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The Psychological Hold: Administrative Convenience as Civil Rights Violation
Executive Summary In the machinery of civil-service hiring, few institutions wield as much unchecked discretion as the New York City Police Department’s Candidate Assessment Division. Ostensibly tasked with ensuring that only qualified,...
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Clearance Without Fairness: Why Judicial Endorsement Cannot Replace Scientific Validation
Executive Summary For over a century, American courts have grappled with the uneasy union of science and law. From the earliest days of handwriting analysis and blood typing to the more modern claims of bite-mark identification, arson...
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Public Legal Brief: The NYPD’s Spoils System — Illegal Practices, Junk...
I. Introduction: Defiance, Continuity, and Integrity I wasn’t intimidated as a cop, and I’m not intimidated as a lawyer. I wasn’t corruptible in uniform, and I’m not corruptible in a suit. Their closed-door meetings plotting against “Eric...
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Cleared to Go Home—But Held Anyway: Lawsuit Targets New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
For Immediate Release Father and daughter say hospital imposed extra-legal ‘social hold’ despite ACS authorization to go home New York, N.Y. — September 1, 2025 — Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C. announced...
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The Complicity Triangle: Why Albany, City Hall, and One Police Plaza...
Executive Summary For over two decades, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has operated a psychological screening regime that flagrantly violates state licensing laws, federal employment selection standards, and fundamental civil rights...
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Policy Statement: The Illegality of Unlicensed Psychological Evaluations in Police Hiring...
The Sanders Firm, P.C. is committed to protecting the rights of civil service applicants and employees and ensuring full compliance with New York State’s Education Law. We categorically reject the NYPD’s claim that it is exempt from the...
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