Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.
When public power is used for private ends, taxpayer-funded defense stops protecting public service and starts subsidizing the misuse of office. Executive Summary...
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Executive Summary The concept of “scope of employment” is supposed to serve as the central limiting principle in municipal defense statutes. It distinguishes between...
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Executive Summary New York City’s reported refusal to continue funding the legal defense of former Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey did not end...
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Public discussion of sexual abuse still suffers from a credibility problem, but not the one many people think. The deeper problem is that the...
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Executive Summary New York City’s refusal to continue funding the legal defense of former Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey should not be read...
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How a municipal endorsement requirement allows the NYPD to convert lawful carry authority—held by licensed citizens and retired police officers alike—into a discretionary privilege...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bronx, New York — March 9, 2026 — A newly filed lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State...
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The newly filed verified complaint in N.T. v. City of New York and Jeremy Scheublin does not present itself as a case about a...
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Editor’s Update — June 23, 2026 After this commentary was published, the New York Court of Appeals answered the certified question in Reyes v....
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