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Leaders debate economic outlook
Both the leaders of the state Empire State Development and pro-business lobbying group Unshackle Upstate say the upstate economy is improving. The difference is in the degree of improvement. Vincent […]
Progress made on CityGate plan
With an end to a political stalemate that jeopardized the construction of a Costco store as part of the massive CityGate development project, developer Anthony Costello predicts work to clear […]
Webster developer seeks tax breaks
The developer of a major senior-housing project in the town of Webster is seeking incentives from Monroe County, but the town is holding firm on its portion of the tax […]
Guv wants to toughen texting, driving laws
In an attempt to reduce what a Centers for Disease Control study indicated is the leading cause of death among teen drivers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to toughen a […]
Cuomo’s DWI law proposal debated
Repeat drunken drivers could lose their licenses for good under a law proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, although some say existing rules are stringent enough. Cuomo included the proposal as […]
New City Court seat to be filled in November
Candidates to fill a newly created Rochester City Court judgeship can run for the seat later this year and the winner would take office next January. Rochester is one of […]
Warren vows promises will lead to progress for city
Those who attended the inauguration ceremony for Mayor Lovely A. Warren — the city’s 67th overall and first female mayor — received a history lesson as well as a letter […]
Council leadership takes aim at poverty
Addressing poverty seems to be at the forefront of the many challenges facing Rochester City Council leaders. Then again, many of the same problems were at the forefront when the […]
Bus tour sheds light on city’s problems, potential
Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren campaigned on the need to bring attention to all of the city’s people and the neighborhoods they live in. On her second official day as […]
Longtime Richmond town justice retires
Sooner or later, someone Richmond Town Justice Edward P. Loux has known would be bound to appear before him in his courtroom in this Ontario County town of a few […]
Nonprofits see win over red tape in updated law
Many believe a long-awaited update of a law regulating nonprofit organizations will ease unnecessary and costly regulation that has crippled the effectiveness of some groups, but the weeks and months […]
Listen to this: Podcast award may go to …
In the spirit of the Oscars and the Emmys, Brighton Town Justice Karen Morris just has to make the trip. Justice Morris, who is a professor at Monroe Community College, […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Appellate counsel: United States v. Samuels
- Fourth Department – Pre-answer motion to dismiss: Villalba v. City of Auburn, et al.
- Court of Appeals – Office of Children and Family Services: Lawyers for Children, et al. v. NYS Office of Children and Family Services, et a.
- Fourth Department – Assault: People v. Talley
- Court of Appeals – Family Court Act: Abdoch v. Abdoch
- Second Circuit – Medicaid: Bellin v. McDonald
- Fourth Department – Family Court: Sprague v. Younes
- Second Circuit – False Claims Act: United States of America v. Amazon.com Inc.
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Jarrod W.S. v. Jordan-Elbridge CSD, et al.
- Western District Case Notes
- Second Circuit – Distribution of a controlled substance: United States v. Parasmo
Law News
- Convictions reversed over illegal NY State Police search
- NY judge rejects motion to collect on Iowa court judgment
- Bronx prosecutor misses filing deadline by 12 seconds
- Second-degree murder count reversed, leaving first-degree conviction
- Court of Appeals ends foster care program
- Experts highlight tax and regulatory changes
- NY appeals court reinstates robbery indictment
- Court of Appeals affirms convictions despite tainted transcript
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