Legislative Affairs
The New York City Bar’s legislative activity in the New York State Legislature and New York City Council is coordinated through the Legislative Affairs Department, which acts as a conduit between the City Bar’s committees and policymakers and other related stakeholders. We encourage our committees to participate in shaping public policy by commenting on pending legislation, drafting proposed legislation, testifying at hearings, and making lobby visits. The scope of issues we address is as vast as the City Bar’s 150 committees and ranges from civil rights and criminal law to trusts and estates, judicial administration and legal issues affecting children.
What's New
- May 1, 2013 -- The City Bar released its "Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor", a collaborative effort of two dozen Association committees. The report has been released in advance of a candidates' forum at the City Bar on June 6th. For more about the report, click here, and to read the report, click here.
- March 18, 2013 -- Mayor Bloomberg signed into law two pieces of legislation (Int. 0982-2012 and Int. 0989-2012) aimed at limiting the City’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) with respect to the holding of immigrant New Yorkers subject to ICE detainers. This legislation was supported by the Criminal Courts, Civil Rights, Corrections & Community Reentry, Domestic Violence, and Immigration & Nationality Law Committees.
- March 15, 2013 -- The Legal Problems of the Aging Committee has issued four reports this month on issues such as the Uniform Guardianship & Protection Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, the proposed NYS Health and Mental Hygiene Budget as it relates to interim Medicaid services and spousal refusal in community settings, and Managed Long Term Care Plans. For more information, visit the Legal Problems of the Aging Committee page here.
- March 7, 2013 -- Updated report opposing legislation regarding budget planners
Legislative Program 2013
