This mortgage foreclosure action arises from a failed redevelopment of the Hotel Syracuse complex in downtown Syracuse, New York. In September 2005, defendants GML Tower LLC, GML Syracuse LLC, and… Read more »
The matter before the Court was the result of a number of consolidated cases, but the parties immediately on appeal were SVCare Holdings, LLC and Cammeby’s Equity Holdings, LLC (“Cam… Read more »
This appeal addresses the preclusive effect of an administrative finding of fact. The plaintiff, Jose Verdugo, was a food service deliveryman who was injured when a sheet of plywood fell… Read more »
This case dealt with the question of whether a lawyer can, with the consent of his client, represent both his client, and, in an unrelated matter, one of the prosecution’s… Read more »
Respondent, Peter J. Galasso, was a partner at the law firm Galasso & Langione, LLP. Anthony Galasso, the respondent’s brother, worked as the firm’s bookkeeper and office manager. Over a… Read more »
Deborah Burns and Bruce Henry were found guilty of violating a Rochester City Code section which held that an owner of property must have a Certificate of Occupancy (“CO”), which… Read more »
This case involved an appeal from a conviction for three counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree and one count of reckless endangerment in the… Read more »
The issue before the Court of Appeals was whether mortgages issued by federal credit unions were subject to the New York state mortgage recording tax (“MRT”) under article 11 of… Read more »
The Court in this case considered whether a police officer must have reasonable suspicion to ask the occupants of a lawfully-stopped vehicle whether they possess any weapons. The Court extended… Read more »
The New York State Legislature enacted the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority Act (“the Act”) in 2003 to respond to Buffalo’s regular and “untenable” reliance upon state aid to stabilize its… Read more »