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June 05, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The New Bail Law: How Much Has Changed?

For the third time since 2019, New York's bail laws have been amended. At the outset, on Jan. 1, 2020, New York implemented a new bail statute that was transformative, creating a new landscape for release decisions following an arrest.
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May 02, 2023 | New York Law Journal

NY Trial Court Judges Relieved Final State Budget Lacks Mandated Reports to Lawmakers

Some measures left out of the final budget but which had been floated in the state Senate, were seen as undermining separation of powers.
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April 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

While Often the Voice of Dissent on the Court of Appeals, Rowan Wilson Is Known for Even Temperament, Collegiality

Wilson is one of the seven candidates on the list that the Commission for Judicial Nomination submitted to Gov. Kathy Hochul for the court's next chief judge.
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March 29, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Gov. Lamont Announces 20 Superior Court Nominations

The governor announced 20 nominations to the Superior Court, along with two nominees for family support magistrates.
10 minute read
March 22, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Public Defenders Take Push for Funding to NY Capitol and Albany Courthouse

Advocacy for investment in public defenders took place on two fronts in Albany, with a court hearing and Capitol rally.
5 minute read
March 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Former Squire Patton Boggs Attorney Takes Helm at the Center for Appellate Litigation as It Expands Mission

Jenay Nurse Guilford has taken the title of executive director for the center, a newly created role that encompasses the duties of an attorney-in-charge while reflecting the organization's broadened approach to serving clients.
3 minute read
February 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Proposed NY Budget to Cover Pay Raises for Limited Segment of Assigned Counsel

The governor's budget seeks to increase assigned counsel rates to $158 an hour in downstate localities, and to $119 an hour upstate.
4 minute read
February 01, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Executive Budget of $227 Billion Includes Assigned Counsel's First Pay Raises in 20 Years

An unanswered question is whether budget approval will be impacted by lingering hostilities in the wake of the recent rejection of Gov. Kathy Hochul's chief judge nominee.
8 minute read
January 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Trimming Bail Reform Might Return NY to Judges' Limitless Discretion, Critic Says

A former public defender who co-directs the Cardozo Law School's Criminal Defense Clinic, said deleting key language would remove the only limit on decision-making that judges have in front of them concerning court-set bail.
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January 18, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Queens DA Melinda Katz Sets Her Sights on Making a Modern Prosecutor's Office

Katz, the first woman to serve as Queens DA (and only the third woman to head a county prosecutor's office in the city), has been leading change in the wake of a famously old-school predecessor.
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