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Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al., 959 F. Supp. 2d 540 (S.D.N.Y. 2013), is a set of cases addressing the class action lawsuit filed against the City of New York, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and named and unnamed New York City police officers ("Defendants"), alleging that defendants have implemented and sanctioned a policy, practice, and/or custom of ...
The Constitution of New York enumerates the powers of local governments, such as the power to elect a legislative body and adopt local laws. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A local law has a status equivalent with a law enacted by the Legislature (subject to certain exceptions and restrictions [ 5 ] ), and is superior to the older forms of municipal legislation ...
In New York State, each county has an elected district attorney who is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws. Federal law in the city of New York is prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York or the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York .
Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), is an opinion given by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court overruled Monroe v. Pape by holding that a local government is a "person" subject to suit under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code: Civil action for deprivation of rights. [1]
A Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC) was an independent New York State public-benefit corporation created by the State of New York for purposes of providing financing assistance and fiscal oversight of a fiscally-distressed city. Two MACs are explicitly designated under New York law.
The data represents instances where HPD officials sent landlords a "notice of violation" between Nov. 18, 2013, and Jan. 1, 2016, requiring them to correct a lead paint hazard. The status of violations presented on this map may have changed since it was published. The data excludes public housing, units managed by The New York City Housing ...
The State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency (MBBA) was a New York State public-benefit corporation founded in 1972 by the state legislature to offer municipalities increased access to the bond market by creating an alternate method by which they could sell their general obligation bonds. MBBA was authorized to issue up to $1 billion of its ...
In 1702, the first of the New York slave codes were passed, which further limited freedom of the African community in New York. African land ownership in the area was effectively ended by anti-Black legislation passed after the New York Slave Revolt of 1712 , which included a ban on inheritance of property.