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    Toppling Christopher Columbus; Public Statues and Monuments

    Monuments  •  Nationwide

    Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law.

    Christopher Columbus is in trouble. Political pressure to remove Columbus monuments most recently dates from 1992 during the preparations for the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage. The movement to remove the monuments accelerated in the summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, Columbus Circle, monuments
    Date:01/04/2023
    Category : CityLaw
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    Speed of Subway Trains Challenged

    Torts  •  Spring Street Station, Manhattan

    Subway trains at the Spring Street station twice struck passengers lying on the tracks on separate occasions. How fast should subway trains be moving when they enter a station? The faster the subway trains go, the more people the trains can carry and the quicker people will get to their destinations. Even a slowdown of a few seconds per train can slow the entire system. Speed is so important to the mission of the Transit Authority that the Transit Authority has committed billions of dollars to upgrades which will allow for increases in train speed and carrying capacity. On the other hand, safety is also a paramount priority, and as speeds increase so do stopping distances. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, MTA, subways, Torts
    Date:11/29/2022
    Category : CityLaw
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    No rent abatement during shutdown

    Landlord-Tenant Law  •  Columbus Circle, Manhattan

    The Hugo Boss store at Columbus Circle. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    Hugo Boss store at Columbus Circle which was forced to close by COVID-19 executive order sought rent relief. Hugo Boss operates a retail store in The Shops at Columbus Circle in New York City. A/R Retail LLC is the landlord for this luxury indoor mall. Hugo Boss entered into a 13-year lease at the location as a way to gain visibility in the heavily trafficked location catering to premium market customers. Hugo Boss’s rent was $692,026.07 per month. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, commercial tenant law, COVID-19, rent relief
    Date:08/26/2022
    Category : CityLaw
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    COMMENTARY – Last Subway: The Second Avenue Subway’s Phase 2 Begins

    Ross Sandler

    Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law.

    Since January 1, 2017, when Governor Andrew Cuomo led the celebration to open the Second Avenue Subway, much has happened. A pandemic undermined subway ridership, Governor Cuomo resigned, and a new governor and mayor took office. And now the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway has begun. This will provide the next chapter of the wonderful book by Philip Mark Plotch’s on the Second Avenue Subway, Last Subway: the Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City (Cornell U. 2020). (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, Second Avenue Subway
    Date:06/24/2022
    Category : Commentary
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    Prison Populations, The Census, and Prison Gerrymandering

    Gerrymandering

    Prison gerrymandering manipulates the boundaries of electoral districts by inflating the districts with incarcerated individuals who have no real relationship to the districts where the prisons are located. Incarcerated individuals in New York are not allowed to vote. As a result, in districts with prisons and large prison populations the votes of the voters who can vote become more powerful compared to the vote of the voters in districts without a prison population. At the same time, the districts which include the actual residences and homes of the incarcerated individuals have less political representation. This dilutes their political influence as those districts become underrepresented compared with districts with incarcerated persons. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw
    Date:02/16/2022
    Category : CityLaw
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    Building owner not liable for cellar fall

    Sidewalk Cellars  •  Midtown, Manhattan

    Via Italia. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    Pedestrian fell through cellar doors on sidewalk on West 46th Street.  On November 29, 2017, John Harrington was walking on the sidewalk in front of a building located at 45 West 46th Street in Manhattan when he fell through the cellar doors and suffered injuries. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, sidewalk cellars, Torts
    Date:01/27/2022
    Category : CityLaw
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