NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics  SAFE Act Support of Repeal Joint Opinion 13-189/14-02 Background: Two part-time judges inquire as to whether a judges’ association may publicly support a bill introduced into the senate and sponsored by a local senator, ...

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ALBANY — A federal judge upheld most of New York’s new gun control law on Tuesday, rejecting arguments that its bans on large-capacity magazines and the sale of some semi-automatic rifles violate Second Amendment rights. Judge William Skretny in Buffalo ...

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ALBANY — Where else but in Albany can five years of automatic tuition increases at public colleges be called a “rational tuition policy” that officials say, with straight faces, is beloved by students and their families? Where else is a ...

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Praised by supporters as the toughest gun-control laws in the country and panned by protesters that say the laws curb their Second Amendment rights, New York’s new SAFE Act is common-sense legislation applied intelligently, prudently and reasonably, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued new final rules setting standards for compliance with the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, including a rule that exempts lawyers from the definition of “mortgage originator” when they are providing legal services to their clients.

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