Our Cases

  • Fighting Illegal Gerrymandering

    Fighting Illegal Gerrymandering

    Government Justice Center is representing the Empire Center for Public Policy as amicus in state court proceedings over reapportioning New York’s congressional and senate districts.

  • Fight for Access to Teacher Contracts 

    Fight for Access to Teacher Contracts 

    Following several ignored Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for teacher and superintendent contracts, the Government Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Empire Center for Public Policy against Malverne […]

  • Uncovering Scaffold Law Data

    Uncovering Scaffold Law Data

    On May 9, 2018, the Government Justice Center filed a petition on behalf of the Empire Center for Public Policy in the New York County Supreme Court in Empire Center for Public Policy, […]

  • GJC Files JCOPE Complaint Against Attorney General

    GJC Files JCOPE Complaint Against Attorney General

    The Government Justice Center today filed a complaint with the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) detailing misconduct by New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood, and Special Assistant […]

  • Department of Labor Abusing the FOIL Disclosure Exemptions

    Department of Labor Abusing the FOIL Disclosure Exemptions

    The Department of Labor fined the Town of Queensbury for not installing a workplace violence policy but the department subsequently reduced the penalty by almost thirty thousand dollars without reason. […]