NEW YORK — A State Bar Association Task Force designed to address issues related to the Family Court system, particularly its impact on children and families, will convene the second of four statewide hearings Wednesday in Manhattan.

The hearing for the Appellate Division First Department will be held from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New York County Lawyers’ Association headquarters at 14 Vesey St., near City Hall. The {read more...}

The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan by the parents of Mathieu Lefevre. It claims the police improperly denied their request for records under the state’s {read more...}

FDNY Supervising Inspector Carlos Montoya was arrested {read more...}

By Verena Dobnik
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Property owners across the country bear a burden from the recession: paying a fortune in moving and storage costs to evict tenants who fail to pay {read more...}

Jury selection is set to begin Monday in Orange County {read more...}

Appellate Division Second Department Acting Presiding Justice William Mastro administered the oath of office to the newest Kings County Supreme Court Justice, Carl Landicino, on Thursday last week at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

—Ryan Thompson Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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It’s a sure bet that members of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA) will learn a lot and have an enjoyable time when they hold their 2012 Winter Seminar at Caesar’s Atlantic City.

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Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. appeared before a federal judge in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday. Boyland is accused of soliciting the bribes in exchange for obtaining {read more...}

Lamont Pride and four others have pleaded not guilty in the Dec. 12 death of Officer {read more...}

MANHATTAN — A leading attorney at the New York City Law Department, Jeffrey Friedlander is a Brooklynite who has spent his entire legal career working for the corporation counsel’s office. With that kind of longevity, he said, comes a great sense of continuity.

“I’ve worked under six mayors and 12 corporation counsels,� said Friedlander, first assistant corporation counsel of the New York City Law Department. “This office is understood to not be a political office. Administration {read more...}

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A prominent rabbi who admitted playing a role in a $1 million money laundering scheme involving religious charities was sentenced this week in Trenton to five years in prison, the longest sentence so far from the state’s largest-ever federal corruption sting.

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