The New York Daily News quoted President Greenberg on the proposed bill to to guarantee immigrants facing deportation the right to an attorney. A new effort is underway in New York to guarantee immigrants facing deportation the right to an attorney. Legislation is being introduced Wednesday by Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) and Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz … Continued
The Albany Times Union mentioned President Greenberg and his new Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes. An eclectic range of legal minds — including some familiar names in the Capital Region — were selected for a New York State Bar Association task force to combat a surge in hate crimes and domestic terrorism. … Continued
The ABA Bar Leader quoted President Greenberg’s on NYSBA’s national leadership on attorney mental health. Gray O’Dwyer, an assistant attorney general in Virginia working in environmental law, recalls when she and her law school classmates at University of Richmond first started to put their application packages together, in preparation for the July 2018 bar admission … Continued
The Daily News (Serving Genesee, Wyoming and Orleans County) quoted Executive Committee member Norm Effman on bail reform. Six days after bail reform went into effect across the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo began discussing adjustments. The reform, predicted to reduce pretrial detainees by 90%, eliminates bail for defendants with misdemeanor and nonviolent felony offenses, according … Continued
WAMC published President Greenberg’s commentary on the Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes. We cannot stand idly by amidst this crisis. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously observed, quote: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” That is why the New York State Bar Association, the nation’s … Continued
The New York Daily News published President Greenberg’s op ed on Charles Evans Hughes standing up for the rule of law. (may require subscription) On this day 100 years ago, the state Assembly suspended five duly elected legislators who were members of the Socialist Party. The newly elected Socialists were not accused of any personal … Continued
NY1 featured President Greenberg’s Daily News op ed on its In the Papers segment. “…from the head of the State Bar Association, Hank Greenberg, discussing a major court battle in New York History: 100 years ago today, five state legislators, suspended by the assembly because they were members of the Socialist Party. They were later defended by Charles … Continued
The New York Law Journal quoted President Greenberg on the new Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes. (may require subscription) Attorneys in New York have formed an emergency task force to study a recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks and develop policy recommendations for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature to consider in … Continued
Mid Hudson News quoted President Greenberg on the new Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes. In response to a surge in hate crimes in New York state and across the nation, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is convening a Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes to combat this growing menace.
WAMC published President Greenberg’s commentary on the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. “I solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of President Donald John Trump, now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws: So help me God.” This is the oath every member of … Continued