Live Webcast: NYSBA House of Delegates

Meeting of the House of Delegates
Webcast Live from The Bar Center in Albany

Saturday, November 5, 2011 

Watch the NYSBA House of Delegates in action on Saturday, November 5 beginning at 9:30 a.m. by clickingwww.nysba.org/HODwebcast and choosing the November meeting from the left-hand menu.

As an exciting accompaniment to the live webcast, NYSBA Secretary David P. Miranda will be tweeting live from the House meeting. If you wish to follow NYSBA’s live tweets go www.twitter.com/nysba and follow NYSBA. You will need to register for a Twitter account if you do not already have one. To be part of the conversation use the hashtag #NovemberHOD (hashtags serve to keep all tweets about a specific topic together as one thread). Remember to mention @NYSBA as you retweet and discuss this event!

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NYSERDA: Agriculture Disaster Program

PON 2422 Agriculture Disaster Program

 

Description

The Agriculture Disaster Program is available to assist farms and on-farm producers in New York State damaged by Hurricane Irene and/or Tropical Storm Lee. Many New York State farms sustained significant damage by the recent storms and existing aid is primarily focused on crops and soil conservation. Under this program, $4,175,000 is available to provide financial assistance toward projects replacing and installing a farm’s electric and natural gas distribution and use equipment and systems damaged during the storms in non-residential facilities.

Covered equipment includes pumps, compressors, lighting, HVAC, chillers, refrigeration, commercial washers and some natural gas (limited to 10% of total). Farm residences are not covered.

The funds will be dispensed on a first come first served basis.  Limit is $100,000 per farm. The details are covered in the attached NYSERDA program description .

 

 

• Summary  [PDF]
• Attachment A - Application [PDF]
• Attachment B - Terms and Conditions [PDF]

 

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Judges in New York to Get Raise of 27 Percent – NYTimes.com

A state commission decided on Friday to increase the pay of the more than 1,200 New York State judges by 27 percent over three years, ending a decade of battles in Albany and the courts, and giving judges their first raise in 12 years.

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The three commission members appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomowere joined in voting for the proposal by the appointee of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, who, like the governor, is a Democrat. The two appointees of the state’s chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, opposed it as inadequate, as did the appointee of the leader of the State Senate, Dean G. Skelos, a Republican.

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The raises will go into effect next spring unless they are overruled or modified by legislation passed by both houses of the Legislature and signed by the governor.

Read entire NY TIMES report here (requires registration)

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Hurricane Irene – Resources & Links | Justia Law, Technology & Legal Marketing Blog

For Complete Listing for all Affected Areas on East Coast-Justia

For our area:

Federal Resources

Hurricane Resource Center- from FEMA

• FEMA on Facebook
• FEMA on Twitter

The National Flood Insurance Program

• National Flood Insurance Program Insurance Agent Locator - from Floodsmart.gov
• National Flood Insurance Program Laws & Regulations
  • 42 USC Chapter 50 National Flood Insurance
  • 44 CFR Chapter 1 Emergency Management and Assistance
• FEMA Flood Insurance Library

Ready.gov – Resources and steps to take to protect yourself, your family and property.

NOAA - National Hurricane Center

U.S. Coast Guard

 

State Resources

Connecticut

Connecticut Office of Emergency Management
(860) 256-0800
www.ct.gov/demhs/

• Connecticut Office of Emergency Management on Twitter
• Connecticut Office of Emergency Management on Facebook

Connecticut Insurance Department

• Connecticut Insurance Laws & Regulations
• Connecticut Insurance Department Notice Concerning Hurricane IRENE and the Use of Hurricane Deductibles 

New Jersey

New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
(609) 538-6050 Monday-Friday
(609) 584-5000
www.ready.nj.gov

• New Jersey Office of Emergency Management on Facebook

New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance

• New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance - Notice Regarding Flood Damage
• New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance - Rules, Orders, Bulletins, and Notices

New York

New York State Emergency Management Office
(518) 292-2275
www.semo.state.ny.us/

• New York State Emergency Management Office - Laws and Regulations

New York State Insurance Department

• New York State Insurance Department Homeowners Insurance Resource Center -What To Do After a Loss
• New York State Insurance Department Homeowners Insurance Disclosure Information and Other Notices – Regulation 159 (pdf)
• New York State Insurance Department - Windstorm Deductibles (pdf)
• New York State Insurance Department - Laws & Regulations

Other Resources

American Red Cross

Disaster Planning for Pets
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NYLJ: ‘Hundreds’ of Layoffs Loom as Judiciary Prepares to Slash Another $70 Million

Read entire report in NYLJ.

