Readers sound off on correction staffing, ‘hostages’ vs. ‘prisoners’ and sports betting apps
Laurelton: After reading Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio’s statement heavily contesting ...
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Judge orders more PREPA mediation despite reported dead end
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered further mediation in the PREPA bankrputcy despite mediators' insistence it was pointless. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered Puerto Rico ...
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Readers sound off on correction staffing, ‘hostages’ vs. ‘prisoners’ and sports betting apps
Laurelton: After reading Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio’s statement heavily contesting Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s ruling, and suggesting ...
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It is imperative to break the impasse in PREPA
as noted in a devastating recent report by the Mediation Team to U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, leaves as a disturbing scenario, the financial and operational unviability of the electric ...
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PREPA mediation said to be dead as neither side will compromise
Puerto Rico Attorney John Mudd speculated PREPA bankruptcy may be headed for dismissal, with the court appointing a receiver for the authority. "No prospect" of a "mediated or consensual ...
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Rikers needs new leadership: Keeping current commissioner as federal receiver defeats the purpose
As Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote in her recent findings of contempt against the city and the DOC, “the last nine years also leave no doubt that continued insistence on ...
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“A tragedy for Puerto Rico”: this is how mediators described the impasse between the Fiscal Board and PREPA bondholders
The Mediation Team in charge of reaching an agreement between PREPA's creditors informed the court that the parties do not even agree on how to address the legal disputes that separate them ...
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NYC found in contempt over ongoing violence in city jails, including excessive force
Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims. "The use of force rate and other rates of violence, self-harm ...
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As federal takeover of Rikers looms, NYC scrambling to keep current leadership in charge
On Nov. 27, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the Nunez class action which led to the creation of the monitor in 2015, found the city in contempt of numerous court orders ...
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Former Allianz employee spared prison time over $7 billion funds collapse
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the federal court in Manhattan sentenced him to 18 months home confinement and three years probation. Tournant's defense lawyers had urged Swain to spare him ...
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NYC jails monitor’s tab for 8 years of oversight: $22.4 million
On Nov. 27, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain held the city in contempt of multiple court orders and said she is “inclined” to appoint a receiver with broad powers to run the jail system.