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    COMPLETE VIDEO: 167th CityLaw Breakfast with Polly Trottenberg, NYC DOT Commissioner

    Events  •  CityLaw Breakfast

    Commissioner Polly Trottenberg speaks at the 167th CityLaw Breakfast. Image Credit: CityLand

    On July 30, 2020, NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg spoke at the 167th CityLaw Breakfast. Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law gave opening remarks and Dean Anthony W. Crowell gave closing remarks. This Breakfast was sponsored by ConEdison, Greenberg Traurig, and Verizon. Commissioner Trottenberg spoke on “NYCDOT & COVID-19: Response Challenges, Recovery Opportunities.” As in-person events are not feasible at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the first virtual CityLaw Breakfast in the Center’s history. (more…)

    Tags : 167th CityLaw Breakfast, CityLaw, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Transportation
    Date: 07/31/2020
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    CityLand Resources on Police Misconduct, Justice Reform, and Protests

    The Center for New York City Law  •  Police Misconduct/Protests  •  Citywide


    On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by a Police Officer while in custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. Floyd’s death has garnered a national response and has sparked groups of individuals all across the nation to gather in streets, parks and open spaces to protest systemic racism, police brutality and the injustices felt by the black community.  Floyd’s death and several other similar events have reinvigorated the discussion on law enforcement policy, criminal justice reform and the right to public assembly. (more…)

    Tags : black lives matter, CityLaw, George Floyd, police reform, protest, protests, racial justice
    Date: 06/05/2020
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    Reflections on the 2018 Charter Revision Process

    CityLaw  •  2018 Charter Revision  •  Christine Billy and Matt Gewolb

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    The 2018 New York City Charter Revision Commission, appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, recommended three proposals, all of which were approved by the voters in the November 2018 general election.  The proposals related to campaign finance, civic engagement and community boards, and were largely a result of the Charter Revision Commission’s process that emphasized accessibility for all, including those who historically have not had their voices fully considered as part of the Charter revision process. The aim of the Commission was to strengthen democracy and make City government more accessible to New Yorkers. (more…)

    Tags : charter revision commission, CityLaw
    Date: 10/21/2019
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    COMPLETE VIDEO: 155th CityLaw Breakfast with New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson

    CityLaw  •  New York Law School

    New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson spoke at this morning’s 155th CityLaw Breakfast at New York Law School. Council Speaker Johnson was introduced by Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law, with remarks by Dean Anthony W. Crowell. (more…)

    Tags : City Council, CityLaw, CityLaw Breakfast, Corey Johnson, Council Speaker
    Date: 09/07/2018
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    CityLaw: Racial Disparity Persists in NYC’s Examination High Schools

    CityLaw  •  Aaron Saiger
    Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. Image credit: CityLand

    Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. Image credit: CityLand

    (Editor’s Note:  The Department of Education recently released statistics on the first round of 2015 admissions for New York City’s examination high schools.  According to their report, offers to join the 2015-2016 incoming class at Stuyvesant High School counts just ten African-American and twenty Latino students.  The following by Professor Aaron Saiger of Fordham University’s School of Law was published in the January/February issue of CityLaw.)

    New York City is experiencing one of its periodic flare-ups over its eight selective “examination” high schools. As in the past, attention has focused upon what a United Federation of Teachers task force calls “the profound inequity in the admissions demographics” at the exam schools. UFT, Redefining High Performance for Entrance into Specialized High Schools 3 (March 2014). This inequity results from these schools’ practice of admitting students based exclusively upon scores on the standardized Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. Because the exam schools now function as one component in the broader current system of citywide high school choice, however, it is possible to argue that their test-only admissions in fact enhance the diversity of the system overall, their racial demographics notwithstanding.

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    Tags : Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Tech, CityLaw, Department of Education, Hecht-Calendra, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Stuyvesant High School
    Date: 03/10/2015
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