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Carrie Cohen is an expert in public corruption and state and local government who made a name for herself by prosecuting former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. At Morrison & Foerster – or MoFo – she has assisted the New York City Council in investigations into the behavior of several members, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a review of overtime practices, and a Rochester City Council probe into the death of Daniel Prude.
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Executive Director and Attorney-in-Chief, Federal Defenders of New York
A federal defender for nearly 20 years, David Patton in 2011 became the executive director and attorney-in-chief of the Federal Defenders of New York, a group that provides representation to those in need. During the coronavirus pandemic, Patton has been representing prisoners who are at high risk of catching the disease, telling Slate that the response by “prosecutors and prison officials to COVID-19 has been hard to fathom.”
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Shock mixed with sadness and grief as news spread of the unexpected death of a young Bergen County first responder.
Christopher Kucan, 24, of Wood-Ridge, worked as a tunnel and bridge agent with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the Lincoln Tunnel. He was also an EMT with the Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad. We are all at a complete loss for words, a Port Authority co-worker and fellow member of the fire service said.
Those in both aspects of Kucan s life called him still young with great potential, one who had a heart of gold and would drop everything to help a friend, he said. This is an absolutely tragic loss.
Even as Andrew Cuomo struggles to retain his governorship over mounting allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, his favorite construction boondoggle the “Wrong-Way” LaGuardia AirTrain got a shot in the arm Monday as the troubled project attained a key milestone.
The Federal Aviation Administration yesterday published the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed $2-billion, 1.5-mile automated people mover, which was first proposed in 2015 and has hit multiple hurdles since among them, the $3-billion hole that COVID-19 blew in the $20 billion capital plan of the project’s sponsor, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The publication of the final EIS puts the final nail in the coffin of consideration of alternatives to the AirTrain plan 47 were considered and rejected and memorializes the public comments collected on the proposal. After the FAA issues a “Record of Decision” later this spring, AirTrain construction can move forward, “