- Aug 19, 2015
2nd Circuit Reinstates Excessive Force Claim
Second Circuit remands excessive force claim for trial. Please click here for Court's decision. See also: New York Law Journal The Wall Street Journal Contacts: Joshua S. Moskovitz
- Aug 18, 2015
BLH Investigates Murder of Fishkill Prison Inmate
BLH launched an investigation into the death of Samuel Harrell, an inmate at Fishkill Correctional Facility. Mr. Harrell was brutally beaten to death by Corrections Officers at Fishkill Correctional Facility. Attorneys from BLH worked tirelessly to investigate Mr. Harrell's death, interviewing over 20 witnesses and loved ones to piece together the events leading to Mr. Harrell's murder. The Orange County Medical Examiner ruled Mr. Harrell's death a homicide. The Estate of Sam
- Aug 7, 2015
BLH Fights for New Stop-and-Frisk and Racial Profiling Policies for the NYPD (Floyd v. NYC et al.)
Lawyers in the landmark stop-and-frisk case, Floyd v. City of New York, have reached agreement with the City and the court-appointed monitor on new stop-and-frisk and racial profiling policies for the NYPD. Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP attorneys have worked closely with the monitoring team and NYPD over the past nine months to develop these new policies. The policies were sent to the court today for review by Judge Analisa Torres, who is overseeing the remedial phase of the c
