
The Lakeman-Cortelyou-Taylor House in Staten Island. Image Credit: LPC
Due to objection to landmarking by local council member Steven Matteo, the designation of a Dutch Colonial farmhouse on Staten Island was overturned. On March 28, 2017, the Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses convened to vote on the final batch of items designated as part of Landmarks’ Backlog Initiative. At the meeting the Subcommittee voted on three items it had held over from its hearing on February 7, 2017. It had delayed the votes for further consideration due to the opposition to landmarking from the owners of the subject properties. (more…)

WHEN
Thursday, March 23, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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WHERE
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets) (more…)
THE NEW YORK CITY TAX COMMISSION, THE CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW,
& THE CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE STUDIES
present

WHEN
Thursday, January 26, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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WHERE
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets) (more…)

Professor Arthur S. Leonard. Image Credit: New York Law School
Arthur Leonard for 40 years has been one of the most important and most-read chronicler of the LGBT rights movement. In 1979, as the founder and president of the City’s Gay Lawyers Association Leonard began reporting judicial decisions involving LGBT rights and slipping them in the monthly mailer—this was the start of LGBT Law Notes. Originally a two-sided photocopied sheet of paper, LGBT Law Notes is now a monthly newsletter with a circulation of thousands. Leonard remains the Editor-in-Chief of the newsletter and performs the bulk of the writing. (more…)

The Conflicts of Interest Board and the Center for New York City Law
present
The 22nd Annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in City Government
WHEN
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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WHERE
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)
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