Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against the city for»

Smith's family settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the city for $ 900,000 in 2013, according to Al Watkins, an attorney for Smith's fiancée, Christina Wilson.

He recalled former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara «s lawsuit against the city for the abusive conditions at the jail, the city's subsequent acceptance of a federal monitor and the plight of youths like Kalief Browder who found themselves unable to afford bail and held behind bars for months, even years, awaiting trial.

Mayor Bill de Blasio broke with his predecessor by agreeing to settle the men's lawsuits against the city for discrimination and malicious prosecution for $ 41 million last year.

He also represented parents pro bono in a 2010 lawsuit against the city for its plans to cut school buses for seventh - and eighth - grade students.

Not exact matches

When the city of Rockford, Illinois, realized Acthar was taking up 2.5 % of its medical budget for just two infants, it filed a lawsuit against Mallinckrodt saying the expensive drug was part of «an anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive scheme.»

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson chose not to pursue a lawsuit against the city, Mike Dunn, a spokesman for the city of Philadelphia, told The Washington Post.

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

For the average person, this is less hassle than initiating a lawsuit against the city to try and fight it.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is urging Mayor Stephanie Miner not to appeal a judge's dismissal of the city's lawsuit against COR Development Co. over tax breaks for the company's $ 342 million Syracuse Inner Harbor project.

The San Francisco school district settled a sex discrimination lawsuit involving incoming city schools chancellor Richard Carranza for $ 75,000, but de Blasio said he doesn't buy the allegations against his schools pick.

It is unfortunate that Mayor Thomas continues to invite legal action against the City and himself for advancing frivolous lawsuits and vexatious litigation.»

The pro-charter-school group Families for Excellent Schools said even more needs to be done to comply with state and federal bullying laws, which is why the organization is a plaintiff in a class - action lawsuit against DOE, filed in April 2016, along with 23 parents whose children have experienced bullying and harassment in city schools.

Also a parent group announced a lawsuit Sunday against the city for its plan to put a charter school in the Brandeis Educational Complex on the Upper West Side.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

Jewish Voice article on BP Adams joining CM Gentile to applaud the City for filing a breach of contract lawsuit against Verizon for allegedly not delivering on their fiber - optic rollout commitment.

Saying taxpayers shouldn't be stuck with the bill for $ 13.6 million in legal fees to defend against City Hall corruption investigations, a new lawsuit seeks to force NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and several top aides to pay their own way.

California plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so - called sanctuary cities, a spokesperson for the state's attorney general office said.

The New York Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday morning the settlement of a federal lawsuit against the Buffalo City School District for what it charged was «the open and systematic discrimination of LGBTQ students at McKinley High School.»

Albanese believes he's met the criteria for the debate, and filed a lawsuit against the city's Campaign Finance Board (CFB) in hopes of participating.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

Jackson made headlines in 2003 when he walked 150 miles to Albany from City Hall, to draw attention to a lawsuit against the state for not allocating enough funds to the city's public schoCity Hall, to draw attention to a lawsuit against the state for not allocating enough funds to the city's public schocity's public schools.

A Forest Hills resident who works for Manhattan firm Davidoff, Malito & Hutcher LLP, Sean Crowley filed a lawsuit in Queens Surrogate Court against Rose McGushin, 49, seeking $ 10,000 for work he performed on McGushin's mother's will more than a decade ago, City Hall News reported.

Her political biography mentioned favorite points; her early condemnation and call for resignation by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, her efforts at toll reductions by the MTA on the Verazzano - Narrows Bridge, her lawsuit against the Port Authority over its tolls on bridges from Staten Island to New Jersey and especially her lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio seeking to prohibit the City's destruction of records related to the IDNYC program.

Jackson was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against New York State for failing to properly fund the city's public schools.

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A state judge rapped state Senate candidate Robert Jackson and his wife, Faika, for failing to disclose medical information related to a negligence lawsuit they filed against the city and...

Federal prosecutors have joined a lawsuit against the agency that runs New York City's subway, accusing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of violating federal law for not making a renovated station accessible to people with disabilities.

A judge rapped state Senate candidate Robert Jackson and his wife, Faika, for failing to disclose medical information related to a negligence lawsuit they filed against the city and Fairway supermarket four years ago.

A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.

Castorina has never run for public office before, but is well known among the Island's elected officials for his pro bono lawsuit filed against the city in 2010 to restore school buses for seventh and eighth grade students.

The assemblywoman is a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit, along with fellow Republican Assemblyman Ron Castorina, against the mayor and the city over its plan to destroy underlying records provided by applicants for the city's IDNYC cards, which are used by many undocumented immigrants.

Mount Vernon Councilman André Wallace dropped by the People Before Politics Radio Show, Sunday to discuss the graduation of the latest class in his construction training program and to address his lawsuit against the city as well as the allegations from Mayor Richard Thomas and a recent article in the Yonkers Tribune, which accuse him of not paying working prevailing wages and not finishing the project he is requesting to be paid for.

Families for Excellent Schools, a pro-charter-school group that recently filed a lawsuit charging that city schools fail to protect kids against violence and bullying, said the latest data confirm its fear that «more and more weapons are being brought into classrooms and endangering students.»

The assemblyman, who started his political career as a Black Panther, was referring the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a lawsuit brought by New York City parents against the state in the»90s.

President Trump has two options, according to USA Today: File lawsuits against sanctuary - observing cities, counties and states for violating federal law by refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement and withhold federal grant money for local law enforcement agencies.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

Parents have joined a class - action lawsuit filed last week against New York City for violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.

Success also filed a lawsuit against the city earlier this year, claiming that the Department of Education was denying the schools space for pre-K.

Airbnb immediately filed a lawsuit against the city and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — not Cuomo — for the law, but the case was ultimately settled.

Allies of convicted felon Hiram Monserrate say they will file a lawsuit against the city's Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Quecity's Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in QueCity in Queens.

State Supreme Court Justice Donna Siwek has ruled against a lawsuit filed by Buffalo developer Carl Paladino against the city school board for the hiring process of a new schools superintendent.

«The courts would be overwhelmed with cases in which people say I have been exposed to a harmful chemical and, therefore, I have cellular changes and I'm entitled to medical monitoring,» said Birnbaum, a New York City attorney often referred to as the «Queen of Torts» for her work in mass - tort litigation involving lawsuits filed against corporations.

Last Wednesday's deadline for the city to appeal a judge's order dismissing the mayor's lawsuit against COR passed without an appeal.

Craig Gurian, a lawyer with the Anti-Discrimination Center, launched a lawsuit against the City in 2015, arguing the practice of keeping affordable units in housing lotteries for people from the local community worsens racial segregation, the New York Daily News reported.

Saying taxpayers shouldn't be stuck with the bill for $ 13.6 million in legal fees to defend against City Hall corruption investigations, a new lawsuit seeks to force Mayor de Blasio...

James, an ally of de Blasio who's clashed with him at times, has filed a record total of 11 lawsuits since she took office, including one against the city for its treatment of children in foster care and another alleging the city Department of Buildings violates disabled people's civil rights by giving landlords a pass on fixing elevators.

The Manhattan Democratic County Committee is dropping a lawsuit against the New York City Council over a nomination for a commissioner to the Board of Elections.

Bonner has a different lawsuit against the city and the same police officer for a separate excessive force incident that happened in 2016.

For 5 hours, opposing sides in a closely watched climate change lawsuit pitting the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against some of the world's biggest oil companies offered Alsup their accounts of the history and current state of climate science.