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The Monroe County Bar Association next month plans to leave its space at the Telesca Center for Justice downtown as a result of financial burdens made worse by the COVID-19 outbreak. MCBA leadership in a letter to members on the ...

Empire Justice Center has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to overturn a new rule that frees thousands of financial institutions from reporting data that is key to uncovering housing discrimination. The National Community Reinvestment ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general in a lawsuit to stop a new Trump Administration rule that reportedly makes it easier for healthcare providers and insurance companies to discriminate against certain protected ...

A bill that limits the grounds for the suspension of driver’s licenses and provides for income-based payment plans for fines and fees is headed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. A7463B/S5348, pertaining to New York vehicle and traffic law, recently passed ...

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday said it will lift its ban on the Trusted Traveler Program (TTP) for New York residents, following the amendment of the Green Light Law, which allows undocumented immigrants to receive driver’s licenses. In response ...

A bill that will allow eligible New Yorkers to automatically register to vote when they interact with certain government agencies has passed both houses of the state Legislature and is headed to the governor’s office for signature. The “New York ...

Willow Domestic Violence Center court advocates are back in the Hall of Justice following three months of remote assistance during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Willow advocates assist survivors of domestic abuse who are seeking an order of protection ...

In a rare move, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a controversial directive that would have barred international students from taking all of their classes online this fall. Facing lawsuits backed by more than 200 colleges and 18 states, including ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general and one governor in a fight to recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. An amendment requires three-quarters of states ...

Longtime state Assemblyman and civil rights advocate David Gantt died Wednesday. He was 78. Mr. Gantt was born in 1941, in Opp, Ala. He was the oldest of five brothers, growing up in a single-parent household with humble beginnings. His ...

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order further restricting immigration through the end of the year, ostensibly as a precaution during the COVID-19 global pandemic. But while the rest of the world’s coronavirus cases continue to stabilize, and ...

Assistant District Attorney Dan Strollo resigned from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office this week following a social media post referencing the killing of George Floyd. Strollo’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been deactivated since the post was shared on ...