Courts

Judge tosses abortion rights measure from November ballot

Democrats had been pushing the state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion rights and other civil rights

  • By Austin C. Jefferson and Rebecca C. Lewis

Courts

Opinion: New York’s complex court bureaucracy shields judges from accountability

Judges are less accountable to the public than to court administrators who arbitrarily shuffle them around to different courts and issue secret memos to guide their interpretation of the law.

  • By Evelyn Malavé

Protests

More than two-thirds of protesters arrested at Columbia and City College released with summonses

The majority of protesters have been released with summonses, but Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is charging 46 Columbia protesters with trespassing and 22 City College protesters with burglary.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson

Albany Agenda

Why did New York’s highest court overturn Harvey Weinstein’s conviction?

Unpacking the surprising decision from the liberal justices.

  • By Peter Sterne

Interviews & Profiles

How does a New York Bar task force recommend colleges respond to the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling?

Kapil Longani has left the New York City mayor's office and come to SUNY as senior vice chancellor for legal affairs and general counsel where he's taking on challenging legal questions about equity.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson

Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul is not done talking about crime

The governor highlighted her proposals to curb retail theft on Wednesday.

  • By Ashley Borja

Criminal Justice

Bragg and Adams announce charges in Times Square attack

“The only thing worse than failing to bring perpetrators to justice would be to ensnare innocent people in the criminal justice system,” Bragg said of his “meticulous” investigation.

  • By Annie McDonough and Peter Sterne

Andrew Cuomo

New DOJ settlement concludes Cuomo harassed state employees

Federal prosecutors released an agreement with the executive chamber based on its investigation into claims of harassment and retaliation against the former governor

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Immigration

Can NYC make bus companies pay $700 million for transporting migrants?

New York City is targeting bus companies transporting migrants from Texas with a novel legal argument, but the path to legal victory is unclear.

  • By Annie McDonough

Courts

Appellate court clears way for former Cuomo lawyer’s lawsuit

Craig Herskowitz, now a candidate running against incumbent Republican Rep. Nick LaLota, is suing the state for both sex discrimination and retaliation.

  • By Peter Sterne

Courts

Court of Appeals orders new round of redistricting before 2024 elections

The state Independent Redistricting Commission will get another chance to draw New York’s congressional districts.

  • By Austin C. Jefferson

Courts

Opinion: A new congressional map in New York for 2024? A big ‘if’ and ‘when’

The state’s highest court heard arguments this week in a case that will determine whether the Independent Redistricting Commission can produce a new map of congressional districts.

  • By Jeffrey Wice

Courts

To redistrict or not to redistrict – that is the question (again)

Democrats and Republicans made their cases before the Court of Appeals on the fate of the current congressional lines.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Courts

New York’s progressive chief judge joins with conservatives to expand DNA searches by law enforcement

In a 4-3 decision, Chief Judge Rowan Wilson ruled that the Commission on Forensic Science has the authority to allow law enforcement to search DNA databases to find partial DNA matches from relatives of potential suspects.

  • By Austin C. Jefferson
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Ethics

Cuomo wins initial legal fight to unravel new ethics commission

A conservative judge handed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo an early win in his legal fight against the state’s new ethics commission, which investigated Cuomo’s pandemic-era book deal.

  • By Vaughn Golden

Politics

4 things to know about Breon Peace, the prosecutor charging Rep. George Santos

The U.S. attorney for the eastern district of New York is in the spotlight with this high-profile fraud case.

  • By Annie McDonough

Policy

Public defenders tell legislators not to compromise on discovery reform

Dozens of public defender offices said that they were excluded from closed-door discussions about possible changes to the law.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Politics

Rowan Wilson confirmed as first Black chief judge of the Court of Appeals

The state Senate voted 40-19 to confirm Gov. Kathy Hochul’s most recent chief judge nominee.

  • By Shantel Destra

Courts

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance Rowan Wilson

Members of the committee voted to advance Hochul’s latest nominee for a full Senate vote.

  • By Shantel Destra

Policy

Bronx DA Darcel Clark the main driver of recent proposed changes to discovery reform

Clark has said the 2019 discovery reforms went too far and cost her office prosecutors.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Policy

Hochul and legislative leaders consider changes to discovery reform, worrying public defenders

As state budget negotiations continue, state leaders are rumored to be considering relaxing requirements for prosecutors to turn over evidence quickly.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis