Sentences with phrase «city civil court»

The New York City Civil Court has calendared for dismissal, pursuant to CPLR R. 3215 (c), all nonpayment proceedings in the Housing Part wherein:

AB 8368 / SB5635 would expand mandatory e-filing in Supreme Court civil cases and introduce it in both the Surrogate's Court and the New York City Civil Court.

Continues permanently, without change, programs of consensual and mandatory e-filing in Surrogate's Court and the New York City Civil Court.

Via this post on the (new) legal writer blog, I found this detailed analysis of «E-Mail Netiquette for Lawyers» by Judge Gerald Lebovits of the New York City Civil Court, Housing Part, in Manhattan.

It's not immediately clear to me why a judge on the New York City Civil Court, Housing Part, would be a particular expert on e-mail etiquette for lawyers, but I thought there were a lot of good points in Judge Lebovits» article — which originally appeared in the New York State Bar Association Journal — particularly the reminders on the absence of «tone» and on the need for brevity.

Lebovits, a judge of the New York City Civil Court, Housing Part, in Manhattan, and an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and St. John's University School of Law, opens by promising that» [w] riting a really bad brief — a brief so bad you're sure to lose your case — is a skill few attorneys acquire... The reasons you might want to lose are many, and writing a bad brief is a key to losing.

In March 2012, the New York City Civil Court ordered that all apartments at 289 Grand St. be restored and gave the owner a March 1, 2013 deadline.

The Empire Center for Public Policy, a think tank that tracks public pension costs, said Silver's pension may be as high as $ 98,000 if additional factors such as his pre-Albany experience as a New York City Civil Court clerk and other service credits are included.

In 1991, she was elected to the New York City Civil Court bench.

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According to the New York City Civil Courts, there are nearly 300,000 cases filed in housing court every year.

On July 22, 2014, Judge Fern Fisher presented the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program's DIY Star Award to Lydia Grima, Retired Clerk of the County of the Kings County Civil Court for her outstanding leadership in the implementation of the DIY Form programs in the New York City Civil Courts.

Not exact matches

Mr. Bruckner is a Trustee and the Treasurer of the Beit Rabban Day School, and an arbitrator in the Civil Court of the City of New York.

Calvin, who extensively influenced the city of Geneva's marriage law in both church and civil courts and subsequently the shape of marriage in Calvinist countries throughout the world, is not mentioned.

Martin's family isn't exactly struggling after winning a boatload of cash from their civil court case against the city of Sanford.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

Heitler, 70, the chief administrative judge for the Civil Court, also headed a special section called New York City Asbestos Litigation, or NYCAL — which Moulton will now oversee, as well.

There shall be district committees for each of the following political districts within the County of New York: Congress, State Senate, Assembly, City Council and Civil Court (where the District is smaller than the County).

Dueling lawsuits from District 20 City Council candidates Yen Chou and James Wu were each withdrawn in Queens Civil Court this morning, while a days - long court battle may be in the offing for Constantine KavCourt this morning, while a days - long court battle may be in the offing for Constantine Kavcourt battle may be in the offing for Constantine Kavadas.

Less than two months later, Keefe was transferred from City Court on Morton Avenue, where he presided over criminal matters, to handle traffic court and civil cases at City Court on Morton Avenue, where he presided over criminal matters, to handle traffic court and civil cases at City court and civil cases at City Hall.

David Rosasco, the Woodside - based translator running for City Councilman Eric Gioia's (D - Sunnyside) seat, was ousted from the Democratic primary ballot in Queens Civil Court on Friday.

The City Council today voted to create a new «Office of Civil Justice» to better connect plaintiffs in housing and immigration court with attorneys — an initiative Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has dubbed «the people's law firm.»

Gary Tilzer, a rep for five of the 11 candidates vying for six Brooklyn civil court judgeships, sent a letter to the state and city boards of elections, as well as to the Judicial Campaign Ethics Center with the Office of Court Administration, saying the borough Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is hosting an «illegal» fund - racourt judgeships, sent a letter to the state and city boards of elections, as well as to the Judicial Campaign Ethics Center with the Office of Court Administration, saying the borough Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is hosting an «illegal» fund - raCourt Administration, saying the borough Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is hosting an «illegal» fund - raiser.

His family filed a claim against the city alleging negligence and a civil rights violations, and Mr. Stringer's office exercised its power to settle the claim before going to court.

