Legal Analysis

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Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.

Deputy Chief Winston M. Faison
BlogSep 26, 2026

Deputy Chief Winston M. Faison Challenges NYPD and Police Pension Fund Effort to Force His Retirement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Faison Contends the Police Commissioner Exceeded the Limits of Administrative Code § 14-115 and the Police Pension Fund Unlawfully Surrendered Its...

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Sheila M. Nunez-Lopez Graduation Picture
BlogSep 24, 2026

She Graduated the Police Academy. She Completed Field Training While Living in a Shelter. Then NYPD Turned Her Victimization Into the End of Her Career

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Former NYPD Officer Sheila M. Nunez-Lopez alleges NYPD ignored its own records identifying her as the victim, continued employment consequences after...

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Protected Activity Does Not End When Litigation Begins
BlogSep 22, 2026

Newton v. LVMH: Protected Activity Does Not End When Litigation Begins

The Second Circuit Recognizes That Refusing to Settle a Discrimination Case Can Be Protected Opposition—and Rejects an Artificially Narrow View of Retaliation   The...

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An Injury Twenty Years Ago Must Not Automatically Become A Disability Pension Today
BlogSep 21, 2026

An Accident Twenty Years Ago Must Not Automatically Become a Disability Pension Today

The New York City Police Pension Fund Must Tighten Remote-Injury ADR Review Now—and the Legislature Must Permanently Reform the Causation Standard   Executive Summary...

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Police Misconduct Should Not Always Be a Taxpayer Expense
BlogSep 21, 2026

Police Misconduct Should Not Always Be a Taxpayer Expense

How General Municipal Law § 50-k Could Shift More of the Financial Consequences of NYPD Misconduct to Officers and Their Unions—and Give Police Training...

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What Does NYPD Enforcement Actually Buy New York?
BlogSep 20, 2026

What Does NYPD Enforcement Actually Buy New York?

A Cost-Benefit Audit of Low-Level Enforcement, Police Labor, Court Processing, Racial Disparities, and the Public-Safety Return on Enforcement   Executive Summary   New York...

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Forty-Two Years After Dunton, the Conflict Is Still There
BlogSep 20, 2026

Forty-Two Years After Dunton, the Conflict Is Still There

Basile v. County of Nassau exposes a municipal-defense problem the Second Circuit identified in 1984—and that courts still too often address only after the...

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Another Hit Job Failed: The Ravich-Scola Playbook Collapsed
BlogSep 19, 2026

Another hit job failed

The Playbook Collapsed: The Courts and Disciplinary System Reject the Ravich–Scola Attack   For nearly a year, Vladimir Ravich and his attorney, John A....

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Racial Bullying Is Not Just A School Discipline Problem
BlogSep 18, 2026

Racial Bullying Is Not Just A School Discipline Problem

The Walker lawsuit was filed in Massachusetts, but the same institutional failures can happen in New York—and parents need to know how to respond...

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