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    New York’s Constitutional Convention Vote: Hit or Stand?

    Cover Article by Michael Twomey
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    Image credit: Jeff Hopkins

    In 2017, along with voting for mayor, council members, and other elected officials, the voters of New York will be asked to answer “Yes “or “No” to this question:  “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?” Every twenty years, the New York State constitution requires that the voters of the State be given the option to call a constitutional convention for revising and amending the New York State constitution – a generational opportunity to consider the State’s governing document and how well we are governed.

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    Tags : Common Cause New York, Constitutional Convention, Gerald Benjamin, Governor Mario Cuomo, League of Women Voters, Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Bar Association, New York Public Interest Research Group
    Date:12/14/2015
    Category : CityLaw
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    Complete Video of the 20th Anniversary CityLaw Breakfast with Zachary Carter, Michael Cardozo, and Paul Crotty

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School
    (l. to r.) Fritz Schwarz, Michael Cardozo, Zachary Carter, and Paul Crotty discuss challenges during their tenure as New York City Corporation Counsel. Image credit: CityLand

    (l. to r.) Fritz Schwarz, Michael Cardozo, Zachary Carter, and Paul Crotty discuss challenges during their tenure as New York City Corporation Counsel. Image credit: CityLand

    On Friday, May 1, 2015, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 125th City Law Breakfast, celebrating the Center for New York City Law’s 20th Anniversary.  The speakers were Zachary Carter, Corporation Counsel of New York, Michael A. Cardozo, a partner at Proskauer Rose and Corporation Counsel from 2002 to 2013, and the Honorable Paul A. Crotty, a federal judge for the Southern District of New York and Corporation Counsel from 1994 to 1997.

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    Tags : CityLaw Breakfast, Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Law Department, Zachary Carter
    Date:05/01/2015
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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    Center for NYC Law Breakfast: 20th Anniversary Celebration

    New York City Law Breakfast

     

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    The Center for New York City Law cordially invites you to celebrate the Center’s 20th Anniversary at the 125th City Law Breakfast

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    Zachary Carter, Michael A. Cardozo, and the Honorable Paul A. Crotty

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    Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Partner at Proskauer Rose, and U.S. District Judge

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    SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

    On our twentieth anniversary, the Center offers special recognition for:

    Jeffrey Friedlander, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel

    Mary McCormick, President, Fund for the City of New York

    Sheila Aresty ’94, Steven and Sheila Aresty Foundation

    Stanley S. Shuman, Allen & Co., LLC, Chair, Center for New York City Law Advisory Committee

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    Tags : CityLaw Breakfast, Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Law Department, Zachary Carter
    Date:04/29/2015
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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