Legal Writes

Local Landlords, Unite! vs. Eviction Bill

by | Mar 14, 2024 4:03 pm | Comments (40)

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Local landlords Shmuel Aizenberg (top left) and Mendy Edelkopf (bottom left), 2 of 20 signatories of form letter opposing state bill; tenant advocates Sinclair Williams (top right) and Sarah Giovanniello (bottom right, with Amy Eppler-Epstein), in support of bill.

I am a part of a group of landlords in the area who help each other out by discussing issues and providing support and guidance to each other,” wrote Ocean Management’s Shmuel Aizenberg. 

Mandy Management’s Adir Chen wrote that too. So did Julian Cardona and Menahem Edelkopf and Alejandro Soriano and Menahem Lebenhartz and more than a dozen fellow New Haven-area landlords and property managers. 

Each wrote” those same words in individually signed form letters seeking to persuade state legislators to protect their right to evict rent-paying tenants whose leases have expired.

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Judges Reject Greer's New Trial Appeal

by | Mar 6, 2024 12:50 pm | Comments (3)

Judge Westbrook: "New evidence" would likely not change outcome.

A panel of appellate court judges has rejected incarcerated sex offender Rabbi Daniel Greer’s bid for a new trial, affirming a lower court’s ruling that purported new evidence” introduced by the convicted predator lacked credibility — and was unlikely to change a jury’s verdict.

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Suit: Cops Failed To Stop Domestic Homicide

by | Feb 12, 2024 1:43 pm | Comments (29)

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Sheila Harris: A "social butterfly" whom her daughter believes the police could have saved.

Sheila Harris was murdered by her domestic abuser minutes after five police officers left her home, and hours after she arrived, scratched up, at police headquarters to report a stolen gun.

Now Harris’ daughter Mercedes Harris is suing the city and 13 officers, arguing the police should have done more to protect her mom on the night of Aug. 19, 2023.

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Driver Gives Rideshare Rights A Lyft

by | Feb 9, 2024 4:51 pm | Comments (2)

Jesenia Rodriguez en route to Capitol: Putting in policy miles to protect future rideshare workers.

It’s been a journey getting here,” Uber driver Jesenia Rodriguez said as she parked her boyfriend’s stoplight red Toyota across from the state Capitol building.

She was running late. First she had to drop her grandkids off at Jepson School. Then she missed three exits on her way into Hartford while fielding phone calls from fellow rideshare and delivery drivers.

But now she had arrived, with a message to deliver.

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Philosopher Quizzed For Cop-Case Jury

by | Jan 24, 2024 3:06 pm | Comments (7)

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Seeking justice, Tony Zona readies for jury selection.

A Yale PhD student was asked on the witness stand if he could take a firm and fair stand in a trial of cop against cops.

What is … fair’?” the graduate student responded to attorneys as jury selection kicked off in a case that will test whether top cops can be held accountable for seeking to retaliate against alleged whistleblowers.

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