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18 Dec 2014, 6:00 am
The Forensics of Verbal Fillers Broadly stated, speakers tend to use the verbal fillers uh and um when something has interrupted the enormously complicated task of speech production. [read post]
13 Dec 2014, 12:00 am
I've managed to offend my friends and delight my critics by asserting that the Staten Island grand jury was correct not to indict New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killing of Eric Garner. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 7:31 am
It's like a hail-Mary legal procedure when all else has failed, the last safety valve.In this case, an animal rights group filed a habeas petition in New York State court, claiming that the chimpanzee, Tommy, was being unlawfully detained by a private business. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 6:03 pm
In a stunning decision, the Appellate Division of the Third Judicial Department in the State of New York denied personhood status for Tommy, the chimpanzee, expressly rejecting The Nonhuman Rights Project fundamental assertion that chimpanzees are “legal persons. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 4:00 am
The jurisdiction of New York State’s Division of Human Rights is limited to resolving complaints of alleged unlawful discrimination involving an employer, an employment agency, or a labor unionMalcolm v New York State Dept. of Labor, 2014 NY Slip Op 07852, Appellate Division, Fourth DepartmentBernice Malcolm filed a complaint of unlawful discrimination with the New York State… [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 7:54 am
And we recognize that any child in Indian Country – in Oklahoma, or Montana, or New Mexico – is not fundamentally different from an African-American kid growing up in New York City. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 4:00 am
Thus, said the court, ECSO was not required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 USC §12101 et seq.) or the New York State Human Rights Law (Executive Law §296) to accommodate her disability by creating such a light duty position for her.* See also County of Erie v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 2014 NY Slip Op 07829, Appellate Division, Fourth Department** Executive Law… [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 8:00 am
Birnbaumserved as the Deputy Commissioner for Division Initiated Investigations and Complaints with the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) in a “nontenured position classified as management/confidential and served at the discretion of the Commissioner of Human Rights as well as the Governor. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 4:00 am
Some limitations to obtaining information pursuant to New York State's Freedom of Information LawMiller v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 2014 NY Slip Op 07742, Appellate Division, First DepartmentThe Appellate Division sustained a Supreme Court ruling that the New York State Division of Human Rights did not violate the State’s… [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 3:00 am
He is a liberal Democrat who recently earned a fourteenth term after facing no opponent in a district that encompasses New York’s Westchester County and the Bronx. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 10:10 am
She also claims that state officials retaliated against her after she complained to the New York State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR), including what she calls an "interrogation" in which officials implied that she was to blame for any sexual harassment she might have experienced. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 4:00 am
Public employees speech concerning matters of a personal interest is not “protected speech” within the ambit of the First Amendment2014 NY Slip Op 07270, Appellate Division, First DepartmentAmong the issues considered in this appeal was the teacher’s [Teacher] claim that she had suffered retaliation as a result of her having sued the New York City Department of Education [NYCDE] and having made statements to the media.The Appellate Division held… [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 11:06 am
” The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights brings us news that coalition airstrikes conducted in Syria have killed 553 people so far: 464 ISIS fighters, 57 other militants and 32 civilians. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 11:04 am
” The New York Times has more. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 8:13 am
The New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) awarded $60,000 in damages to a woman who complained of sexual harassment by her fellow firefighters. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 10:42 am
The New York Times has more on the evolving situation. [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 10:42 am
Yet, according to a breaking Reuters update, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting that Islamic State fighters have seized more than a third of the town. [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 4:46 pm
Pearson, ed., New York: MacMillan 1952) Chapters X, XI (Of the Extent of the Legislative Power) Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 5:05 am
Secretary-General for Children & Armed Conflict, on Securing Prevention and Accountability for the Six Grave Violations against Children; and Jo Becker (bottom right), Advocacy Director, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, on Civil Society’s Role with Respect to Children in Armed Conflict. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 7:27 pm
Barna, “Abandoning Ship: Government Liability for Shipyard Asbestos Exposures,” 67 New York Univ. [read post]
