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.
Cases
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
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
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
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. […]
Agencies Must Disclose Records Maintained In Electronic Format
Christine Soderlund submitted a FOIL Request for records related to the Town of Boylston’s spending from the checkbook registers of its highway and general accounts for fiscal year 2017. Boylston […]
Governor Cuomo and the Legislature Stonewall Independent Redistricting
The Government Justice Center has filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court to compel Governor Cuomo and the Legislature to properly fund the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission and ensure its […]
Rensselaer County Strands Seasonal Campers
Last Friday, the Government Justice Center sent a letter to the Rensselaer County Health Commissioner and Empire State Development demanding that the county and state stop preventing out of state seasonal campers […]
Upholding Open Meetings Law
Colonie Town Board Violated Open Meetings Law The Government Justice Center sent a letter to the Colonie Town Supervisor yesterday advising the Town Board to both livestream and record their town meetings […]
GJC Supports Challenge to Mandatory Bar Dues
The Government Justice Center and several public policy centers filed a “friend of the court” brief in Jarchow v. State Bar of Wisconsin before the United States Supreme Court arguing that mandatory […]