Onondaga County Bar Association Assigned Counsel Program, Inc.

06/02/2026

Pat Hennessy Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday August 8th. Register at https://pathennessymemorial.org/

06/01/2026

Immigration courts use ‘mega masters’ to speed deportations

The Justice Department is moving up the court hearings for hundreds of immigrants and scheduling them for mass hearings. If they don't show up, they could be ordered deported.

05/30/2026

Governor’s FY27 Enacted Budget Includes Commonsense Measures To Protect New Yorkers Against Aggressive Federal Immigration Enforcement

Governor Hochul met with immigration advocates, faith leaders, educators and New Yorkers impacted by aggressive federal immigration enforcement to highlight new protections included in her FY27 Enacted Budget.

05/27/2026

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the leading professional association for OB-GYN’s, “strongly opposes the use of restraints in pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period,” the organization said in guidance released in July 2021.

Legislation pending in the statehouse would restrict use of restraints for pregnant people in police custody.

05/27/2026

The Anti-Shackling bill and CARE Act would ensure we treat all pregnant New Yorkers, including those in police custody or incarcerated, with the care they and their newborns deserv

The Anti-Shackling bill and CARE Act would ensure we treat all pregnant New Yorkers, including those in police custody or incarcerated, with the care they and their newborns deserve.

05/22/2026

The legislation comes after months of haggling over how best to protect New Yorkers from President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

05/20/2026

Thousands of New York police and peace officers were flagged for decertification, but some of them keep finding ways to don the badge again.

05/20/2026

Federal agents on Tuesday detained a 21-year-old Honduran man at an immigration court in New York City, that a judge, P. Kevin Castel, had ruled on Monday were off limits for arrests.

A Honduran man was taken into custody on Tuesday in New York City, which his lawyers said violated a prohibition imposed a day earlier. Hours later, the man was released.

05/18/2026

More than half of the people jailed in New York state wind up back in jail within three years of their release.. One jail has started a pilot program using music to help inmates break that cycle.

The power of music is undisputed. Notes take the listener someplace else — if only for a minute.