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New York City mayor Eric Adams was accused of sexually assaulting a Florida woman three decades ago, according to a summons filed with the Supreme Court of New York on Wednesday. The summons names Eric Adams, NYPD, the NPYD transit bureau, and three unknown entities as co-defendants. The plaintiff’s claims are brought under New York’s [...]

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New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ruled Monday in the case Cuomo v. New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (NYSCOELIG) that NYSCOELIG violates the New York State Constitution due to its statutorily prescribed independence. NYSCOELIG was created under New York Executive Law §94 as an independent ethics watchdog. Marcelle stated [...]

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Brian Benjamin, the Lieutenant Governor for New York, resigned Tuesday after being charged with bribery, honest services wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses. Benjamin allegedly directed a state-funded grant to a non-profit controlled by a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. Benjamin is also charged with two counts of falsifying records.  [...]

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JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. An almost teary-eyed “humbled and grateful” California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed his supporters and the media at approximately 8:50 PM on Tuesday [...]

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New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo resigned on Monday, following an inquiry that found multiple accounts of sexual harrassment. The 168-page report released by the New York Attorney General Office, found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including state employees. Accounts included that the governor engaged in non-consensual touching, offensive comments, “creating a hostile environment for [...]

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New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday formally announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. The announcement comes at the end of a five-month investigation led by former federal prosecutor Joon Kim and employment attorney Anne Clark. The investigation, which included interviews with 179 people, revealed that “Cuomo’s administration was a [...]

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The New York state legislature on Wednesday passed a bill that would automatically restore the voting rights of convicted felons once they are released on parole. The New York Senate voted 43 to 20 to pass the bill, S830B, which amends the state’s criminal code by striking provisions that revoke voting rights of convicted felons [...]

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