Need to Do When Being Engaged by Municipal Clients
• Housing Hot Topics: Accessory Dwelling Units, Good Cause Eviction, and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act
• Encore: Local Regulations of Cannabis Now That the Regulations Are Out

Speakers

Michael Kenneally, Esq. (Section Chair), Executive Director, NYS Municipal Workers’ Compensation Alliance, Albany, NY

Lisa Cobb, Esq. (Vice Chair) Wallace & Wallace LLP, Poughkeepsie, NY

Wade Beltramo, Esq., General Counsel, Association of Towns of the State of New York

Katie N. Hodgdon, Esq., Counsel, Association of Towns of the State of New York, Albany, NY

Melissa N. Knapp, Esq., Partner, Thomas Drohan Waxman Petigrow & Mayle LLP, Hopewell Junction, NY

Pamela D. Bass, Esq., Partner, Thomas Drohan Waxman Petigrow & Mayle LLP, Hopewell Junction, NY

Kristin O’Neil, Assistant Director, New York State Committee on Open Government, Delmar, NY

Sarah Brancatella, Esq., Legislative Director and Counsel, Association of Towns, Albany, NY

Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., Partner, Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, Melville, NY

Anna K. Vikse, Esq., Village Attorney, Village of Westbury

Marisa Franchini, Esq., Corporation Counsel, City of Albany, Albany, NY

Barbara Jeane Graves-Poller, Esq., Corporation Counsel, City of Kingston, Kingston, NY

Drew Gamils, Esq., Associate, Keane & Beane PC

Michele D’Ambrosio, Esq., Director, Hudson Valley Cannabis Industry Association, Yonkers, NY

Sarah Brancatella, Esq., Corporation Counsel, City of Kingston, Kingston, NY

Nicholas M. Ward Willis, Esq., Principal Member, Keane & Beane PC, White Plains, NY

Kristen Motel, Esq., Partner, Cuddy & Feder LLP, White Plains, NY