Rankin & Taylor

01/19/2017

Another preventable death in custody. The City needs to get focused on how they deal with medical issues for people in custody.

“The family has a right to know what happened to Nicole,” Rankin told the Daily News on Wednesday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/family-sues-info-woman-died-nypd-custody-article-1.2949958

The family of a 34-year-old woman who died in NYPD custody after being revived from an overdose will sue for information behind her death.

01/10/2017

Some press on the preventable tragedy of Mr. Gonzalez's death.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/rikers-inmate-tragedy-mistakenly-blamed-od-suit-article-1.2941978

A Rikers Island inmate didn’t have drugs in his system when he died, contradicting city officials’ claims, a lawsuit charges.

12/28/2016

07/20/2016

This case we're working on is far from over, but it's a start.

Public Advocate Letitia James wins push to cool summer school buses for special needs kids

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/letitia-james-wins-push-cool-buses-special-kids-article-1.2718156

10/29/2015

Lambda Legal joined our Thomas Hamm lawsuit today. What they did to Mr. Hamm was inexcusable. We are very excited to be working with them.

http://www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/ny_hamm-v-city-of-new-york

Federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Thomas Hamm against the City of New York and four New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) officers a

08/20/2015

Our office is co-counsel with the public advocate on this lawsuit. Very excited to be working with her and her staff.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/19/hot-school-bus-lawsuit/

Sweltering school buses carrying disabled students have led to a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education.

08/13/2015

R. Quackenbush's case here at R + T getting a little unexpected press!

http://shadowproof.com/2015/08/04/nypd-allegedly-entraps-methadone-user-outside-of-clinic/

A federal lawsuit filed on March 11, 2015 claims James Angone was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned after leaving a Queens methadone clinic. Angone maintains an undercover New York Police Department officer framed him for attempting to sell narcotics after he refused the officer's proposition to gi…

07/07/2015

Coverage of R&T's latest settlement with the City on behalf of Occupy Wall Street protestors...

The city says the payouts to six demonstrators show an acknowledgment that its actions were "entirely improper"

04/29/2015

NBC-NY covers our latest lawsuit. Jason Disisto was arrested for videotaping the NYPD, thankfully his arrest was captured on video. Rankin & Taylor is happy to represent people like Jason who are willing to stand up to NYPD misconduct.

Dozens of New Yorkers complained last year that NYPD officers lashed out at them after they pulled out video cameras to record a police search or confrontation despite their legal right to do so, according...

12/17/2014

Rare good news from the New York State prison system. Rankin & Taylor is keeping our upstate clients in mind through the holiday season.

On Wednesday, Dec. 10, a group of 13 students looking much like any other group of graduates walked across the stage to accept their diplomas as the Class of 2014. Unlike most college graduates, though, this group was entirely comprised of prisoners, inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility, the stat…

08/21/2014

Filed suit today on behalf of Carlos Mercado, who died in custody at Rikers. May this case help bring change to a system which has taken the lives of too many.

Carlos Mercado died after lapsing into a coma on Aug. 24, 2013, according to court documents.