When municipalities are sued in tort, two of the most powerful bars to recovery are the public duty principle and the governmental function immunity defense. When these two principles are applicable, the City will not be made to pay compensation even if a City employee had been negligent and caused an injury.
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Maya Wiley: Civil Rights Lawyer Becomes Counsel to Mayor de Blasio
On February 18, 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Maya Wiley, a civil rights attorney and co-founder of the Center for Social Inclusion, as counsel to the mayor. In addition to serving in the traditional role of the counsel, Wiley will also focus on investing in the City’s technology infrastructure and expanding broadband access across the City.
Maya Wiley was born in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, active in the … <Read More>
Reminder: CityLaw Breakfast Honoring NYC’s Borough Presidents
The Center for New York City Law, Dean Anthony W. Crowell, and Professor Ross Sandler
Cordially invite you to a City Law Breakfast
Honoring New York City’s Five Borough Presidents
Panel discussion on
Borough Priorities
Moderated by
Errol Louis of NY1
Date
Friday, February 7, 2014
Time
8:15 a.m.
Place
New York Law School
185 West Broadway
(between Worth and Franklin Streets)
Second Floor Events Center
New York, NY 10013
Cost
No Charge
RSVP
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CityLaw Profile: 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 … <Read More>
Judge Judith S. Kaye: Juvenile Justice Reform: Now is Really the Moment
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 … <Read More>
BSA Approves Ohel Chabad Lubavitch Variances Over Community Opposition
BSA approval contingent upon several conditions, and restrictions of the hours of operation and access to gravesites. The Congregation Ohel Chabad Lubavitch owns the property at 226-10 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Queens adjacent to the Montefiore Cemetery where the Lubavitch spiritual leader Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson and his predecessor Rebbe Yosef J. Schneerson are buried. Daily visitors numbering in the several hundreds use the property to access the graves of the Lubavitch leaders. In 1994 … <Read More>