Topic: Michael A. Cardozo

Begone, Garaufis

It's about time.. . The Bloomberg administration has demanded that federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis be removed from the ongoing lawsuit over the...

New York city can terminate homeless program: court

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a blow to homeless people in New York, a judge on Tuesday ruled that the city can terminate a program that offered rent subsidies to help people transition from emergency shelters.In a 21-page ruling, Supreme Court Justice ...
Last week, the city touted an important legal victory that makes it easier for commissioners and agencies to determine the size of the municipal...

NYC mayor wins court decision on hospital layoffs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to lay off 144 carpenters, electricians and laborers, ruling that it is not the judiciary's role to make ...

OTB retirees' health care in limbo

An appeals court panel Thursday told nearly 1,000 retirees from the city's Off-Track Betting Corp. it can't order the city or state to pay their...
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's exit may have been unexpected - but insiders say he was ready to go, partly because of escalating tension between...
The city rejected a federal judge's proposals to hire 300 new firefighters, claiming the options sounds like illegal racial quotas, the Daily News...

At Term Limits Hearing, a Scornful Opening

Another dispatch from the term-limits hearing, by intern Glenna Goldis: Cuomo testified after those brief statements.At one point, Councilman Charles Barron challenged Cuomo, arguing that term limits had created the most progressive council in memory and that Bloomberg "robbed the poor ...