Council seeks to dismiss ‘meritless’ Paladino suit
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The City Council is asking a judge to dismiss Queens Councilmember Vickie Paladino’s suit against the legislative body.
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Judge freezes city’s deal with Citi Field casino bidders amid USTA suit
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A judge on Friday ordered the city to temporarily refrain from entering into a new agreement over use of Citi Field’s parking lot with Steve Cohen, potentially torpedoing the Mets owner’s bid to bring a casino to Queens.
Read MoreFamily seeks answers about son’s death on Rikers
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The family of a Bayside man who died on Rikers Island last year is suing the city’s Department of Correction after the agency allegedly wrongly withheld information about the man’s death.
Read MoreFamily of man who died after Rikers Island detention sues city for $100 million
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The family of a 31-year-old man whose death in Department of Correction custody remains disputed over a year after it happened recently filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
Read MoreRikers detainee denied medical care after DOC driver crashed jail bus, suit alleges
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A Brooklyn man says he was denied medical care on Rikers Island after he was knocked unconscious in a car crash caused by the driver of a Department of Correction bus taking him to court, a new lawsuit filed in Queens alleges.
Read MoreSenate leader defends LaSalle rejection following lawsuit
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“We're entitled to make our rules,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said after a lawsuit was filed alleging that she improperly ended the chief judge nomination of Hector LaSalle. “I'm disappointed, but the reality is that I think it was pretty clear in the committee meeting the votes were not there for Judge LaSalle.”
Read MoreLawsuit calls for full Senate vote on LaSalle
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A lawsuit was filed on Thursday demanding that a judge order the State Senate to take a full vote on Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, three weeks after the nominee was rejected by the Senate’s Judiciary Committee in a 10-9 vote.
Read MoreJail officers union files suit against DOC
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“In my twenty-two years working in the New York City Department of Correction, I have never seen such deplorable working conditions for our members.”
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