law department
Dominique Sharpton's $95K payout is an outrage
If it wasn’t political favoritism, then it’s a sign of just how ridiculous New York’s slip-and-fall laws are: The city Law Department just settled with Dominique Sharpton, the Rev. Al’s...
De Blasio allies blast mayor over plot to fire city's top watchdog
Mayor de Blasio came under fire from some of his closest allies Friday for plotting to sack the city’s top watchdog — who has issued blistering reports about the administration....
2 more victims of Times Square driver's rampage file lawsuits
Two more victims — a high school student and a retired teacher — have filed suit against the city and maniac driver Richard Rojas over his deadly Honda Accord rampage...
City cashing in by selling streets, sidewalks to private owners
The city is literally selling itself. Public streets and sidewalks are routinely sold to institutions and deep-pocketed real estate interests in a little-known practice that takes them off the official...
Court aides guilty in photocopy scam still employed
Two Manhattan court workers pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally charging the public for photocopies of legal documents — but still might keep their jobs. Triston Baptiste, 34, copped to one...
Principal forces teachers to join expensive self-help course: lawsuit
The principal of the public Harlem Renaissance High School is a self-help obsessive who pressured his staffers to pony up hundreds of dollars for the popular Landmark Forum self-improvement courses,...
NYPD vet: Fellow cops mocked me for not arresting anyone
A veteran NYPD officer says she was mocked by colleagues as the “oldest rookie ever” because she handed out traffic tickets over her nearly 21-year career instead of racking up...
Law firms fighting de Blasio probes will cost taxpayers over $10M
The two high-powered law firms tapped to represent the city in the string of federal and state investigations swirling around the de Blasio administration have quietly received no-bid contracts expected...
High school principal accused of sexual harassment four times
A Queens high-school principal who has already cost the city more than $500,000 in lawsuit settlements is being accused — for the fourth time — of sexually harassing another staffer...
Comptroller weighs in on de Blasio’s nursing home scandal
City officials missed multiple opportunities to protect a Lower East Side nursing home from being developed into luxury housing - including weeks before the property was sold, a new report...
Widow of math whiz killed in crane collapse suing to protect evidence
The widow of the math whiz who was killed in the lower Manhattan crane collapse in February is suing the city to preserve evidence in anticipation of a wrongful-death lawsuit....
City officials are trying to shut down pedicabs: lawsuit
Pedicab drivers have been subjected to unconstitutional stops, searches, seizures and bogus fines by the NYPD, a new lawsuit charges, accusing Mayor de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner Bratton and the city...
NYPD's 'sound cannon' damaged my hearing: suit
A Massachusetts filmmaker claims a sound cannon used by NYPD cops to control a Midtown crowd protesting Eric Garner’s death damaged his hearing. Michael Nusbaum, 26, wants permission to sue...
De Blasio approves merit pay for NYC lawyers, snubs teachers
The de Blasio administration is embracing merit pay to reward and retain the best city employees — but only in the Law Department. While he opposes merit pay for teachers,...
Scott's grand $tand
The Eric Garner case is bringing out the worst in city officials. The latest is Comptroller Scott Stringer, who’s practically tripping over himself to ensure he’s the guy who hands...
Law Dept. trying to force 9-year-old rape victim to testify
The city Law Department is trying to force a traumatized 9-year-old Brooklyn girl to testify about how she was brutally raped in a homeless shelter last year, new court papers...