S.9116/ A.10361
An Act that permits the detention of juveniles with adults in certain circumstances.
Position: Oppose
NYSBA Memo S.81-A/A.1961
AN ACT to amend the Executive Law to establish the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and providing for the administration thereof.
Position: Support
Power of Attorney clarification S.9209/A.10234
AN ACT An act to amend the general obligations law to grandfather in previously executed statutory short form powers of attorney.
Position: Support
S.2881b / A8524a: Treatment not Jails Act
An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the judiciary law, in relation to judicial diversion programs; and to repeal certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relating thereto
Position: Support
Oppose Memo- Detention of Juveniles
Publication Requirements A1481/A2551
Clean Slate Act-S1553c/A.6399b
S7550/A9120
Relates to training requirements for members of the board of ethics of a political subdivision or municipality.
Position: Support
S324A/A6570A
Relates to precluding inadmissible statements made by defendants because of false information and requires data collection of recorded interrogations.
Position: Support
Court Notification Bill- S2903-A/A9877-A
An Act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring the court, prior to accepting a plea, to advise the defendant of the risk of deportation if he or she is not a citizen.
Position: Support
Streamlining Access to Appellate Defense Counsel – S1279/A5689
Streamlines the assignment of appellate counsel for indigent criminal defendants.
Position: Support
Repeal Judiciary Law § 470 – S700/A5895
Repeals section 470 of the judiciary law relating to allowing attorneys having offices in the state to reside in an adjoining state.
Position: Support
An act to amend the executive law and the penal law, in relation to revocation of community supervision
Position: Support
Licensed Consumer Debt Collectors – S3121-B
An act to amend the banking law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to licensing consumer debt collectors.
Position: Oppose
Appellate Review of Fairness and Appropriateness of Criminal Sentences – S.1280/A.5687
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to enabling appellate review of the fairness and appropriateness of an imposed sentence
Position: Support
Appellate Review of Rulings that Implicate Issues of Public Concern- S.1281/A.5688
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to facilitating appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern
Position: Support
Coming soon
Animals Memo 1 – S90/A696
Animals Memo 1a – S90/A696
Animals Memo 2 – S960/A2152
Animals Memo 3 – S1442/A4154
Animals Memo 4 – S2176/A456
Animals Memo 5 – S3835/A1903
Animals Memo 6 – S4081/A1769
Animals Memo 7 – S4254/A4075
Animals Memo 8 – S1484/A3283
Animals Memo 10 – S5156/A1549
Animals Memo 11 – S3525-A/A5315-A
Animals Memo 12 – S4839-A/A5623-A
Animals Memo 12a – S4839-A/A5623-A
Animals Memo 14 – S2783/A715
Animals Memo 14a – S2783/A715
Animals Memo 15 – S1148/A6107
Animals Memo 16 – S4248/A5775
Animals Memo 17 – S5058/A5728
Animals Memo 17a – S5058/A5728
Animals Memo 18 – S6713/A7122
S4866/A.3930
Animals Memo 19- S4866/A.3930
Animals Memo #21 : S6005/A7852
Animals Memo #22 : S8315A/A9284A
Animals Memo #23 : S6419/A1302
Animals Memo #24 : S6484/A341
Animals Memo #25 : S6870B/6246C
Animals Memo; Support A9296/ S8973
Animals Opposition Memo: S.5439/A.703
S.565/A.2503
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to vacating arbitration awards on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law
Comment on Proposed Rulemaking regarding DACA
New York For All Act A.2328A/S.3065A; Support
Dignity not Detention A.7099A ; Support
S7373/A7099A
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the “Dignity Not Detention Act”
Memo in Support of S1217/A2653
Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel.
Position: Support
S.7474
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law in relation to informing the parties in certain judgments or decrees that resuming the use of their former surname is permitted by operation of law.
Position: Oppose