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Landmark Society wants court to void Rochester Planning Commission decision
The Landmark Society of Western New York is Rochester, claiming the city wrongly denied landmark status for the historic Cutler Mail Chute building.
NY attorney general sues VDARE, alleging charity fraud
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against the VDARE Foundation and its leaders.
New York Bar Foundation accepting grant applications
The New York Bar Foundation is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations providing legal services in New York state.
Bond Schoeneck & King names new COO
Kimberly Wolf Price has been named chief operating officer at the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC.
In-house counsel pay rose 2.8% in 2025, report finds
BarkerGilmore’s 2025 report shows in-house counsel pay rose 2.8%, with job security concerns and interest in better pay prompting career moves.
Nonprofit hosts art fundraiser
Local nonprofit summer camp Girls Rock! Rochester will host a live art auction fundraiser, featuring donated work from some of Rochester’s best contemporary artists, as well as artists from Brooklyn, […]
State to seek nonprofit political spending reports
ALBANY — The New York attorney general’s office has proposed regulations to require that nonprofits annually disclose their political spending on state and local races starting next year. The proposal, […]
NYSARC gives back
The NYSARC Gives Back President’s Project, which kicked off Monday, is a week-long collaborative effort of the nonprofit organization’s 55 chapters and the Food Bank Association of New York State […]
Community association restores brownfields
As George H. Moses, executive director of the nonprofit Group 14621 Community Association Inc., explains, brownfield site clean up and remediation is something the City of Rochester commonly does, but […]
Empire Justice IDs key issues for 2012
One of Empire Justice Center’s top issues of 2012 received Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s support when, in his state of the state address earlier this month, the governor announced he wanted […]
Empire Justice IDs key issues for 2012
One of Empire Justice Center’s top issues of 2012 received Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s support when, in his state of the state address earlier this month, the governor announced he wanted […]
NY seeks salary, compensation data from nonprofits
New York state is starting to seek data on salaries at nonprofit social service agencies that receive state funding and tax breaks while some of them are paying six-figure salaries.
Case Digests
- 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.
- Second Circuit – Fair Labor Standards Act: Provencher, et al. v. Bimbo Food Bakeries Distribution, LLC, et al.
- Fourth Department – Extreme Risk Protection Act: NYS Police v. Galliher
- Fourth Department – Division of Human Rights: NYS Assembly v. NYS Div. of Human Rights, 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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