Sam Feldman

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Appellate public defender, trade unionist, NYC-DSA member. Washingtonian by birth, Chicago alum. He/him. Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

JUSTIFICATION: One of the most common interactions that people have with law enforcement occurs during traffic stops. Often, however, there is a disparity in who is being stopped, especially for minor violations. According to 2020 research published by The Stanford Open Policing Project, of a dataset of nearly 100 million traffic stops carried out across the United States, black drivers were about 20 percent more likely to be stopped than white drivers relative to their share of the residential population. The study also found that once stopped, black drivers were searched about 1.5 to 2 times as often as white drivers. As has been painfully demonstrated over the past few years in the news, these stops for minor violations have led to motorists dying at the hands of the police. This bill is intended to reduce the number of traffic stops for minor, non-moving violations such as stickers on vehicle windows and objects placed or suspended in or on the vehicle, thereby reducing the possibility of a tragic outcome from such traffic stops.
PIGOTT, J. (dissenting in part). While I concur with the majority's Confrontation Clause analysis, I part company with it on the reasonableness of the police officer's initial stop of defendant. The suppression court ruled that the police officer lacked probable cause to stop the defendant but for the fact that defendant had a Finger Lakes Community College sticker in the rear window (police officer: “I can't recall what side it was on, the left or the right”). Prior to 2001, all four Departments of the Appellate Division uniformly held that evidence obtained as a result of pretext stops was inadmissible (see People v. Young, 241 A.D.2d 690, 660 N.Y.S.2d 165 [3d Dept.1997]; People v. Roundtree, 234 A.D.2d 612, 651 N.Y.S.2d 615 [2d Dept.1996]; People v. Laws, 213 A.D.2d 226, 623 N.Y.S.2d 860 [1st Dept.1995]; People v. Camarre, 171 A.D.2d 1002, 569 N.Y.S.2d 223 [4th Dept.1991] ). Then, in People v. Robinson, 97 N.Y.2d 341, 741 N.Y.S.2d 147, 767 N.E.2d 638 (2001), this Court adopted the rationale of Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996), which held that an investigatory stop is valid, regardless of the officer's motivation, so long as there is an objectively reasonable basis for it (see id. at 812–815, 116 S.Ct. 1769). In my view, the stop in this case was not objectively reasonable, and was premised on what could only be deemed a “de minimis” violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375(1)(b)(i). That section provides that “[t]he use or placing of posters or stickers on windshields or rear windows of motor vehicles other than those authorized by the commissioner, is hereby prohibited.” The ***599 concern, of course, as the commissioner notes in the regulations, is that the placement of such items not approved by *458 the commissioner will “interfere with visibility” (15 NYCRR 174.1). Here, the suppression court concluded that an anonymous tip and the fact that defendant's car was weaving, but within its lane of traffic, were insuffi…
“If you go back 100 years‚ you could go back to Vietnam, you could go back to South Africa — the folks who are the most progressive, shake up the establishment, fight back, are the youngest,” said Chris Coffey, a strategist who worked in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration. “That is not a new phenomenon. The question becomes, around the D.S.A., as they get older do they lose interest? Do they move to the center?”
enacted the final election-day statute. During the World Wars, for instance, Congress and at least nine States allowed absentee ballots to arrive after election day in certain situations. See, e.g., 1918 Md. Laws p. 130; 58 Stat. 146 (noting that “any extension of time for the receipt of absentee ballots permitted by State laws shall apply” to federal “war ballot[s]” in World War II). Yet that practice returned to the margins within a few decades. By 1977, a report from the Department of Defense listed only two States as still allowing ballots to arrive after election day. See Overseas Absentee Voting: Hearing on S. 703 before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, 95th Cong., 1st Sess., 33–34 (1977). These short-lived outlier rules thus shed little light on the original meaning of “election” in the electionday statutes. Likewise, although post-election-day deadlines have become more widespread in the last five decades,5 these developments postdate the last election-day statute by over 50 years and the first statute by over a century. These late-intime practices therefore count for little when discerning the timing restrictions that Congress imposed when it enacted those statutes. See Pung v. Isabella County, 609 U. S. ___, ___ (2026) (slip op., at 6). In sum, from this Nation’s founding until the last few decades of the 20th century—a period that spans the enactment of all three election-day statutes—having an “election” on a particular day meant completing ballot collection on that day.
