Law

In the autumn of 1945, Thursday, November 22, marked the first day of trial evidence at Nuremberg. In that city, located in the United States military occupation sector of the defeated, surrendered former Germany, the international trial of accused Nazi war criminals had commenced two days earlier in Courtroom 600 in the Palace of Justice. On November 20, the trial …

Increased Patrols Planned Through the Thanksgiving Weekend  The Department of Public Safety and other police agencies in Westchester are participating in a STOP-DWI enforcement campaign that will begin tomorrow and continue through the Thanksgiving weekend. The STOP-DWI crackdown, which runs from Nov. 26-30, will include roving patrols and sobriety checkpoints conducted by members of the county police, municipal police and …

A 30-day State of Emergency has been declared and imposed in Missouri ahead of the announcement. UPDATE BELOW: YONKERS, NY – November 24, 2014 — The 12-person St. Louis Grand Jury deliberation over the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Police Officer Darren Wilson has completed its deliberations advised Ed Magee, a spokesperson for the St. Louis County’s prosecutor’s …

A Supreme Court Judge has ruled that the City of Yonkers is now a plaintiff in the landmark case. New Yorkers for Students’ Educational Rights (NYSER) v. State of New York. The City Council had sought to intervene in the action on behalf of the plaintiffs, students who have been denied the opportunity for a “sound basic education” by Albany‘s …

Read Scripts Recovered from the WSA Office Below When FBI agents searched the WSA Office in May 2014, they recovered, among other things, scripts for calls with victims that contained numerous misrepresentations, including false threats of criminal charges and arrests, and false associations with the government. For example, the scripts included the following language: “Who are we? We are a …

District Court Approves Settlement Providing More than $4.4 Billion for Environmental Clean-Up and Claims Tronox Approval Additional Payments for Individual Tort Victims  Largest Litigation Recovery for the Clean-Up of Environmental Contamination in Government’s History NEW YORK, NY – November 13, 2014 — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Sam Hirsch, Acting Assistant Attorney General for …

Two New York City Party Leaders and Two Elected Officials in the Village of Spring Valley Also Charged in Bribery Schemes Charges Include Cash Bribes of More Than $100,000 Changing Hands in Connection With Republican Mayoral Ballot, City Council Discretionary Funds, and Spring Valley Development Project NEW YORK, NY — November 12, 2014 — Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for …

ALBANY, NY – November 12, 2014 — New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced the sentencing of a former Therapy Aide for the New York State Office of Mental Health.  Alphonso Bradshaw, 63, of Syracuse, having pleaded guilty to Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony, and Official Misconduct, was sentenced to …

Websites Seized in the Operation Include Underground Markets Trafficking in Illegal Drugs, Firearms, Stolen Credit Cards, Fake Passports and IDs, Computer-Hacking Services, and Counterfeit Currency Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office …

 Photo by and courtesy of Nadya Peek My mother-in-law passed away long ago enough that Democrats were still bragging about the Affordable Care Act. Yet her death was evidently no impediment to her qualifications as a voter in someone’s eyes. This fall, she received an absentee ballot so she could participate in the New York elections in the county where …