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OPINION OF THE COURT Per Curiam. This is an appeal from a money judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding plaintiff damages for past and future pain and suffering. The defendant contends that the award is excessive. This requires our review pursuant to CPLR 5501 (c). The issue is whether the award is excessive in that it deviates materially from what would be reasonable compensation. For the reasons set forth

Allen v City of New York (2025 NY Slip Op 25155) [*1] Allen v City of New York 2025 NY Slip Op 25155 Decided on July 3, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Kingo, J. Published by New York State Law Reporti

Small v City of New York (2023 NY Slip Op 00749) Small v City of New York 2023 NY Slip Op 00749 Decided on February 09, 2023 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 4

Small v City of New York (2023 NY Slip Op 00749) Small v City of New York 2023 NY Slip Op 00749 Decided on February 09, 2023 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 4

OPINION OF THE COURT Kapnick, J. In this action alleging, inter alia, excessive force and malicious prosecution, plaintiff William Cardoza (plaintiff or Cardoza) appeals from an order of Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard H. Sherman, J.), entered March 18, 2014, to the extent it granted defendants City of New York, Police Officer Benjamin Perez, and Pol

Clark, J. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Nolan Jr., J.), entered April 14, 2017 in Saratoga County, which, among other things, partially granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint. This appeal involves adjoining parcels of land in the City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga

Fortune v New York City Hous. Auth. (2022 NY Slip Op 00169) Fortune v New York City Hous. Auth. 2022 NY Slip Op 00169 Decided on January 12, 2022 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Rep

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER jACK B WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge. I. Introduction.'..205 II. Setting of Controversy .206 III. Facts.208 A. 2009 Litigation.'..208 B. 2011-2012 School Year.208 C. 2012-2013 School Year.208 D. 2013-2014 School Year.209 E. Co-Teaching..-.209 IV. Standard of Review.20

Thomas v New York City Hous. Auth. (2020 NY Slip Op 01001) Thomas v New York City Hous. Auth. 2020 NY Slip Op 01001 Decided on February 13, 2020 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Repor

Dacaj v New York City Tr. Auth. (2019 NY Slip Op 02171) Dacaj v New York City Tr. Auth. 2019 NY Slip Op 02171 Decided on March 21, 2019 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bure

MEMORANDUM, ORDER, & JUDGMENT JACK B. WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge: I. Introduction..............................................................234 II. Facts....................................................................235 A. Parties..............................................................235 B. Sotomayor’s Initial Employment

Stanley v New York City Hous. Auth. (2018 NY Slip Op 03726) Stanley v New York City Hous. Auth. 2018 NY Slip Op 03726 Decided on May 23, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporti

Harrell, J. This is how it is today: The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of the superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board of education. The board is afraid of the parents. The parents are afraid of the children. The children are afraid of nothing! -Milton Berle (1908-2002)

*907Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered February 15, 2008, which granted defendants respondents’ motion to set aside the jury verdicts as to each plaintiff on damages and ordered a new trial on that issue, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the verdicts reinstated, but the awards for past and future pain and suffering, Wilson’s and Belzek’s

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER TOWNES, District Judge: Plaintiff Anna-Marie Thomas (“Plaintiff’), a teacher employed by defendant New York City Department of Education (the “DOE”), brings this action against the DOE; its former Chancellor, Joel I. Klein; and four individuals who, at certain times relevant to this action, worked with Plaintiff at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts (collectively, the “BHSA

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered December 2, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants’ motion to set aside a jury verdict to the extent of directing a new trial on compensatory damages unless plaintiffs stipulated to reduce the verdict from $30 million to $250,000 for Idelfonso Rivera, Sr., from $3 million to $100,000 for Idelfonso Rivera, Jr., from $15 million to $75,000 for Lorenzo Rivera, from $5 milli

*473Plaintiff Antoinette Harrison slipped and fell on a patch of ice on the yellow tactile warning strip at the edge of the Pelham Bay Park subway station platform in the Bronx, fracturing her left ankle. While we believe that there was sufficient evidence presented for the jury to consider whether defendant had constructive notice of the icy condition, we find that the instruction to the jury on t

*473Plaintiff Antoinette Harrison slipped and fell on a patch of ice on the yellow tactile warning strip at the edge of the Pelham Bay Park subway station platform in the Bronx, fracturing her left ankle. While we believe that there was sufficient evidence presented for the jury to consider whether defendant had constructive notice of the icy condition, we find that the instruction to the jury on t

656 F.Supp.2d 375 (2009) YANG FENG ZHAO, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. No. 07 Civ. 3636 (LAK). United States District Court, S.D. New York. September 23, 2009. *377 Eric Wayne Siegle, Jonathan D. Sims, Siegle & Sims L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiff. Afsaan Saleem, New York City Law Department,

(2008) Andrea SHAPIRO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants. No. 06 Civ. 1836(JSR). United States District Court, S.D. New York. June 13, 2008. MEMORANDUM ORDER JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge. This is an age and disability discrimination case brought by twelve current and former teachers at th