All posts tagged "New York"
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Top 10 Law Schools for Environmental and Energy Law: #3 Pace University School of Law
Pace University School of Law is the #3 law school in the country for environmental & energy law...
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NYC ‘Poor Doors’ Separate Rich and Poor Tenants
A new Upper West Side apartment complex joins another building that already makes its lower income tenants use...
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It’s Time to Shut Down New York’s Indian Point Nuclear Plant
Nuclear reactors are notorious for their cooling systems; the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima meltdowns all occurred...
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Top 10 Law Schools for Business Law: #1 New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law is one of the top 10 law schools for business Law in...
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Top 10 Law Schools for Business Law: #3 Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is one of the top 10 law schools for business Law in 2014. Discover why...
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Top 10 Law Schools for Business Law: #6 Fordham University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law is one of the top 10 law schools for business Law in 2014....
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Composting is Great, Reducing Waste Output is Better
Composting offers us a buffer against wasteful lifestyles and slightly reduces the environmental consequences that would result. It...
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‘City as Art’ Exhibition Brings Massive Graffiti Collection to the Public for First Time
Martin Wong, an avid collection of New York street art from the 1970s and 1980s donated his entire...
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Riverkeeper: Patrolling the Hudson to Keep NYC’s Water Clean
Riverkeeper, New York's clean water advocate, has patrolled the shores of the Hudson for decades. The organization helps...
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No More Tiger Selfies, NYC Men Will Have to Snag Chicks Some Other Way
The New York legislature passed a bill making it illegal to take selfies with tiger -- a popular...
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Racism Is Still Alive, Folks
To anyone who still thinks we're in a post-racial age, guess what? You're so wrong. From Bieber to...
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‘Art for Whom?’: Bushwick Open Studios 2014
BOS 2014 was this weekend in Brooklyn and amid the myriad events it provided a stark reminder of...
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NYPD Reigniting the Graffiti Wars
A new NYPD anti-graffiti directive compels officers to spend resources covering up graffiti throughout the city, even as...
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Campaign Donation Limits: Why We Really Need Them
Limits on campaign contributions continue to slip away, with high courts ruling against them. First, in the Supreme Court...
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Paid Sick Leave in NYC: It Just Makes Sense
A new law recently implemented in New York City is a significant step in the right direction for...
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New York Court OKs Revenge Porn; Will the Legislature Act?
Revenge porn is now legal in New York. The issue occurs when a person posts nude photographs of...
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Pregnant Women Will be Treated Humanely in New York
That headline I just typed, “Pregnant Women Will be Treated Humanely in New York?” Well I cringed while...
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New York Giant Con Artists?
It’s been a busy winter in East Rutherford, NJ. Rex Ryan signed an extension with the New York...
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With a New Regime, Can New York Settle on Controversial Policy?
For the past several years, the NYPD has been in trouble over a troubling “stop and frisk” policy....
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The Times They Are a-Changin’
Welcome back to “Life of a Legal Post Grad,” a column which will quite soon be serving its...
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7 Reasons to Watch the Chris Christie Scandal
Chris Christie, the popular governor of New Jersey, has been one of the stars of the Republican Party...
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Welcome California’s Newest Lawyer: Sergio C. Garcia
In California, an undocumented immigrant who goes to college, law school, and passes the bar now has the...
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Profiling
I want to begin by saying that the law is not perfect. It can’t be. It is created...
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Amazon Plays Dirty, States Fight Back
This may be the one of the only stories you see about Amazon today that does not involve...
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Famous Skier’s Custody Battle Goes National
A custody battle between a famous skier and his former girlfriend has opened up a national discussion on...
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Stop and Frisk: Did Ending it Make a Difference?
Stop and frisk has been largely abandoned. Were proponents right and crime has gone up or are we...
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AirBnB Locked in Battle with New York Attorney General
One of the big travel trends right now is a site called AirBnB.com. The company was founded in...
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Orthodox Rabbi Accused of Using Violence to Obtain Religious Divorce Decrees
Today The New York Times wrote about a Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish rabbi who is accused of kidnapping estranged...
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New York AG Investigating Racist Policies In Department Stores
Two classic New York City department stores—Barneys and Macy’s—are dealing with controversy regarding their racial profiling of any...
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Commonsense Etiquette or Blatant Sexism?
In the workplace, there are certain parameters of acceptable behavior that are common knowledge, and then it is...
