Today, the Center for New York City and State Law at New York Law School will host the first of three events in our new series “The Making of a Housing Crisis.” The first event, “What’s the Trouble ...

By Mark Chiusano Driverless cars have seemed to be just around the corner in New York City for about a hundred years, ever ...

New York’s Population Remains Stable; U.S. House Committee Requests 2020 Census Information; State Senate Elections Committee to Meet; Census Funding on the Budget Table, Attorney General VRA ...

Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. This morning, the Center for New York City and State Law at New York Law will host “The ...

This week- 11th Congressional District Remap Case Awaits Decisions from N.Y. Appellate Division & U.S. Supreme Court; Pending Census Litigation, Election Administration and Legislation News; Attorney ...

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), joined by 17 Republican colleagues, reintroduced the Equal Representation Act legislation to ensure that only legal citizens are factored into the count for ...

New York State’s redistricting process following the 2020 Census failed to live up to the reforms envisioned by voters who endorsed the 2014 constitutional changes. Instead, the redistricting process ...

Christopher Columbus is in trouble. Political pressure to remove Columbus monuments most recently dates from 1992 during the preparations for the 500 th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage. The ...

Trees under the common law were considered natural conditions with the result that possessors of land were not liable for injuries caused trees. Professor William Prosser wrote in the first edition of ...

Early tort law was heavily weighted towards injuries that involved train accidents. Here in the New York City metropolitan region with its huge dependence on rail transport, the older typical ...

This month the Mayor releases his Preliminary Budget, marking the start of the City’s annual budget process for the 2026 fiscal year that begins July 1, 2025. The City Charter, in Chapter 10, requires ...

How small is too small when it comes to trip hazards on New York City sidewalks? New York courts, grappling with this issue for over 125 years, have declined to advance a standard based solely on the ...