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    COMPLETE VIDEO: The 136th CityLaw Breakfast with Joseph Ponte

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School
    Commissioner Joseph Ponte

    Commissioner Joseph Ponte at the 136th CityLaw Breakfast. Image Credit: CityLaw

    On Friday September 16, 2016, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 136th CityLaw Breakfast. The event speaker was New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte. The event was specially sponsored by Capalino+Company.

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    Tags : Center for NYC Law, CityLaw Breakfast, Commissioner Joseph Ponte, Department of Correction, Rikers Island
    Date:09/16/2016
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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    The Nunez Federal Court Decree; Keep the Focus on Curing Violations

    The Center for New York City Law
    Ross Sandler

    Ross Sandler

    This issue of CityLaw contains an assessment of the 2015 Nunez consent decree aimed at curing excessive use of force at the City prisons. The City deserves credit for developing appropriate plans, rather than defending indefensible conditions in the jails. Yet the method adopted by the City – consenting to supervision by judges, outside experts and attorneys – harbors dangers: rigidity and loss of managerial flexibility that can interfere with achievement of the decree’s salutary objectives and undermine local democracy.

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    Tags : Department of Correction, Judge Laura Taylor Swain, United States Supreme Court
    Date:09/15/2016
    Category : Commentary
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    Prison Reform: The Monitor’s First Report in the Nunez Case

    Cover Article by Ross Sandler & David Schoenbrod
    Prison Reform

    Image Credit: CityLaw

    Recently the City got some good news about Rikers Island, a change from the bad news of recent years. On August 2, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio, together with Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte, announced that for the first six months of 2016 the frequencies with which staff used serious force on inmates and inmates seriously assaulted staff dropped by nearly half over the past year. Overall uses of force and assault numbers were also down over 2015, but not by as much. The mayor trumpeted the improvement although the frequency of the use of force and assaults in 2016 remained far higher than had been experienced from 2011 to 2014. Still, the improvement in 2016 over 2015, the most violent year, was a welcome step in the right direction.

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    Tags : Department of Correction, Ed Koch, Legal Aid Society, Nunez, Rikers Island
    Date:09/14/2016
    Category : CityLaw
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    Mixed-use project near Navy Yard approved

    Rezoning/Special Permit  •  Wallabout, Brooklyn
    Mixed-use development near Brooklyn Navy Yard. Image: Courtesy FXFOWLE Architects.
    Proposed Navy Green development along Vanderbilt Avenue between Flushing and Park Avenues. Image: Courtesy FXFOWLE Architects.

    Located on former prison site, the complex will provide affordable and special needs housing. On September 30, 2009, the City Council approved the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s proposal to facilitate the construction of a 455- unit complex, known as Navy Green, in Brooklyn’s Wallabout neighborhood. The 461,449 sq.ft. mixed-use development will be located on most of the block bounded by Flushing Avenue to the north, the Brooklyn- Queens Expressway to the south, Vanderbilt Avenue to the east, and Clermont Avenue to the west. During World War II, the Navy operated a prison on the site and the City’s Department of Correction used the structure before its 2005 demolition.

    Dunn Development and L&M Development Partners’ proposal for the site includes four multi-family buildings and 23 four-story townhouses. The developers will build two 12-story structures on Flushing Avenue that will step down to eight-stories as they wrap around the corners of Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues, respectively. The plan calls for constructing 10 four-story townhouses along Clermont Avenue, and 13 townhouses on Vanderbilt Avenue. An eight-story structure will be built on the southern portion of Clermont Avenue, and another eight-story building will be located along the southern portion of Vanderbilt Avenue. This building will provide 95-units of housing for low-income singles and special needs housing, targeting formerly homeless adults who suffer from mental illness. (read more…)

    Tags : Department of Correction, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Dunn Development, L+M Development Partners, Navy Green, Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee
    Date:10/15/2009
    Category : City Council
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