Cortland County Supreme Court Justice Philip R. Rumsey, the president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, said the courts are being ill-used by the governor and the Legislature.

“The other two branches are requiring the courts to establish ‘worthy programs,’ such as the mandatory settlement conferences in foreclosure cases,” Justice Rumsey said. “But then they are not providing the resources to do what they have required.”

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Administrative Judicial Institute Program Announcement: Implicit Bias in Judicial Decision Making: Striving for Fairness from the Bench, March 23, 2011, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Dear Colleagues,

The Administrative Judicial Institute is pleased to invite you and your fellow administrative law judges to attend a program entitled ” Implicit Bias in Judicial Decision Making: Striving for Fairness from the Bench”,” on Wednesday evening, March 23, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  The program will be presented by Columbia Professor Dana Carney and New York University Law School Professor Sarah Burns and will focus on helping judges understand how unintended biases develop and can impact judicial decision making, and how they might be avoided or addressed.

The program will be held at the Institute’s 14^th Floor Lecture Room at 40 Rector Street and will provide 2 CLE credits in ethics.  A description of the program is posted on the Institute’s website.  Please share this announcement with your fellow judges and tribunal attorneys.

To register, go to the Upcoming Programs link on the Institute website:  http://www.nyc.gov/html/oath/html/aji/programs.shtml .  The registration link will be active after 4 p.m. today.

Hope to see you there,

Ray Kramer

Raymond E. Kramer

Administrative Law Judge

Administrative Judicial institute at the

Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings

40 Rector Street, 6^th Floor

New York, New York 10006

rkramer@oath.nyc.gov

Phone: 212-442-4928; – 4929

Fax: 212-442-8910

NYLJ: Rule Would Address Campaign Donations and Case Assignments

Rule Would Address Campaign Donations and Case Assignments

Joel Stashenko New York Law Journal

February 14, 2011

ALBANY – Attorneys who have contributed $2,500 or more and firms that have donated $3,500 or more to judicial candidates would be barred for two years from appearing before those judges under a new rule Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman will outline this week. The chief judge said in an interview that he would unveil the new requirement during his 2011 State of the Judiciary address at the Court of Appeals in Albany on Tuesday. Judge Lippman, who said he had the authority to impose the rule on his own, noted that court administrators have been considering the new rules since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 129 U.S. 2252 (2009). In that ruling, a 5-4 Court held that a West Virginia Supreme Court judge should have recused himself because he had received large campaign contributions from executives of a coal company in a case before him.

For full text of article click here.

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Save the Date: Nov. 4th-6th-NY State Bar Ass’n GP Section Fall Meeting at Mohonk Mountain House

Please “Save the Date” for the General Practice’s Fall Meeting at the beautiful Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz November 4th through 6th. We have some very exciting speakers and a great program. The Brochure is almost ready and will be posted asap.

JUDGE STEPHEN D. GERLING PORTRAIT DEDICATION – SAVE THE DATE

PORTRAIT DEDICATION FOR THE
HONORABLE STEPHEN D. GERLING
TUESDAY, MAY 4th– 4PM
UTICA, NEW YORK

A portrait honoring Judge Stephen D. Gerling, former Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern Districtof New York, will be dedicated on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. in Judge Diane Davis’s courtroom located on the second floor of the United States Courthouse,10 Broad Street, Utica, New York.

Light refreshments will be served immediately after the dedication. Further details to follow.

Trista F. O’Hara, Esq.
Pro Se Coordinator
NDNY Federal Court Bar Association, Inc.

Newseum: Today’s Front Pages

Newseum | Today’s Front Pages | Map View

657 front pages from 56 countries.

The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form.

Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up.. Double click and the page gets larger….you can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place. You can spend a lot of time here !