Are New York State Laws Driving Nonprofits Away?

ARE NEW YORK STATE LAWS DRIVING NONPROFITS AWAY?

Proposed Legislation Would Reform 40-year-old Not-for-Profit Corporation Law

New York’s Not-for-Profit Corporation Law and administrative regulations create such a challenging environment that many practitioners advise New York nonprofits to incorporate in another state. Last spring, New York State’s legislature saw the introduction of A.5855/S.3678, a bill to revamp the N- PCL. This program, which will include key players in the proposed legislation, aims to provide a forum to exchange ideas about how best to reform the law.

What:
Panel Discussion:“Ideas for Change: A Conversation About Reforming New York’s Nonprofit Law and Regulations”

When:
Monday, November 2 nd, 2009, 6 PM – 9 PM

Where:
New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44 th St., New York, NY

Who:
Frederick G. Attea , Phillips Lytle LLP; Michael A. de Freitas, William C. Moran & Associates, P.C.; Committee on Revision of the Not-for-Profit Law, New York State Bar Association; Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, Chairman, NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions; Allen Bromberger, Perlman & Perlman, LLP; Author, Getting Organized and Advising Nonprofits; Former Executive Director, Lawyers Alliance for New York; James Fishman, Professor, Pace University School of Law; Co-Author, New York Nonprofit Law and Practice; Pamela Mann, Law Offices of Pamela Mann, LLC; Former Chief, Charities Bureau, NY Attorney General’s Office; Barbara Schatz, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Columbia Law School Nonprofit Organizations/Small Business Clinic; Chair, Nonprofit Working Group

Moderator: David W. Lowden, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP; Committee on Nonprofit Organizations

Free of Charge. Open to the Public.

Sponsored by the New York City Bar Committee on Nonprofit Organizations.

About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.

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