On the Colbert Report, in its “Better Know a District” segment in early September 2012, when Stephen Colbert asked Clarke what she would have changed in 1898, the year Brooklyn merged with New York City, if she could go back in time, Clarke answered the abolition of slavery. Colbert replied, "Slavery...Really? I didn't realize there was slavery in Brooklyn in 1898". (Slavery was abolished in New York State in 1827.) Clarke responded, "I'm pretty sure there was", saying the Dutch owned slaves in New York in 1898. The next day, Clarke was unavailable for comment, and her media representative stated the statements were meant in jest.
But since that time, research on adolescent brain development has significantly reshaped how courts, legislatures, and scholars view youth crime. The United States Supreme Court has recognized that “children have a lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility, leading to recklessness, impulsivity, and heedless risk-taking” (Miller v Alabama, 567 US 460, 471 [2012] [internal quotation marks omitted]). “[T]he signature qualities of youth are transient; as individuals mature, the impetuousness and recklessness that may dominate in younger years can subside” (Johnson v Texas, 509 US 350, 368 [1993]). Given these aspects of adolescent development, the
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But after receiving medical care, Mr. Giuliani was able to breathe on his own, and he has now been moved from the intensive care unit and “and will spend some time recovering before leaving the hospital,” according to a statement that his spokesman, Ted Goodman, released on Wednesday evening. “The power of prayer is working. The mayor feels it. We feel it,” the statement said. On Monday, Mr. Goodman said Mr. Giuliani had been diagnosed with restrictive airway disease, a condition he said was linked to the former mayor’s proximity to ground zero on the day of that attack and in the days and weeks afterward. The condition can make respiratory illnesses more threatening, Mr. Goodman said.
Sepúlveda’s position as chair of the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee means that he oversees the confirmation process of many of the state’s judges, and evaluates legislation regulating the state’s legal system. It also likely enhances Sepúlveda’s image to potential clients, one expert noted. “This person is a state senator — that might give you some reassurance that you’ve picked a good lawyer,” said Rebecca Roiphe, a professor at New York Law School. “In this instance, that would be a mistake.”
When a member of State Senator Luis Sepúlveda’s staff faced eviction in 2023, the staffer had good reason to be hopeful: Sepúlveda, a practicing attorney, agreed to be his lawyer. Sepúlveda, who chairs the Senate’s powerful Judiciary Committee, then failed to show up to court twice, causing his staffer to lose by default and ultimately leave his home with an eviction on his record. This wasn’t unusual behavior for Sepúlveda, who for years has maintained a private law practice marked by skipped court appearances, faulty paperwork, and missed deadlines, New York Focus has found.
The diner is “farm-to-table,” he said, sourcing most of its products within a 100-mile radius; its eggs are hatched 48 hours before they’re delivered.
A. The National Trust Has Standing. The District Court correctly concluded the Trust has associational standing. Add.62-67, Add.118-19. Ms. Hoagland—a trustee and longtime member of the Trust—lives in D.C., regularly visits President’s Park and its environs for professional and personal reasons, and plans to continue using and enjoying the area, Add.9-11. She has explained, both from her perspective as a historian and as someone who cares deeply about the White House, how she will be harmed by construction of the ballroom. Id. That is precisely the particularized, concrete, and continuing use of a specific place that establishes aesthetic injury. See Sierra Club v. FERC, 827 F.3d 59 (D.C. Cir. 2016). Defendants mischaracterize Ms. Hoagland’s declaration as detailing merely “incidental viewership” of the White House, and claim she will not be able to see the completed ballroom, Mot.13-14 (citing Environmental Def. Fund v. FERC, 2 F.4th 953, 970 (D.C. Cir. 2021)). The District Court rejected the latter as “pure fiction,” Add.118-19—a finding that Defendants do not even try to show was clearly erroneous—and the former entirely misses the point. The White House is not a nuisance or “eyesore,” causing cognizable harm only to those who have the misfortune of living near it, as in EDF; rather, it is an attraction, which when damaged harms those like Ms. Hoagland who use and enjoy it, Summers v. Earth Island Inst., 555 U.S. 488, 494 (2009); Add.62-67
Robin Kelly's official portrait from 2021, taken from Wikipedia. She does not look like she's in her 60s!
"Beaver wetlands once blanketed North America, helping to shape the hydrology of the continent. But by the late 1800s, the fur trade had nearly wiped out the animals. State reintroduction efforts followed, **including by parachute in Idaho in 1948**. Now biologists estimate that perhaps 15 million beavers live in North America, down from historic numbers of maybe 100 million or more."
