Dan M. Clark
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Albany, NY, United States
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NY Senate Confirms 10 Judges to Court of Claims, Including Former State Inspector General
Justices who serve on the Court of Claims are commonly appointed to also serve as acting justices of the state Supreme Court. The practice has been criticized in the past by lawmakers. → Read More
Lawmakers Plan Passage of Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana in New York
Lawmakers in New York plan to approve a bill later Thursday that will decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and allow for past low-level convictions… → Read More
Lawmakers Approve Bill to End 'Gay Panic' Defense, Cuomo Expected to Sign
“The reality is that we as a community need to stand up and say we’re not going to take this” said Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell a Democrat from Manhattan who sponsored the bill. “We’re not going to say it’s OK to bash a trans woman’s head into a street in Harlem merely because they exist.” → Read More
Deal Is Reached to End 'Gay Panic' Defense in NY, Cuomo Says
Cuomo said during a radio interview Monday morning that the new legislation is an agreement between his office and the Legislature which is expected to approve the bill in the coming days. → Read More
State Senate Approves Legislation to End 'Gay Panic' Defense in NY
But lawmakers in the Senate may have to do so again in the coming days; the sponsor of the bill in the Assembly said staff from both chambers are working on what could be an amended version of the bill with different language. → Read More
Cuomo Signals Support for Bill to Protect Immigrants From ICE Raids at State Courthouses
Cuomo said in a radio interview that he would support any lawful action by the state to limit the authority of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York including the bill currently under consideration by state lawmakers in Albany. → Read More
Cuomo, Lawmakers Preserve Funds for Legal Services Program for Immigrants in State Budget
The program, called the Liberty Defense Project, partners with law firms, legal associations, advocacy groups, and others to provide free legal counseling and representation to immigrants in New York. → Read More
NY Lawmakers Reject Registration Fee Hike, Say No to Assigned Counsel Rate Increase
A higher payment rate for 18-B attorneys likely won’t be considered again by lawmakers until next year’s state budget cycle which extends broadly from January to March. → Read More
NY Lawmakers Mull Monetary Bail, 'Dangerousness' as Differences Remain
Lawmakers are working to come to a deal on criminal justice reform which is expected to include major changes to the state’s laws on bail by the time the state budget is due at the end of the coming weekend. → Read More
NY Sees Progress on Court Backlog as 'Excellence Initiative' Enters Fourth Year
The evergreen issue of court backlog in New York state’s judiciary is becoming less problematic as Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s Excellence Initiative enters its fourth year, during which the Office of Court Administration plans to build on the progress already achieved since 2016. → Read More
Bail Reform in NY Is Down to the Details, Lawmakers Say, as Budget Deadline Looms
When it comes to reforming and most likely ending the state’s system of monetary bail doing it right has turned out to be a more arduous task than some may have expected. → Read More
Criminal Justice Reform May (or May Not) End Up in NY State Budget
Cuomo said during a radio interview Wednesday that he wouldn’t agree to a state budget without a deal on criminal justice reform. → Read More
DiFiore Renews Call for Lawmakers to Restructure NY Court System
The address which DiFiore delivered at Bronx Supreme Court also highlighted a number of requests and new initiatives including a proposed payment rate increase for attorneys representing indigent defendants and a plan to require mediation in civil litigation to reduce backlog. → Read More
NY Foreclosure Legal Services in Jeopardy in Wake of Funding Cut Proposal, Advocates Say
That funding wasn’t included in Cuomo’s amended executive budget proposal unveiled last week and is scheduled to run out at the end of March after a series of major investments in the program over the last decade. → Read More
State Bar Lobbies NY Lawmakers on Proposed Registration Fee Hike, Criminal Discovery
“There is no group on the planet this is more committed to indigent defense” NYSBA president Michael Miller said. “But to tax lawyers to have a discriminatory tax that’s just lawyers it’s outrageous because this is a state constitutional obligation.” → Read More
Momentum Building Among NY Lawmakers to Boost Criminal Discovery
Democrats in the Assembly were planning to privately discuss legislation to enact discovery reform later Tuesday afternoon. → Read More
NY Grievance Committee Applies to Suspend 2,601 Attorneys in State's Third Dept.
The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Appellate Division Third Department gave notice on Monday that those attorneys—including 116 with addresses in New York—have until the end of the day on April 5 to file papers explaining why they shouldn’t be suspended. → Read More
Manhattan Democrat Hoylman Selected to Be New NY Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
The position will give Hoylman wide-ranging power over appointments to the judiciary that require a vote in the Senate and legislation that impacts the state’s court system. → Read More
After Election Win, James Set to Chart Course for New York AG's Office
James and Underwood are in many ways two sides of the same coin. → Read More
Former Bronx State Supreme Court Justice Phylis Skloot Bamberger Dies at Age 79
Bamberger served on the bench for nearly two decades before her retirement in 2006. She was active in the legal community after her retirement and well-recognized among her peers. → Read More