December - 2020

News & Articles

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,...

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...

BLH Client Testifies Before Senate About Sexual Abuse in Federal Prisons

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee heard testimony from BLH Client Brianne Moore, who was repeatedly...

Emergency Request Filed to Stop City's Unconstitutional Mental Health Involuntary Removal Policy

Emergency request filed in ongoing class action litigation to reform the City's mental health crisis response and stop routine abuses A...

Family of Ronald Anthony Smith, Struck and Killed by NYPD Van, Demands Justice and Release of Video

On April 7, NYPD officers Orkhan Mamedov and Evan Siegel were reportedly transporting people in a New York Police Department van when...

Art Law Corner: Should I Register My Visual Art?

Should I register my visual art with the US Copyright Office? A work does not need to be registered with the US Copyright Office to be...