An unobtrusive camera catches 435 speeding drivers every weekday in the Soundview neighborhood in the Bronx. It is one of New York City’s newest and busiest traffic cameras, issuing $50 tickets to anyone who ignores the 25 miles per hour speed limit near a school. And it plays a vital […]
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New York Employment Laws Taking Effect in May 2022
In 2021, the New York City Council passed an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (the “Salary Transparency Law”), and on November 8, 2021, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, signed Senate Bill S2628 into law (the “Digital Workplace Monitoring Law”). Both laws are set to take effect […]
New York Employment Laws To Take Effect in May 2022
In 2021, the New York City Council passed an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (the “Salary Transparency Law”), and on November 8, 2021, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, signed Senate Bill S2628 into law (the “Digital Workplace Monitoring Law”). Both laws are set to take effect […]
Mothers Against Drunk Driving New York, STOP-DWI Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee Honors Law Enforcement
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) New York, STOP–DWI and The Governor’s TrafficSafety Committee hosted their Annual Law Enforcement Recognition Event on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at theCrowne Plaza – The Desmond Hotel in Albany, NY. This event served as an opportunity to recognize and honor thegreat work of Law […]
New York Law Firm Ladis & Baldwin Announces Revolutionary Legal Nexus Service for Low-Cost, Subscription-Based Legal Services
The Legal Nexis program connects New Yorkers with professional and zealous legal representation in a variety of criminal defense, corporate law, family law, and general traffic law cases across New York State. Ladis & Baldwin Law Group, PLLC, a premier New York-based law firm, has announced a revolutionary new service […]
Spring has sprung new employment laws in New York | Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
This spring Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has signed into law three bills that amend the New York State Human Rights Law: Retaliation. Senate Bill S.5870 expands the definition of retaliation under the NYSHRL. Retaliation is now defined to include disclosing an employee’s personnel file because the employee opposed any practices […]
New York State Bar Association Finds Child Welfare System Replete With Systemic Racism, Pushes for Reforms
New York State Bar Association Finds Child Welfare System Replete With Systemic Racism, Pushes for Reforms 4.2.2022 By Jennifer Andrus The child welfare system is plagued by racism, with children and families receiving vastly different treatment depending on the color of their skin, the New York State Bar Association found […]
New York Enacts New Employment Laws and Others May Be on the Horizon
March 28, 2022 Click for PDF On March 16, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed two new bills into law that expand non-discrimination protections in the workplace. As a result, New York now prohibits employers from releasing employee personnel files in retaliation for such employee’s engagement in protected […]
New Changes to New York State and New York City Labor Laws
Article contributed by Jaclyn K. Ruocco, Esq., Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP New York employers in the hospitality industry are no strangers to the constant proliferation of labor laws they must keep up with in order to avoid substantial penalties and expensive lawsuits. Now, just as the hustle to comply […]
Family Lawyers Are Disappearing in Rural New York
The Greene County Court House facade with trees in bloom, early spring, Main Street, Catskill, New York. (Barry Winiker / Getty Images) Greene County, a rural stretch of central New York, is home to few lawyers—and even fewer who take on time-consuming and emotionally wrenching child welfare cases. So Monica […]