Papers covering cases decided or to be decided by the New York Court of Appeals or the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court may find a home in the Anthony V. Cardona Annual Issue of New York Appeals, which comprises the first half of the issue. And pieces devoted to state constitutional topics, either comparative or with respect to individual states, may be suitable for our annual State Constitutional Commentary, which makes up the second half of the issue. These articles are often derived from or complement ALR’s annual spring symposium, also titled State Constitutional Commentary.
- New York AppealsThis article argues that New York State should update and strengthen its identity theft statutes given the developments in this area of the law over the last two decades.
- New York AppealsThis article examines ways to help reduce unwarranted instances of lethal force by law enforcement, examining the Fourth Amendment and New York Penal Law.
- New York AppealsThis note argues that the current application of CPLR 202, New York's borrowing statute, is unworkable and courts need to approach this issue differently.
- New York AppealsThis article looks at the New Voices campaign and the background as to why it is time for New York to adopt a law protecting student journalists.
- State Constitutional CommentaryA discussion of leading decisions and dissents by O’Connor on conditional spending and commandeering; SCOTUS opinions and recent litigation which has relied upon her conditional spending and commandeering jurisprudence.
- State Constitutional CommentaryThis article aims to tackle the issue of women as chief justices in State Supreme Court in the Trump era.
- New York AppealsThis note discusses the Excellence Initiative and the proposed restructuring of the New York court system.