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    Three New Rules Ease New York City Contract Process

    Ross Sandler
    Ross Sandler

    Ross Sandler

    The procurement policy board, which makes the contracting rules for the City of New York, recently adopted rules that will make it easier for the City to manage how it purchases goods and services. The most important rule in terms of large purchases will allow the City to award competitively-bid contracts for goods and services based on price plus previously announced best value considerations. Before, contracts for goods and services had to be awarded solely on price. The second rule affects small purchases. The new rule ups the dollar limitation for micro purchases from $5,000 to $20,000, which will ease the City’s burdens when making small dollar purchases. The third change is actually a series of changes all designed to speed up the huge volume of human service contracts entered into by the City. (read more…)

    Tags : Procurement Policy Board, Ross Sandler
    Date:02/28/2014
    Category : CityLaw
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    James S. Oddo: New Borough President Ready to Work Hard and Deliver Results

    Profile
    Staten Island Borough President James Oddo

    Staten Island Borough President James Oddo

    James S. Oddo, republican and former Council Member was sworn in as Staten Island’s new Borough President on January 1, 2014.

    Borough President Oddo was born and raised in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, and bought his first house only a few blocks away from where he grew up. As the youngest of four boys, Oddo values the sacrifices his parents made. Oddo watched his father, a motorman, leave early and get home late to work, working two or three jobs at a time, while Oddo’s mother raised four boys. Oddo learned the value of hard work and dedication and says that he works to make sure that his actions reflect well on his parents, as well as his constituents now that he is in public office. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo
    Date:02/26/2014
    Category : CityLaw
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    Instant Run-off Voting: End High Cost, Low Turnout Run-Off Elections

    Dick Dadey  •  Dick Dadey
    Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizen Union.

    Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizen Union.

    A runoff election held weeks after a primary election always results in depressingly low voter turnout.  Citizens Union supports instituting an instant runoff voting system where voters rank their preferred candidates on the day of the primary rather than needing to return to cast another ballot on a subsequent election day two to three weeks later.  This would ensure that the winning candidate enjoys broad electoral support, as well as avoiding the logistical and financial burdens of runoff elections that often yield low voter turnout.

    Read these numbers associated with the October 1, 2013 run-off election for Public Advocate:  $13 million spent.  Only 202,000 voters voted out of a possible 3,140,000 voters.  The turnout was 6.5%. (read more…)

    Tags : Citizens Union, Dick Dadey
    Date:01/09/2014
    Category : CityLaw, Commentary
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    CityLaw Profile: Mark Davies, Executive Director of the Conflicts of Interest Board

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    Mark Davies, Executive Director of the Conflicts of Interest Board.

    Mark Davies, Executive Director of the Conflicts of Interest Board.

    After mayoral election, COIB Executive Director’s focus remains on prevention. Mark Davies is currently in his twentieth year as the Executive Director of the Conflicts of Interest Board. He is a native of Long Beach, California who moved to New York in 1968 to attend Columbia University, where he majored in German and English. Following his graduation in 1971, Davies studied Germanic Philology at Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany on a one year fellowship. Upon his return to the United States, Davies enrolled in Columbia Law School, a choice he made after considering other options, including seminary and a medieval studies program at Yale. (read more…)

    Tags : Conflicts of Interest Board, Mark Davies
    Date:01/07/2014
    Category : CityLaw
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    Judge Judith S. Kaye: Juvenile Justice Reform: Now is Really the Moment

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School

     

    Judge Judith S. Kaye delivering her speech at the 111th City Law Breakfast. Photo Credit: Meghan Lalonde.

    Judge Judith S. Kaye delivering her speech at the 111th City Law Breakfast. Photo Credit: Meghan Lalonde.

    Judge Judith S. Kaye delivered these remarks at the CityLaw Breakfast on October 18, 2013.

    A little more than three years ago—on August 27, 2010, to be precise—I had the privilege of standing before you as part of the CityLaw Breakfast Series. I began by complimenting all of you, as I do today, for arriving at the crack of dawn to chew on the subject of justice for breakfast.

    On that beautiful summer day, I was at the time a not-long-retired Chief Judge of the State of New York, a position I call Lawyer Heaven, having moved into a pretty terrific “After-Life” as Of Counsel at Skadden Arps. Skadden not only invited but also encouraged the pursuit of my passion for juvenile justice. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw Breakfast, Judge Judith S. Kaye
    Date:01/06/2014
    Category : CityLaw
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