Beth Wang

New York, Washington, D.C., United States

New York Court Correspondent at Bloomberg Law

New York State Court Correspondent at Bloomberg Law. Formerly Inside Health Policy. All views are my own. Contact me at [email protected].

Articles

NY High Court Upholds Landowner Rights in Sports Liability Cases

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Beth Wang

A judge on New York’s highest court took umbrage Tuesday with the court’s view that property owners are immune from liability in sports-related personal injury cases under a doctrine that says people should expect some risk of injury when they play sports. The Court of Appeals found New York City is immune from being held liable for injuries that someone sustained while playing cricket on a city-owned tennis court, even though there was a large crack in the asphalt.
NYC Council Asks Court to Halt Adams-Backed ICE Office at Rikers

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

The New York City Council on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to halt Mayor Eric Adams’ (D) executive order allowing the Trump administration to open an immigration office on Rikers Island.
NY High Court Upholds Landowner Rights in Sports Liability Cases

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

A judge on New York’s highest court took umbrage Tuesday with the court’s view that property owners are immune from liability in sports-related personal injury cases under a doctrine that says people should expect some risk of injury when they play sports. The Court of Appeals found New York City is immune from being held liable for injuries that someone sustained while playing cricket on a city-owned tennis court, even though there was a large crack in the asphalt.
NY Court System Eyes Expansion of Virtual Court Proceedings

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

New York State’s court system laid out plans to increase access to virtual court proceedings and expand e-filing in its annual court modernization progress report released Monday. Substantial progress has been made to modernize the courts over the past year, including the rollout in certain courts of the NY-Virtual Court Appearance Platform for virtual court proceedings, but “there remains much work to be done,” the New York Unified Court System’s Court Modernization Action Committee said.
DailyPay, MoneyLion Accused of Predatory Lending in NY Suit

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Beth Wang

Digital finance platforms MoneyLion Inc. and DailyPay Inc. allegedly took advantage of New Yorkers with illegal high-interest loans, according to two suits filed by state Attorney General Letitia James (D) Monday.
DailyPay, MoneyLion Accused of Predatory Lending in NY Suit

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

Digital finance platforms MoneyLion Inc. and DailyPay Inc. allegedly took advantage of New Yorkers with illegal high-interest loans, according to two suits filed by state Attorney General Letitia James (D) Monday.
NY Judges Voice Worry Over 'Rogue' Foster Program in Dissent (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

A New York state appellate panel on Thursday narrowly backed a state foster care program that allows children to temporarily be placed with a host family, but not without strong opposition from two dissenting justices. The New York State Office of Children and Family Services established the program with no “legitimate legislative authority and guidance,” New York Supreme Court Third Appellate Department Justice Stan Pritzker wrote in his dissent.
NY Top Court Baffled by Public Records Request for Death Records

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Beth Wang

The judges of New York’s top court were left scratching their heads Wednesday as they tried to understand what information a California-based nonprofit is seeking from the state health department’s death records. Reclaim the Records’ arguments didn’t “clarify anything about what categories” of information are missing from the records the state has already provided, said New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro.
NY Top Court Baffled by Public Records Request for Death Records

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

The judges of New York’s top court were left scratching their heads Wednesday as they tried to understand what information a California-based nonprofit is seeking from the state health department’s death records. Reclaim the Records’ arguments didn’t “clarify anything about what categories” of information are missing from the records the state has already provided, said New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro.
NY Climate Law Preemption Dispute Raises Discovery Questions

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Beth Wang

Judges on New York’s highest court balked at an unusual suggestion that legislators be deposed on their intent for the state’s climate law to preempt a New York City law on greenhouse gas emissions from large buildings. “In all honesty, the proposed discovery you just laid out here—not only does it seem highly irregular, I don’t know how that would answer the operative question we have to answer,” New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro said during oral arguments Tuesday.