New York City Bar Association Podcasts -NYC Bar

In this episode, Tenant Harassment, the third episode in our series on housing part proceedings and the reality of housing court.

Agata Rumprecht-Behrens, a court attorney in Queens housing court, moderates a panel discussion with

Vijay Kitson, a partner at Hertz, Cherson Rosenthal specializing in landlord-tenant trial advocacy;

Rachel Nager, a tenant attorney and advocate representing tenants in housing court; and

Judge Shorab Ibraham, a housing judge appointed in 2018.

The statements and opinions of each speaker are their own and do not represent the views or opinions of other speakers, the housing court committee, the City Bar, respective law firms or the Office of Court Administration.

Ashley Wong, an associate at Sidley Austin LLP, speaks with William Ng, the current president of AABANY, and shareholder at Littler Mendelson, P.C., and Terry Shen, past president of AABANY and a partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

A podcast of the City Bar Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law Committee. Committee members Aimee Latorre, Lisa Podemski and Tsui Yee discuss setting healthy boundaries at work.

For more mindfulness and well-being resources, visit the Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law Committee's webpage: https://bit.ly/3yZEyn8

Ethereal Meditation by Maarten Schellekens is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. No changes were made to this track.

Elizabeth Kocienda, New York City Bar Director of Advocacy, speaks with three City Bar members about issues that they advocated to include in the New York State Budget. Lisa Pearlstein, Betsy Kramer, and Ed Murray discuss the work that they did through their City Bar Committees to bridge the digital divide for New Yorkers living in shelters; increase funding for representation of parents and children in family court and matrimonial proceedings; and reform the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Find more resources, including those mentioned in this podcast, by using this link: https://bit.ly/3kSGIwf

Uptown by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Dorothy Heyl, Chair of the City Bar Real Property Law Committee, speaks with Justin La Mort and Alex Lycoyannis. Justin is the Supervising Attorney for the housing rights project of Mobilization for Justice, and former Real Property Law Committee Chair. Alex is a partner at Rosenberg & Estis, and a member of the Real Property Law Committee.

They talk about a bill in the New York State Legislature: Prohibition of Eviction without Good Cause. They dig into the meaning of "good cause" and the pros and cons of this bill.

A podcast of the City Bar Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law Committee. Committee members Aimee Latorre, Stacy Schaffer, Alejandra Vargas, and Lisa Podemski share stories of their mindfulness journeys.

Ethereal Meditation (https://bit.ly/3JVjyQj) by Maarten Schellekens (https://bit.ly/3kfVooY) is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. No changes were made to this track.

In this episode: HP Proceeding Nuts and Bolts, the second episode in our series on Housing Part Proceedings and the Reality of Housing Court.

Agata Rumprecht-Behrens, a court attorney currently assigned to the HP part in Queens housing court, moderates a panel discussion with Vijay Kitson, a partner at Hertz, Cherson Rosenthal specializing in landlord-tenant trial advocacy; Rachel Nager, a tenant attorney and advocate representing tenants in housing court; Travis Arrindell, supervising attorney at Department of Housing Preservation and Development; and Hon. Shorab Ibrahim, a housing judge appointed in 2018.

In this episode: Civil Court Act and the Housing Part, the first episode in our series on Housing Part Proceedings and the Reality of Housing Court.

Agata Rumprecht-Behrens, a court attorney currently assigned to the HP part in Queens housing court, moderates a panel discussion with Vijay Kitson, a partner at Hertz, Cherson Rosenthal specializing in landlord-tenant trial advocacy; Rachel Nager, a tenant attorney and advocate representing tenants in housing court; Travis Arrindell, supervising attorney at Department of Housing Preservation and Development; and Hon. Shorab Ibrahim, a Housing Court judge.

Concerns over violent threats to federal judges has led to a bill called the Daniel Anderl Act, named for a judge's son who was shot to death by a man enraged at the judge's decision in his case. We discuss the contents of the Act, and the challenges it might face, and answer the question: how will this legislation protect judges, and how might it inhibit the work of journalists?

Jennifer Rodgers, former federal prosecutor and Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, talks with Christopher Pioch and Jessenia Vazcones, Co-Chairs of the City Bar’s Task Force for the Independence of Lawyers and Judges, and Matthew Schafer, Chair of the City Bar's Communications & Media Law Committee.

Christina Lewicky, a member of the City Bar Litigation Committee and the host of this podcast, speaks with Bill Dodero, Global Head of Litigation at Bayer and Jonathan Cohn, Partner at Sidley Austin. They discuss the value of outside counsel who are relentlessly selfless, resolute and solutions oriented strategists, and who produce efficient wins.