By Stephen Louis
On December 5, 2024, Muriel Goode-Trufant, is expected to be approved by the City Council as New York City’s Corporation Counsel. Ms. Goode-Trufant was nominated for the office by Mayor Eric Adams, and already serves as Acting Corporation Counsel. She appeared before the City Council’s Rules Committee for a confirmation hearing on November 20. As Corporation Counsel, Ms. Goode-Trufant will be the head of the New York City Law Department, one the … <Read More>
On December 3, 2020 James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, spoke at the 170th CityLaw Breakfast. Mr. Johnson spoke on “The Common Good and the Municipal Lawyer: Managing Risk and Building Trust.” Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law provided opening remarks and Dean Anthony W. Crowell provided closing remarks. This Breakfast was sponsored by ConEdison, Greenberg Traurig, and Verizon. This was the fourth virtual CityLaw Breakfast as in-person events are … <Read More>
Dean Anthony W. Crowell and
Professor Ross Sandler, Director
cordially invite you to the 170th CityLaw Breakfast
Featuring Speaker
James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel
Speaking On:
The Common Good and the Municipal Lawyer: Managing Risk and Building Trust
Date: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Even though the Center for New York City Law is unable to host our CityLaw Breakfast series in person at New York Law School this fall due to COVID-19, we will … <Read More>
In February 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Frederick Schaffer as the Chair of the City’s Campaign Finance Board. The Board, which will be thirty years old next year, is responsible for enforcing New York City’s campaign finance law, monitoring campaign contributions and disclosures, overseeing the public matching funds program and enforcing the rules. Schaffer takes the reigns as the Board heads into the 2017 mayoral campaign.
Schaffer was born and raised in Brooklyn. One … <Read More>
UPDATE: On December 6, 2016, the New York City Council voted 42-0 to approve Introduction 1182-2016 which requires the Department for Citywide Administrative Services to conduct an extensive review of a request to remove a deed restriction on a property managed by DCAS, including a public hearing, to determine whether the request removal furthers the best interests of the City.
The legislation is a response the controversial sale of the Rivington House to a luxury … <Read More>
The Department of Investigation threatened to initiate a lawsuit unless the Law Department opened access to previously withheld documents and computers. On July 26, 2016, the Department of Investigation issued a press release announcing the Law Department’s compliance in producing documents and computers relevant to DOI’s investigation into the sale of the Rivington House, a non-profit nursing home, to luxury condominium developers. The press release was issued less-than two weeks after DOI issued a report … <Read More>