Despite a federal court order that aimed to better integrate the Buffalo Public Schools, the city schools are now more segregated than they were when the original civil rights lawsuit was filed in the 1970s.

She was also a staff attorney for Brooklyn Legal Services, a lawyer for the New York City Office of Labor Services, a civil court judge and criminal court judge.

«We're pleased the court has rejected the PBA's attempt to scuttle the city's ban on racial profiling,» said New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman.

A Manhattan appeals court ruled on Thursday in two separate lawsuits that a long - established but contentious provision of the New York civil rights code prevents the disciplinary records of city police officers from being publicly released.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

Ruling in Grove City College v. Bell last year, the Court held that the civil - rights statute — whose language is similar to laws barring discrimination on the basis of race, handicap, and age — applies only to programs and activities that receive federal aid, and not to the entire institution.

Sites include The National Justice Museum and City of Caves in Nottingham, The Royal Courts of Justice in London and courtrooms across the North West such as Manchester Civil Justice Centre and Crown Court.

The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has provided some recent case law on reasonable foreseeability in Hadlow v Peterborough City Council (2011), where it was found against the council.

For example, in Kajoshaj v. New York City Department of Education (2013), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a civil rights suit of a Muslim student of Albanian descent who was retained for a second year in the fifth grade based on deficient performance on the statewide language arts test.

Neighbors of the school belonging to the Upper Audubon Association filed suit in Civil District Court in December, appealing a decision the previous month by the city Board of Zoning Adjustments to allow the school expansion to move forward.

In that ruling the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals struck down Oklahoma City's policy of not adopting out pit bulls, saying it violated the state's ban on breed discrimination.

An Austin - based housing advocacy group asked a federal court on Tuesday to temporarily block Houston from receiving Hurricane Harvey recovery funding, alleging the city remains out of compliance with civil...

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The decision stems from civil actions filed in California state court against Bristol - Myers Squibb, which is incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in New York City.

Logy Enterprises Ltd. v. Haikou City Bonded Area Wansen Products Trading Co., Court of Appeal, Hong Kong, 22 May 1997, No. 65 (Civil).

The office is close to the City's Supreme and Civil Courts.

The lower court expressly found the request to be excessive, and awarded nothing in fees — finding that the case could have been brought as a limited civil case and finding its outright denial of fees was justified under Chavez v. City of Los Angeles, 47 Cal.4 th 970 (2010)[one of our Leading Cases, # 13].

Additionally, Chris is active in pro bono work, previously representing a Florida inmate at trial in a 1983 Civil Rights action in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and also serving on the Court Appointed Special Advocates - New York City (CASA - NYC) Executive Committee of the Junior Board of Directors from 2012 - 2014.

The horror of the crime and the defendant's U.K. roots have brought an international media gallery to Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Mass., a city previously known in international legal lore as the setting for the toxic waste dump in the book and movie, A Civil Action.

While a grand jury cleared Quintana of any criminal charges in connection with the shooting, Sanders» family sued Quintana and the city in federal court for violating Sanders» civil rights.

Paul joined The Odierno Law Firm, P.C.'s no - fault litigation department in 2006, and since then has appeared in every civil court in the City of New York and in every district court on Long Island.

Michael joined the no - fault litigation department in 2007, and since then has appeared in every civil court in the City of New York and in every district court on Long Island.

In the event of the latter (like ruling against a citizen simply because of race, thereby violating the Civil Rights Act), the recourse is to appeal to a higher - level executive to levy a charge (a city judge must be charged by a county commissioner, for example, and then appear in that court since they couldn't rule over their own case, obviously).

Also according to The Verge, «As per China civil procedure law, suits against companies must be handled in the city where the company principally operates or has registered its address, and Hangzhou courts have seen a dramatic increase in e-commerce cases over the past few years, from 600 in 2013 to over 10,000 in 2016.»

«At all pertinent times, Fannye was a helpless, mentally compromised, one - eyed amputee with inter alia limited communication ability, who was totally dependent on defendant... for her basic activities of daily living... and everything else,» according to a civil complaint filed in the Williamsburg - James City County Circuit Court.

Citing Richardson v. Vancouver (City), 2006 BCCA 36 (CanLII), a case in which police were sued for wrongful arrest by a plaintiff relying on their acquittal on the charge of obstructing justice, the Court of Appeal found it is improper to conflate issues pertaining to criminal responsibility and those pertaining to the civil liability of police.