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Schumer pursuing legal options over fake harassment document
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that he is “pursuing every legal path” against whoever circulated a forged document accusing him of sexual harassment. Several media outlets were shopped a document alleging Schumer wrongdoing and listing allegations by a former Schumer staff aide. The media outlet Axios said it had contacted the former Schumer […]
Schumer seeks $30M to install rail safety system upstate
Sen. Charles Schumer is seeking a $33 million grant to implement a high-tech train safety system along part of upstate New York’s main passenger line. Schumer held a news conference Wednesday with Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Sarah Feinberg to highlight the need for a “positive-train control” system between Poughkeepsie and Amsterdam. The systems use GPS [&hellip[...]
Debt collection company expands
A debt-collection company specializing in student loan defaults says it’s adding 200 jobs in Livingston County, nearly doubling its workforce. The expansion of Coast Professional in Geneseo comes after U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer stepped in to make sure the company didn’t lose a federal Department of Education contract. Schumer announced Tuesday that the company […]
Schumer talks about stalled judicial nominations
The nomination of Buffalo attorney Lawrence J. Vilardo for a federal judgeship should come up for a vote on the Senate floor before the end of the year, according to Sen. Charles E. Schumer. New York’s senior senator Thursday told media in a conference call with members of the Alliance for Justice that Vilardo’s nomination […]
Schumer’s pope lottery
The office of U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is conducting a statewide lottery for one ticket to the joint meeting of Congress which Pope Francis will address on Sept. 24. Schumer received one guest ticket. Requests are pouring in from across New York from those trying to see Pope Francis and experience a piece of […]
Schumer pushes for disaster declaration
Sen. Charles E. Schumer is urging the White House to immediately approve any disaster declaration request to reimburse Western New York counties pummeled this week in a record-breaking snowstorm. He called senior White House officials Thursday urging the administration to be ready to immediately approve any request for federal support and resources. County officials have […]
Officials: More lights will make for safer boating
Providing more illumination will shine a light on what is known in the boating community as an optical illusion. And proponents of a call to put extra lights on the Summerville Pier on Lake Ontario say it will save lives. U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, said the pier – which juts more than […]
Schumer: More physician training in upstate
ALBANY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants the federal government to boost the number of physician residency slots in areas facing declines in their number of doctors. Schumer’s legislation would boost the number of residency positions funded by Medicare by 15,000 over five years, and direct that hospitals in areas with the greatest doctor […]
Schumer legislation aimed at curbing apple picking
In September, a woman and her son were followed by 20 male teens and robbed of a cellphone in Rochester. In February, a 12-year-old boy on his phone was robbed of the device while getting off his city school bus. The problem is so prevalent that Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard said he is surprised […]
Schumer wants meeting on land issue
Sen. Charles E. Schumer is pushing for a meeting in Washington for officials from Seneca and Cayuga counties to on the status of a the Cayuga Indian Nation’s land-into-trust application. The nation’s application to have about 125 acres in the two counties placed into federal trust, free from local and state regulation and taxation, was […]
Washington celebrates Douglass statue
A statute of abolitionist statesman Frederick Douglass, one of Rochester’s most famous residents, is finally at home in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol. The arrival of the sculpture was celebrated Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, who introduced a measure last year, directing the Congressional Joint Committee on the Library accept the […]
Getting out word on vets’ tax breaks
Of the estimated 50,000 veterans living in Monroe County, only about 33,000 have applied to receive property tax exemptions available to them. Worse, according to Sen. Charles E. Schumer, many of these veterans have never been told of the availability of the tax exemptions, and they lose from hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial candidacy: Opinion 22-155
- Fourth Department – Defamation: Lavine v. Glavin
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Law clerk: Opinion 22-154
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
Law News
- Appeals court upholds conviction
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
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