CARDOZO JOURNAL OF
EQUAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Within the first week of his presidency, President Trump removed National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) [1] General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, leaving the NLRB without a quorum [2] and therefore unable to have any real impact on cases brought before it. [3]   This action sent unions and organizers into a panic as employers celebrated the expanded ability to get away with unfair labor practices and policies that limit strikes and work stoppage

The Department of Education (“ED”) enforces civil rights in education through Title IX. [1] Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded educational programs, and promotes inclusion in higher education. [2]  Significantly, Title IX enforcement depends on the executive branch controlling the ED, as this power rests with both the Department of Justice and the ED’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [3] Historically, judicial enforcement of statutes like Title

Some of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Divisions are now recognizing “catalyst theory” as a part of the New York State Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). To preserve the intent of the EAJA, it is time for the Court of Appeals to decide in favor of catalyst theory for litigants. Recently, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department ruled in favor of Peter Markey, a disabled Navy veteran who sued New York State after they denied him rental assis

Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, first implemented in 1996, authorizes local and state law enforcement agencies to...