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    New York’s Constitutional Convention Vote: Hit or Stand?

    Cover Article by Michael Twomey
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    Image credit: Jeff Hopkins

    In 2017, along with voting for mayor, council members, and other elected officials, the voters of New York will be asked to answer “Yes “or “No” to this question:  “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?” Every twenty years, the New York State constitution requires that the voters of the State be given the option to call a constitutional convention for revising and amending the New York State constitution – a generational opportunity to consider the State’s governing document and how well we are governed.

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    Tags : Common Cause New York, Constitutional Convention, Gerald Benjamin, Governor Mario Cuomo, League of Women Voters, Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Bar Association, New York Public Interest Research Group
    Date:12/14/2015
    Category : CityLaw
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    Rent Stabilization: Preserving Low and Middle-Income Housing

    Cover Article by Steve Cohen
    Image credit: Jeff Hopkins/CityLaw

    Image credit: Jeff Hopkins/CityLaw

    Rent regulation is not a new issue for New York City. But the headlines in June 2015 were far larger and the reactions more contentious than at any time in recent memory. For the first time in its 46-year history, the Rent Guidelines Board decided that there would be no increase in rents for one-year renewals on rent-stabilized apartments; it also limited increases on two year renewals to two-percent. Not surprisingly, tenants hailed the decision and landlords decried it.

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    Tags : 421-a, affordable housing, Department of City Planning, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC Rent Guidelines Board, rent regulation
    Date:09/24/2015
    Category : CityLaw
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    CityLaw Breakfasts Kick Off the New Academic Year

    Ross Sandler
    Ross Sandler

    Ross Sandler

    To a packed house on Friday, August 28, 2015, at 8:30 a.m., Dean Anthony Crowell called to order the 127th CityLaw Breakfast. The morning’s speaker was Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission, and the topic was affordable housing. Friday mornings in late August are not ideal for a business breakfast. Nevertheless, more than 200 people attended. They enjoyed the coffee, fruit and muffins, but they came because CityLaw Breakfasts play a special role in the civic life of New York City.

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    Date:09/18/2015
    Category : CityLaw
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    Robert Carroll: “The Believers”

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    In "The Believers", Chris Connor (Taylor Anthony Miller) begins a long day at the campaign office. (Image Credit: The Storm Theatre Company)

    In “The Believers”, Chris Connor (Taylor Anthony Miller) begins a long day at the campaign office. (Image Credit: The Storm Theatre Company)

    (This post originally appeared on October 28, 2014.)

    “How far will you go to achieve what you want?” “How long will you hold up when the outside world pushes back?” These questions, frequently decided by the strength of a person’s beliefs, form the basis of The Believers, the debut play of playwright and New York Law School alum Robert Carroll. (read more…)

    Tags : Christopher Bellant, Joe Danbusky, Laura Bozzone, New York Law School, Patrick Melville, Robert Carroll, Stephen Logan Day, Storm Theatre, Taylor Anthony Miller, Ted McGuinness, The Believers
    Date:09/11/2015
    Category : CityLaw, Commentary
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    Taxis: Yellow, Green and Black: Competition & Evolution

    Meera Joshi
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    Image credit: Jeff Hopkins/CityLaw

    On a daily basis I am reminded that seemingly everyone loves to talk about taxis. Last year between the Daily News, the Post and Times, there were over 2,000 articles mentioning taxis, which transport about a million people a day – yet only about 3,000 articles mentioning subways which transport six-million people a day. Travelers and New Yorkers are clearly disproportionally obsessed with taxis.

    Assuming that what people ask me is representative of what’s on the public’s mind, I figure a good place to start is Uber. What is Uber? Is it an app? A technology company? A car service? A transportation network? Is it legal? Is it a noun or a verb? And what is it doing in New York City?

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    Tags : CityLaw cover article, Lyft, Meera Joshi, Taxi & Limousine Commission, Uber
    Date:07/07/2015
    Category : CityLaw
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