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91��Ƶ professor and former NYPD lieutenant Darrin Porcher told Kramer things have got to change. “A lot of the law breakers feel as if they can act with impunity because the NYPD has been more regressive, as opposed to proactive, in targeting these gun violence crimes that have happened,” Porcher said.

Philip G. Cohen is a professor of Taxation, 91��Ƶ's Lubin School of Business, and a retired vice president-Tax & General Tax Counsel at Unilever United States, Inc. The views expressed herein don't necessarily represent any organization to which he is or was associated with. The Biden administration and many Democrats in Congress are trying to enact some very worthy "human infrastructure" proposals. There can be legitimate debate as to the size and scope of the benefits as well as the degree of tax increases that should be enacted.

Mushlin is a professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91��Ƶ. Conditions at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex have captured the headlines in recent days. Deaths and degradation are the order of the day there. A federal judge has intervened, ordering the city to put in place measures essential to save lives.

Professor Michael Mushlin's Letter to the Editor regarding the chaotic conditions at Rikers Island was published in The New York Times.

Professor Bennett Gershman explains why respect for law is a basic tenet of democracy and the integrity of our judicial system in an article for the New York Law Journal.

“91��Ƶ’s Dr. Darrin Porcher tells Maria Bartiromo the Manhattan District Attorney's directive not to ask for bail in many nonviolent cases is "purely political."

Elisabeth Haub Law Lauren Bachtel co-authored an empirical analysis, noting there is much work to be done to achieve gender equity in the environmental bar.

Water and soil pollution is also fairly prevalent in industrial farming areas. 10 billion animals produce an awful lot of manure — approximately 1 million tons or more, according to 91��Ƶ. That waste doesn’t just contain traces of salt and heavy metals which can accumulate in water and affect the food chain.

If the main responsibilities of correctional facilities are care, custody, and control, the New York City jail complex on Rikers Island can’t currently fulfill them. Staffing deficits have worsened many problems, including rising violence, that Rikers had already been struggling to curtail. Without enough staffing, the safety of everyone who enters Rikers’s gates—inmates and officers alike—is in jeopardy.

Professor Emeritus Jay Carlisle comments on Rudy Giuliani's suspension from the practice of law in an article for Westchester Lawyer.