EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 190th CityLaw Breakfast with Comptroller Brad Lander – Thursday, February 15th

Celebrating Thirty Years of CityLaw Breakfasts!

Dean Anthony W. Crowell and Professor Ross Sandler, Director

cordially invite you to the 190th CityLaw Breakfast

Featuring Speaker

Brad Lander, Comptroller of the City of New York

Speaking on:

A Vision for a More Thriving, Equitable, and Resilient City

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024

Time: 8:15 AM – Speaker begins 8:30 AM

Place: Events Center, New York Law School

185 West Broadway, New York, New York 10013

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License revoked for fatal injury

General contractor with riggers license violated multiple Building Code provisions on construction job where worker fell from unpermitted scaffolding. Wayne Bellet contracted to perform brick façade work on a six-story building located at 880 St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan. Bellet commenced the brick façade work after his subcontractor constructed a 50-foot-tall supported scaffold and Bellet. On June 22, 2019, a worker fell off the supported scaffold at the location and died.


Condos lose special street claim

Two condominiums adjacent to Franklin Place, a mid-block alley in lower Manhattan, asked that Franklin Place be designated as a fire apparatus access road in order to prohibit parking next to condominiums. The Franklin Place Condominium, joined by the 55 White Street Condominium, filed an article 78 petition seeking to compel the New York City Fire Department to declare Franklin Street a fire apparatus access road and to install “No Parking” signs. Franklin Place is … <Read More>


Thank You – Center for New York City Law Honor Roll 2022-2023

The Center for New York City Law is approaching its 30th anniversary and we could not be more grateful and proud to share the Honor Roll listing the names of the people who have financially supported the Center for New York City Law in 2022-2023. Without your generous and loyal support, the Center for New York City Law could not sustain its civic programs and publications. We are indebted to you and thank you.

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COMPLETE VIDEO: 189th CityLaw Breakfast with City Planning Director Dan Garodnick, Friday 10/6

Today, October 6, 2023, Dan Garodnick, Director of the Department of City Planning and Chair of the City Planning Commission, spoke at the 189th CityLaw Breakfast on “Building a City of Yes.” Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law provided opening remarks. Dean and President of New York Law School Anthony W. Crowell also provided remarks. The event was sponsored by ConEdison, Verizon, and Greenberg Traurig LLP.


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 189th CityLaw Breakfast with Dan Garodnick, Director of the Dept. of City Planning – Fri. 10/6

New York Law School

and Professor Ross Sandler, Director

cordially invite you to the 189th CityLaw Breakfast

Featuring Speaker

Dan Garodnick, Director of the Department of City Planning and Chair of the City Planning Commission

Speaking on:

Building a City of Yes

Date: Friday, October 6, 2023

Time: 8:15 AM – Speaker begins 8:30 AM

Place: Events Center, New York Law School