K. Sophie Will

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | K. Sophie Will

New York City’s controversial sale of outstanding property tax and water debts owed by thousands of homeowners was delayed by two weeks, just days before it was scheduled to occur.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Danielle Dunn |K. Sophie Will

When New York City agreed last year to restart its program of selling the outstanding property tax and water debts owed by thousands of homeowners, officials pledged to enact guardrails to limit the disproportionate impact on poor and largely non-white New Yorkers. But just days before the sale resumes, only about one-third of nearly 30,000 delinquent properties have been removed from the lien sales list, despite a $2 million campaign by the city to promote programs helping owners to do so.

Feb 12, 2025 | news.bloombergtax.com | Diana Dombrowski |Alex Ebert |Jon Meltzer |K. Sophie Will

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to bring to court but dramatically so, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis and experts who examined the findings. Section 2 of the act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting practices, was nearly 60% less likely to be cited following the court’s ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee.

Feb 12, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Diana Dombrowski |Alex Ebert |Jon Meltzer |K. Sophie Will

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to bring to court but dramatically so, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis and experts who examined the findings. Section 2 of the act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting practices, was nearly 60% less likely to be cited following the court’s ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee.

Feb 6, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Lydia Wheeler |K. Sophie Will |Emily Siegel |John Martin

Deep DiveFebruary 6, 2025, 10:02 AMIn barely a decade, a Nevada-based group has emerged as a relentless gun rights litigant, challenging laws and regulations in at least 90 cases across 20 states. The organization, the Firearms Policy Coalition, has battled state assault-weapons bans, defended a third grader’s right to wear a hat in school adorned with the image of a semiautomatic rifle, and challenged licensing age restrictions.