New York Legal Blog
Child Victims Act ‘look-back’ window still open
It's been nearly three months since New York's Child Victims Act became law. Victims and advocates had been fighting lobbyists and some politicians for 13 years. New York's Catholic Conference and the Boy Scouts of America, perhaps not surprisingly, were among its...
What you should know about New York City’s Right to Know Act
It's been a year since the Right to Know Act took effect in New York City. It was passed by the city council largely to deal with the New York Police Department's controversial "stop-and-frisk" practice. Many people asserted that Latinos and African Americans were...
Understanding the various impaired driving charges
If you're dealing with a DWI charge (or a loved one is) here in New York, you may wonder what the difference is between DWI and DUI. The latter, which means "driving under the influence," is perhaps the more commonly used term around the county. However, laws...
Multiple sex abuse lawsuits filed against Boy Scouts in New York
Among the victims of child sex abuse who are hoping to finally get some justice thanks to New York's Child Victims Act are former Boy Scouts. As soon as the law took effect last month, attorneys began filing suits on behalf of men who say they were assaulted by scout...
New York’s Child Victims Act and Epstein’s accusers
The women who accused the late financier Jeffrey Epstein of rape, sexual abuse and related crimes won't get to see the alleged sex trafficker go to trial in New York after he took his own life in jail last month. However, some are attempting to get justice in the only...
Complaints of NYPD chokehold use continue despite 1993 ban
It's been just over five years since the death of Eric Garner as he was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes in Staten Island. This month, the New York Police Department (NYPD) fired the officer who placed him in a chokehold as he and fellow NYPD officers held...
An attacker is apprehended after stabbing 2 on the A train
A 40-year-old man stabbed one fellow A train rider and a bystander who rushed to help him in lower Manhattan on July 30. The incident happened at the downtown W. 4th St. station just before 7:30 p.m. The attacker then led police on a chase through downtown before they...
What are your rights if police want to enter your home?
With all of the talk of impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are making sure that people who may be the targets of these raids know their rights if ICE agents show up at their door....
What New Yorkers should know about the Child Victims Act
In approximately six weeks (on Aug. 15), New York's Child Victims Act will take effect -- just months after being signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The purpose of the law is to deal with our state's statutes of limitations on civil and criminal legal...
Church sex abuse case sad, instructive on several levels
"To this day, and every day that I am alive, I feel haunted." So says a New York resident now in his 40s regarding his enduring trauma over repeated rapes and other sexual assaults he says a Catholic priest inflicted upon him in his youth. That individual is not alone...
