Case Against NYPD for Fatal Shooting of Clients’ Dog, Lola, Survives Summary Judgment Motion
BLH successfully opposed a summary judgment motion seeking to prevent trial in a tragic case against NYPD Officers who shot and killed...
Oct 8, 2021
Federal Court Denies NYC’s Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Summer 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests
For Immediate Release July 10, 2021 Contact: David Rankin, 212-277-5825, 917-455-0609 drankin@blhny.com J. Remy Green 312-203-8618, 929-88-89480 remy@femmelaw.com On July 10, 2021, United States District Judge Colleen McMahon issued a 45-page decision and order denying virtually all of the City of New York’s motion to dismiss claims in six federal civil rights lawsuits challenging the City’s and the NYPD’s brutal attacks on last summer’s Black Li
Jul 10, 2021
Nashville Police Department Changes Employee Policy Allowing Hijabs After Three Year Battle
BLH Client Maryam Mohammed wanted to be Nashville's first hijab-wearing police officer. After completing the interview process, rigorous...
Apr 25, 2021
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against the City of New York for the NYPD’s Racist Use of Marijuana Laws
In 2019, the legislature removed the power of the NYPD to arrest New Yorkers for modest amounts of marijuana. Undeterred, the NYPD...
Apr 15, 2021
Class Action Civil Rights Suit Filed over Brutal NYPD Policing of BLM Protests
Beldock Levine & Hoffman, Gideon O. Oliver, Cohen & Green, and Wylie M. Stecklow announce the filing of a major class action lawsuit...
Jan 21, 2021
BLH Client Gus Bethea Granted Clemency After 18 Years In Prison
Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP is thrilled to announce that BLH client Mr. Gus Bethea has been granted Clemency by Governor Cuomo today,...
Dec 24, 2020
BLH Files Lawsuit On Behalf of Nicholas Feliciano, Man Left Hanging in Rikers Cell For Seven Minutes
Madeline Feliciano, the guardian of Mr. Nicholas Feliciano, the boy who was left hanging in his cell at Rikers Island for seven minutes...
Dec 1, 2020
Family of Antonio Williams, Killed by NYPD in 2019, Sues The City of New York and NYPD
The family of Antonio Williams announced a lawsuit against the City of New York and NYPD. Announced in a virtual press conference today,...
Nov 24, 2020
NYPD Changes Policy of Forcing Muslim Women to Remove Hijab During Arrest Processing
Attorneys from the leading civil rights firm Beldock Levine and Hoffman LLP, teamed up with distinguished civil rights firm The Aboushi...
Oct 30, 2020
BLH Files Lawsuit for Huwe Burton, Wrongfully Convicted for the Murder of His Mother
On October 28, 2020, BLH filed suit in federal court on behalf of Huwe Burton, exonerated in January 2019 after serving nearly 20 years...
Oct 29, 2020
