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Criminal Advocacy Committee

Overview

The Criminal Advocacy Committee focuses broadly on issues concerning the practice of criminal law.
Chairs
- Brian Adam Jacobs
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Reports
- New York City Must Lead to Protect People in Jails During COVID-19 Crisis: Letter to Mayor de Blasio (May 19, 2020) PDF
  
  Author(s): Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Task Force on Mass Incarceration Coronavirus (COVID-19): City Bar Response and Resources
  
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- Letter to Governor Cuomo Urging Further Action to Enhance Health & Safety Protections for Incarcerated People During COVID-19 Pandemic (May 15, 2020) PDF
  
  Author(s): Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Task Force on Mass Incarceration Coronavirus (COVID-19): City Bar Response and Resources
  
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- Letter to Governor Cuomo Urging Release of New York State Prison Inmates at Risk of Coronavirus Infection (March 25, 2020) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Advocacy Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Coronavirus (COVID-19): City Bar Response and Resources
  
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- Delays Associated with Compiling the Record on Appeal in Criminal Cases: Letter (March 05, 2020) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee
  
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- Support for Legislation Permitting Jury Trials for B Misdemeanors (April 09, 2019) PDF
  
  Author(s): Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee
  
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- Letter Regarding Judicial Advisory Committee on Evidence (April 06, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Law Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee Council on Judicial Administration State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
  
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- Report on legislation providing for the sealing of misdemeanor felony records (July 02, 2015) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee
  
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- Report on 2015-16 Executive Budget Proposal, the Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2015 (March 12, 2015) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Law Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Civil Rights Committee Criminal Justice, Police Reform & Civil Rights
  
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- The Need for More Effective Gun Safety Measures (February 01, 2014) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Law Committee
  
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- Amicus Brief: State of New York v. Thomas (New York State Court of Appeals, December 2013) (December 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Law Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee
  
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- 2013 Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor (May 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Animal Law Committee Banking Law Committee Children & the Law Committee Council on Children Civil Court Committee Civil Rights Committee Consumer Affairs Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Law Committee Disability Law Committee Domestic Violence Committee Drugs & the Law Committee Education & the Law Committee Environmental Law Committee Housing & Urban Development Committee Monday Night Law/Moderate Means Committee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights Committee Matrimonial Law Committee New York City Affairs Committee Real Property Law Committee Sex & Law Committee Social Welfare Law Committee Transportation Committee United Nations Committee
  
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- Continuing to Strengthen New York's Gun Laws (April 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Law Committee
  
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- Report on A.8547/S.5560 regarding the All Crimes DNA Act which would require the collection of a DNA sample from every person convicted of a felony or misdemeanor (June 2011) (June 01, 2011) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Advocacy Committee
  
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- Comments on the Kaye Commission Report on Indigent Defense, May 2007 (June 01, 2007) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee
  
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- The Assignment of Judges In the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court in New York County (July 01, 2002) PDF
  
  Author(s): Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee
  
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News & Media
- Parole Law and Reform - 44th Street Podcast (April 19, 2019)
- Promotions, Not Punishments, for Officers Accused of Lying (March 19, 2018)
- ‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem (March 18, 2018)
- 2018 NYS Legislative Agenda (February 05, 2018)
- He Excelled as a Detective, Until Prosecutors Stopped Believing Him (October 10, 2017)
- Police Officer Testimony: A Quarter of a Century After the Mollen Commission (October 10, 2017)
- NYPD Investigating Officers' Alleged Misstatements in Court (October 04, 2017)
- 2017 NYS Legislative Agenda Item (March 02, 2017)
- Kings County Criminal Bar Association gets search and seizure update from Judge Kamins (May 23, 2016)
- Panel at City Bar to Examine Influential 'De Bour' Ruling (April 22, 2016)
- City Bar Releases 2016 State Legislative Agenda (February 16, 2016)
- City Bar Questions Cuomo's Grand Jury Reform Proposal (March 24, 2015)
- City Bar Comments on Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2015 (March 23, 2015)
- In Amicus Brief, City Bar Criticizes Coercive Interrogation Tactics in People v. Thomas (December 10, 2013)
- A More Rational Approach to Incarceration - Carey R. Dunne (August 10, 2013)
Events
- (Webcast) “Giants” of the Criminal Trial Bar: Winning Strategies (September 22, 2020)
Of Interest

Criminal Justice, Police Reform and Civil Rights section - addresses the intersection of criminal laws, policing and racial justice, and contains information regarding City Bar reports and programming on those subjects.

Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor (PDF)

Criminal Advocacy Committee

The Criminal Advocacy Committee focuses broadly on issues concerning the practice of criminal law.

Criminal Justice, Police Reform and Civil Rights section - addresses the intersection of criminal laws, policing and racial justice, and contains information regarding City Bar reports and programming on those subjects.

Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor (PDF)