In Makinen v. City of New York, New York’s Court of Appeals held the New York City Human Rights Law precludes an individual from bringing a claim of disability discrimination based on a mistaken ...

On January 1st there will be three relatively new judges seated on the New York Court of Appeals by appointment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Two have already been appointed and confirmed by our Senate ...

The New York Court of Appeals, our highest court, has one vacancy and will have two more vacancies this year out of its seven seats. With nearly half of the highest Court's bench set to change ...

The appeals court also said the trial-level judge overstepped her authority in November by striking down New York’s Voting Rights Act of 2022 in its entirety.

The three-judge panel from New York City-based Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay against the ruling by Syracuse federal judge Glenn T. Suddaby barring state officials from implementing… ...

NEW YORK — The New York City Council filed a notice of appeal Monday to the state’s highest court in support of a 2022 law it passed granting municipal voting privileges to non-citizens with ...

Appellate Court Justice Ellen Gesmer was first elected as a judge in the New York State Civil Court in 2004. In 2011, she won a Supreme Court judgeship as both the Democrat and Republican candidate.

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit from Tax Equity Now New York (TENNY), which alleges disparities in the New York City property tax system are disproportionately burdening low ...

New York’s highest court tossed out both congressional and state Senate district maps on Wednesday, ruling that they were both drawn in violation of the constitution. In a majority 4-3 decision, the ...

New York’s redistricting saga is far from over. On Tuesday, the state Court of Appeals ruled 4-3 that the New York Independent Redistricting Commission will need to draw a new electoral map by Feb. 28 ...