Canadian law students are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a rising 3L at the University of Ottawa. Wildfires are currently burning in large portions of Québec, British Columbia, and eastern Canada, with dozens of communities across the nation issuing [...]
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The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) Thursday released data showing that the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) rejected over half of the CCRB’s disciplinary recommendations in 2022. Commissioner Keechant Sewell has closed more civilian complaints against officers than former commissioner Dermot F. Shea. However, Sewell followed less than [...]
Man responsible for NYC truck attack sentenced to life in prison after jury deadlock
Sayfullo Saipov, responsible for the death of eight people in an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack, was sentenced to life in prison Monday after a New York jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on his sentence. Saipov had been convicted on 28 counts by the same jury in January 2023. Saipov was facing the death [...]
New York mayor declares 'no room' for migrants amid high immigration
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Sunday traveled to the US-Mexico border and declared that “there is no room” for migrants in his city. Adams called on the US government to help larger cities manage unprecedented levels of immigration and claimed that the influx of migrants could cost NYC up to $2 billion. “The federal [...]
New York City hospitals reach agreement with striking nurses
Two New York City Hospitals Thursday reached tentative contract agreements with striking nurses in a move that ended a three day strike. Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center announced that they reached a tentative agreement with the leadership of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and that patient care resumed early Thursday morning. The [...]
New York nonprofit organizations the Legal Aid Society (LAS) and Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) Monday filed an order to show cause for contempt against the NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) for failing to comply with a December 2021 court order requiring it to provide access to medical care to persons incarcerated in New York City [...]
NYC worker protection agency sues Starbucks over termination of union organizer
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Friday announced a lawsuit against Starbucks for the alleged illegal termination of Austin Locke, a barista and union organizer. DCWP filed a complaint in the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, the city’s central, independent administrative law court. The DCWP, formed by the NYC [...]
Man exonerated in assassination of Malcolm X seeks $40M from NYC
One of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X is seeking USD 40 million in compensatory damages from the City of New York after he was proven innocent of involvement in the killing last year. Muhammad Aziz was arrested on February 26, 1965 at the age of 26 for killing the civil rights [...]
The United States Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a request from New York City teachers to block a vaccine mandate over religious objections, despite Justice Sonia Sotomayor initially denying the request. In October 2021, Sotomayor denied a request from a group of New York City teachers challenging the city and state’s vaccine mandate for [...]
US Supreme Court reinforces criminal defendant right to cross-examine witnesses
The US Supreme Court Thursday reinforced the Sixth Amendment right of criminal defendants to cross-examine prosecution witnesses in an 8-1 decision. The case, Hemphill v. New York, originated with the 2006 shooting death of a two-year-old in the Bronx. New York prosecutors originally charged Nicholas Morris with the murder, as the same caliber gun used in [...]
