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Josefa Velasquez is a regulatory and Court of Appeals reporter for the New York Law Journal based in Albany, N.Y. Contact Josefa Velasquez at [email protected]. Twitter: @j__velasquez
December 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
The commission responsible for investigating complaints against New York judges is asking the state for a budget increase in an effort to cut backlogs.
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December 8, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed to the New York Law Journal on Friday that the FBI is investigating the administration's hiring practices. His office called the probe "absurd."
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December 8, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A spokeswoman for ICE said Friday that the agents pursue arrests of undocumented immigrants in courthouses because the facilities provide a “far safer” environment for everyone involved, responding to calls by legal advocacy groups for state courts to impose limits on the practice.
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December 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal
The Legal Aid Society, New York County Defender Services, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders and Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem are asking the Office of Court Administration and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to issue rules about immigration arrests at state courthouses, which are proliferating in the Trump administration.
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December 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, D-Ossining, introduced a bill Wednesday that would require the state's Division of Human Rights to develop and implement a standard complaint reporting and investigation procedure for all state agencies and employees, as well as members of the executive branch and the Legislature.
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December 5, 2017 | New York Law Journal
As the number of arrests at courthouses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to rise under the Trump Administration, a report released Tuesday by the Fund for Modern Courts suggests New York's courts should limit the cooperation and assistance they provide to ICE officers in the courthouses.
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December 4, 2017 | New York Law Journal
The FCC's Office of Inspector General has agreed to cooperate with New York's investigation into thousands of comments on net neutrality that were posted to the commission's website allegedly without the knowledge or consent of the individuals, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday. An FCC Commissioner also asked the Dec. 14 hearing be postponed until an investigation is complete.
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December 1, 2017 | New York Law Journal
The state's unified court system is asking the governor and Legislature for a budget increase of $44.4 million for the judiciary for the upcoming fiscal year, according to the budgetary request released Friday.
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November 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Brooklyn Assemblyman Joe Lentol introduced legislation Monday that would increase the state's four departments to five by creating a Second Department, North consisting of the counties in the 9th Judicial District immediately north of New York City.
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November 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, the recently elected Rensselaer County executive, is barred from having interns work in his office after the ethics committee found that he violated the Assembly's harassment, discrimination and retaliation policy.
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