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Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
WASHINGTON — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify […]
Cooling aid offered for low-income New Yorkers
ALBANY — Low-income New Yorkers with health issues aggravated by the heat can get help from the state. New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner Darryl Towns says a heat wave is a matter of life and death for people with serious underlying medical issues.
Northeast neighborhood gets new housing
One of Rochester’s toughest neighborhoods is getting a sprucing up by way of new, low-income houses. El Camino Estates, built with private and public financing, is a group of nine three-bedroom and 16 four-bedroom houses scattered through the northeast neighborhoods of Rochester.
Pay now or pay later
If people go without legal representation at basic civil proceedings, it will cost society down the road. That was the recurring theme Wednesday at a public hearing addressing the unmet civil legal services needs of low-income New Yorkers, conducted in Rochester by state Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
Civil legal aid needs grow
The number of Americans who qualify for federally funded civil legal assistance programs because of their low income increased by 3 million from 2008 to 2009, according to the Legal Services Corporation.
Judge Lippman to address civil legal services
New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman will conduct four public hearings to assess the extent and nature of unmet civil legal services for low-income New Yorkers.
Empire Justice: Lending cut in low-income areas
A report released Wednesday by the Empire Justice Center shows prime mortgage lending decreased between 2006 and 2008, and documents that low-income and minority neighborhoods were hardest hit by the slowdown.
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Habeas Corpus: Brown v. James
- Fourth Department – Comptroller authority: Scanlon v. Miller-Williams
- Fourth Department – Confidential witness: People v. Sanchez
- Second Circuit – Interest-on-escrow accounts: Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A.; Hymes v. Bank of America, N.A.
- Fourth Department – Relation back doctrine: Poindexter v. The State of New York
- Fourth Department – Double jeopardy: People v. Royal
- Fourth Department – Real property claims — Summary judgment Penn v. Rochester Rev Holdings, LLC
- Second Circuit – Breach of lease agreement: Delsha 60 Ninth, LLC v. Free People of PA LLC
- Court of Appeals – Zoning: Smith et al. v. Town of Thompson Planning Board, et al.
- Fourth Department – Right to Appeal: People v. Nixon
- Court of Appeals – Vehicle and Traffic Law: Second Child, et al. v. Edge Auto Inc., et al.
Law News
- Oneida County attorney disbarred after Trump pardon
- New trial ordered in child sex abuse case
- Rochester, Monroe County to pay $1.75M to officer blinded in stabbing
- Drug conviction reversed over faulty indictment
- Phillips Lytle names new Rochester office leader
- WNY nursing home fraud settlement could total $9M
- Elmira settles federal lawsuit over police encounter for $2.5M
- Lawsuit claims Chili man was cheated out of home equity
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