COMPLETE VIDEO: 204th CityLaw Breakfast with NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels

September 2, 2026

On September 2, 2026, NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels spoke at the 204th CityLaw Breakfast. Chancellor Samuels spoke on “Building Safe, Academically Rigorous, and Truly Integrated Schools.” Dean Anthony W. Crowell and Center for New York City and State Law Founding Director and Professor Ross Sandler provided opening remarks. This breakfast was sponsored by Con Edison, Verizon, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP. This was the first CityLaw Breakfast for the 2026-2027 academic year.

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NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/31/26

August 31, 2026

This week: Brooklyn Democrats Change Rules Before New Leader is Elected; Democrats ask State Elections Board to Investigate Trump Event; Even Year Voting Law Challenged as Voting Rights Violation; State Board of Elections 2026 Update and Election Law Volumes Released; Free CLE on Voting Rights; Attorney General’s Preclearance Activity; The Octopus Grabs Hold of the Census Bureau; Around the Nation (From Redistricting Network)

NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/17/26

August 17, 2026

This week: Trump Administration Considers Sweeping Census & Redistricting Data Changes; NYC Speaker Menin Appoints 2030 Census Task Force; Will Onondaga County Considers Compromise on Term Limits?; MEC Offers Census Bureau Redistricting Data Training-NYS Voting Rights Act Preclearance; Around The Nation

NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/10/26

August 11, 2026

This week: Onondaga County Term Limits Goes to Court; MEC Offers Census Bureau Redistricting Data Training; Controversial Election Proposals Facing Albany in 2027; Security Cameras at the Polls?; Onondaga County Term Limits Compromise?; Around The Nation

NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/03/26

August 3, 2026

This week: Adams’ Charter Revision Commission Concludes; Security Cameras at the Polls; Onondaga County Term Limits Compromise?; New York City’s Newest New Yorkers- A Report; Webinar/Learn About the Census Bureau’s Redistricting Data Program; New Bill Would Reshape New York Independent Expenditure Committee Obligations; Around The Nation

After COGE: Further Consideration of City Government Reporting Requirements

July 30, 2026

By Stephen Louis

On May 28, 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the appointment of a charter revision commission that he called the Commission on Government Efficiency (“COGE”). He tasked its 15 commissioners and staff with reviewing the entire New York City Charter, but with particular emphasis on improving efficiency and modernizing government. As the Mayor put it: “New Yorkers deserve a government that works as hard as they do – and a government as careful … <Read More>