The language of these policies usually distinguishes men from women by their reproductive capacity, which is assumed to be determined at birth or even at conception. Each statute mandates that its definitions of “sex,” “female,” and “male” be used whenever those words appear in any part of the state code. Some purport to be establishing a “women’s bill of rights,” as the titles of Kansas’s and Oklahoma’s bills suggest; Louisiana’s is titled “The Women’s Safety and Protection Act.” (On the other hand, the name of North Dakota’s bill—into which legislators slipped another term they wanted to define—captures the arbitrariness involved: “The Definition of Female, Male, Sex, and Scrap Metal Dealer.”)
Indeed, the only people who seemed displeased with the arrangements being made were some of the more militant Irish, who in mid-April had suddenly realized that the 24th happened also to be Queen Victoria’s birthday and so began angrily protesting the date selected. The Central Labor Union issued a statement calling on “all good men and women in both cities to remember this latest insult of the would-be aristocratic element in our midst.” The Tribune answered that “it would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to fix upon a day that did not commemorate something or other unpleasant for Ireland,” and as the appointed day drew nearer, there was talk of Irish fanatics, “Dynamite Patriots,” attempting to blow up the bridge.
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Brill denied that his client’s payment to THE CITY reporter was nefarious in any way. “I can see how this looks strange,” Brill said. “But I assure you that Winnie’s intent was purely innocent. In the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of friendship and gratitude. Winnie is apologetic and embarrassed by any negative impression or confusion this may have caused.”
Under the city’s zoning code, a Type 1 or “full-service” restaurant must “require customers to order at a table, booth, or dining counter with service by a waiter or waitress at said table, booth, or dining counter” and must use “reusable (nondisposable) flatware and dishware.”
In June 2024, after the mother was assigned counsel, she moved to vacate the January 3, 2024 order’s provision for ACS supervision. In her affidavit, she stated that she and the child had been subjected to over 15 announced and unannounced home visits by an ACS caseworker in a six-month period. During those visits, the caseworker searched every room in the mother’s home, inspected the contents of her refrigerator, and closely inspected the child’s body.2 The mother described the searches as “traumatizing,” “intrusive and humiliating,” said they reminded her “of the fear and anxiety of being abused” by the father, and “brought [her] back to a dark place where [she] was forced to think about the abuse” by the father. She further stated that ACS supervision had a substantial negative impact on her ability to have friends and family visit her and her child, to control her schedule, and “to live freely.” In addition, she missed overtime opportunities at work in order for ACS to conduct home visits. The mother’s description in her affidavit of multiple announced and unannounced caseworker visits and surveillance of the intimate aspects of the family’s daily life3 is consistent with statements in the amicus brief of Sanctuary for Families that actions taken by ACS during ACS supervision sometimes mimic the coercive control exercised 2 This is consistent with Sanctuary for Families’ observation that home inspections can be deeply upsetting for children, as children can be expected to remove as much clothing, including underwear, as the worker deems necessary, and to allow total strangers to examine their bodies (Amicus Br. of Sanctuary for Families at 21 [citing Hum. Rts. Watch, “If I Wasn’t Poor, I Wouldn’t Be Unfit”: The Family Separation Crisis in the US Child Welfare System [Nov. 2022], available at: https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/11/17/if-i-wasnt-poor-i-wouldnt-be-unfit/familyseparation-crisis-us-child-welfare [last accessed Apr. 15, 2025]).
