Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman

NY Bar Association Says Salary Hikes For State Judges Are Too Small

“During the past 12 years, the cost of living increased by 40 percent, eroding judicial salaries,” said Vincent E. Doyle III, president of the lawyers’ group. Yet “judges’ salaries will have risen 27 percent over a 15-year period, far less than the projected inflation rate.”

2011/08/27

NY Supreme Court Judges To See First Pay Raise Since ’99

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said in an interview that it’s a good compromise in hard economic times.

2011/08/26

Paterson Sets Special Session Agenda For NY Legislature

Agenda items include renaming the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for Gov. Hugh L. Carey, a Democrat credited with bringing New York City from the edge of bankruptcy in the 1970s.

2010/11/24

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Paterson To Call For Special Session

The Senate has a 32-30 Democratic majority. The pending results could change that balance of power.

2010/11/18

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NY To Hold Lawyers Accountable On Foreclosures

The move comes amid an uproar over revelations that mortgage lenders nationwide cut corners on paperwork and legal procedure as they moved to seize millions of homes.

2010/10/20

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