On Thursday May 26, 2016, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 134th CityLaw Breakfast and the 2nd annual Civic Fame Awards. The event speaker was Inside City Hall Host Errol Louis.
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Reminder: CityLaw Breakfast with Errol Louis from NY1 & the 2nd Annual Civic Fame Awards
The Center for New York City Law cordially invites you to a CityLaw Breakfast
presenting
Errol Louis
Host, Inside City Hall
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2nd Annual Civic Fame Awards
The Center offers special recognition for:
Mark Davies, former Executive Director, NYC Conflicts of Interest Board
Kay Crawford Murray, former General Counsel, NYC Department of Juvenile Justice
Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., former NYC Law Department Corporation Counsel
Claire Shulman, former Queens Borough President
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How Small is Too Small: the Trivial Doctrine in New York Law
How small is too small when it comes to trip hazards on New York City sidewalks? New York courts, grappling with this issue for over 125 years, have declined to advance a standard based solely on the size or dimensions of the defect or hazard and instead have opted to evaluate each slip, trip and fall case on the merits under a totality of the circumstances test. The result is that it is difficult for … <Read More>
BSA Conditionally Approves Enlargement of Religious School
The variance permits the construction of a new floor to accommodate the School’s programmatic needs. On March 22, 2016, the Board of Standards and Appeals conditionally approved a variance to construct an additional floor onto the Bais Yaakov D’ Chasidei Gur religious school, located at 1975 51st Street in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The four-story building will be expanded into a five-story building to accommodate the School’s existing students and anticipated increase in … <Read More>
COMPLETE VIDEO: The 133rd CityLaw Breakfast with Robert Capers
On Friday April 29, 2016, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 133rd CityLaw Breakfast. The event speaker was U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Robert Capers.
Council Subcommittee Approves East New York Rezoning Plan with Modifications
The modified East New York Rezoning includes such deep levels of affordability that Council Members referred to the rezoning plan as a “unicorn,” though all hope to use it as an example for future rezonings. On April 14, 2016, the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use held back-to-back meetings on the Department of City Planning’s East New York Rezoning Plan, which would affect the greater East New York area … <Read More>