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    Bicycle Riding and Injuries, Tort Claims and Defenses

    CityLaw  •  Torts  •  Citywide

    Credit: CityLaw

    Bike riding is enjoyable, healthy and fun. It can also be dangerous. The City is heavily invested in encouraging bike riding and bike safety. Yet, accidents happen, and when they do bike riders may opt to sue. Bike riders receive no special status as tort plaintiffs. Bike riders in court live by the same rules that govern tort claims by pedestrians and car drivers. As New York courts have repeatedly stated, a “bicyclist is required to use reasonable care for his or her own safety, to keep a reasonably vigilant lookout for vehicles, and to avoid placing himself or herself in a dangerous position.” (more…)

    Tags : Bicycles, Bike Safety, CityLaw, Torts
    Date: 04/01/2020
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    GUEST COMMENTARY: Demarest Be Damned

    Commentary  •  Jeffrey A. Kroessler

    The Demarest Building, at 339 Fifth Avenue. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Landmarks decisions should not be made behind closed doors. Yet they are when the Landmarks Preservation Commission refuses to hold a hearing as it recently did with the Demarest Building. (more…)

    Tags : 339 Fifth Avenue, demarest building, guest commentary, landmark calendaring, Landmark Designation, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date: 01/30/2020
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    Subway Trains, Injuries, Tort Claims and Defenses

    CityLaw  •  Ross Sandler

    Early tort law was heavily weighted towards injuries that involved train accidents.  Here in the New York City metropolitan region with its huge dependence on rail transport, the older typical nineteenth century tort claims and defenses continue for injuries caused by subways, commuter lines and train equipment.

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    Tags : CityLaw, injuries, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, subways, Torts, trespass
    Date: 01/13/2020
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    City Announces Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units To Be Added to Bellevue and Woodhull Hospitals

    Mayor  •  Mental Health  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and Kips Bay, Manhattan

    NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull will improve access to care for incarcerated individuals with complex medical, mental health, and substance use needs. On November 26, 2019, the Office of the Mayor announced plans to open Therapeutic Housing Units through NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services. The units will improve access to care for patients whose clinical conditions require access to specialty and subspecialty care. (more…)

    Tags : Bellevue Psychiatric Building, borough based jails, Criminal Justice Reform, woodhull hospital
    Date: 12/06/2019
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    Closing Rikers Island: A Catalyst for Criminal Justice Reform

    CityLaw  •  Rikers Island  •  Citywide

    Hon. Jonathan Lippman answers audience questions at the 158th CityLaw Breakfast. Image Credit: CityLand

    Former New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, speaking at a CityLaw Breakfast on January 23, 2019, powerfully argued that the time has come to close Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail located on an island in the East River. Judge Lippman’s remarks echoed the 2017 recommendations of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform which Judge Lippman chaired. Judge Lippman spoke at the breakfast in a question and answer format as a way to bring the audience into the conversation. Judge Lippman was questioned by Greg Berman, director of the Center for Court Innovation. A transcript of Judge Lippman’s passionate and persuasive remarks follows.

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    Tags : borough jails, criminal justice, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Rikers Island
    Date: 04/16/2019
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