Stand Up for the Rule of Law on May 1st Law Day is observed every year on May 1st to reflect on the role of law in our society and to reaffirm our commitment to justice, equality, and the Constitution. Established in 1958, it serves as a reminder that the rule of law is essential to democracy—and that its defense is the duty of all, especially those of us who work within the legal system. But this year, Law Day comes not as a ritual, but as a reckoning. We are witnessing a moment in American history where the rule of law is not just debated—it is denied, disregarded, and devalued. We see threats of mass deportations that tear apart families and communities. We see court orders, including those from the Supreme Court, openly ignored. And in every system we work within, from housing and immigration to child welfare and criminal defense, we see how these attacks fall hardest on those already made vulnerable by racism, poverty, and exclusion. Let us be clear: this is a constitutional crisis, not a partisan claim. It is a factual reality, and as public interest lawyers and defenders, we cannot stand apart from it. We are not merely practitioners of the law but we are its stewards, its guardians, and its conscience. This Law Day, we invite you to join us in something deeper than reflection. We invite you to affirm your commitment to the rule of law. Here's how you can take action:
Roosevelt used his ‘bully pulpit’ to attack industrial ‘evils,’ and pushed the creation of a Bureau of Corporations to look into monopolistic corporate practices. As part of that effort, Roosevelt was willing to use Rockefeller as a punching bag, and even to be misleading in the process. While the Bureau of Corporations bill was being considered in Congress, Roosevelt railed against improper lobbying against the bill, citing telegrams sent to six senators opposing Roosevelt's legislation. Roosevelt claimed, inaccurately, that Rockefeller had sent them. The telegrams had indeed been sent, but by John Jr., who was still at the company, and not the retired—and reviled—senior Rockefeller. No matter. Roosevelt called the telegrams ‘the most brazen attempt in the history of lobbying,’ and his attack made front-page news. The publicity aided Roosevelt's effort in favor of the bill, which passed in February of 1903. Roosevelt credited the telegram ploy with helping him get the bill passed, and the CEO-as-villain motif had demonstrated its potency.
Additionally, we find that the prosecutor's habit (see, e.g. at pages 238, 356, and 370) of repeating answers of witnesses in succeeding questions constituted error. The following exchange between the Trial Court and the prosecutor indicates that, when the Trial Court attempted to point out to the prosecutor that this practice constituted error, and that he should stop it, the prosecutor arrogantly rejected the offered correction (TT at pages 600–601): “THE COURT: I'm telling you now Mr. [Assistant District Attorney], the next time you repeat an answer of a witness for emphasis, I'll declare a mistrial. Is that clear? Is that clear? ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Your Honor, this is cross-examination, no? THE COURT: I don't care what it is. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Your Honor, you'll do what you have to do. Okay? THE COURT: Cross-examination— ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY: If he has an objection, you do what you have to do. THE COURT: Cross-examination consists of the questions, not repeating the answers. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY: You'll do what you have to do, Judge. THE COURT: Now, step up. Off the record. *202 ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Your Honor, I don't care to go off the record any more.”
Invited to compose a message for posterity to be buried in a time capsule at the 1939 New York World’s Fair and opened five thousand years later, Albert Einstein sounded a dour tone: “Anyone who thinks about the future must live in fear and terror.”
Q What did you do when you observed the male that fit the description from the radio? A Knowing that this was a family situation that came over the radio of a male with a firearm, I surveyed the area and I tactically walked up to him calmly and I observed him and I asked him what's going on here.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York saw donations to his re-election campaign take a nosedive after his federal indictment last month on five counts of bribery, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. Of the roughly $146,000 in donations reported for the filing period of July 12 to Oct. 7, only $250 was contributed after news broke of his indictment, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board. It came from one unemployed donor on Sept. 26, the same day the federal indictment was unsealed.
Next Kennedy was directed to testimony about his sister's residence located at 228 Chestnut Ridge Road in New York, where he testified that he lived for a period of six months or less before she sold the property on November 17,2015. Kennedy's testimony and the admissible evidence revealed that Kennedy continued to utilize his sister's address for voting registration purposes even though she no longer owned the home and he no longer resided with her. Kennedy admitted that he continued to register his vote using the 228 Chestnut Ridge Road address in the 2016 primary and general elections. He explained that "l don't think it's illegal to vote - - I vote in the same town and I lived in the same town at the same voting place for 40 years."
The drafters of the 1983 Constitution appear not to have grappled with the history of the Provision. See Committee to Revise Article I, Subcommittee to Revise Section I, Oct. 4, 1979, meeting, at pp. 120-121; Committee to Revise Article I, Subcommittee on Rights of Persons, Oct. 25, 1979, meeting, at pp. 109-111. Justice Jesse Bowles informed confused committee members that this provision meant that the legislature could not create formal classes of persons: "They can't name you a king or a queen to the exclusion of your neighbor or a prince or a lord." Committee to Revise Article I, Subcommittee to Revise Section I, Oct. 4, 1979, meeting, at p. 120; see also Committee to Revise Article I, Subcommittee on Rights of Persons, Oct. 25, 1979, meeting, at p. 109 (Justice Bowles: "It has to do with classes of individuals. You can't be a lord or a duke or earl or duchess.").
Q BOOD aafternoon detective? A Good afternoon.