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☆ Judge Issues Second Ruling Blocking Parts of New York’s New Gun Law
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The law came with a list of locations where possession of a firearm is a felony regardless of permit status, including New York City’s Times Square. A federal judge issued a second ruling against New York’s new gun-control law and blocked its prohibitions on carrying concealed firearms in parks, bars and houses of worship. U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby in Syracuse said in a 184-page ruling that many aspects of New York’s law placed an unconstitutional burden on gun rights protected by the Second Amendment. He issued a preliminary injunction that barred the state from enforcing an array of restrictions and rules, including ones that required gun-permit applicants to demonstrate good moral character and provide information about their family members and social-media accounts.

A tent complex that New York City opened last week for up to 1,000 migrants is housing fewer than 50 people as the flow of publicly funded buses from border states to the north has slowed. Mayor Eric Adams ordered the relief center on Randalls Island to be built at a cost of $325,000 soon after he declared a state of emergency earlier this month. Mr. Adams said thousands of migrants arriving on buses chartered by the state of Texas and the city of El Paso were overwhelming New York’s social services.

☆ Buffalo Diocese Agrees to Outside Auditor in Sex-Abuse Settlement
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Diocese of Buffalo declared bankruptcy in February of 2020 after a wave of sexual-abuse lawsuits. An independent auditor will monitor how the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo handles sexual-abuse allegations as part of a settlement filed Tuesday in federal court with New York Attorney General Letitia James. The diocese, which declared bankruptcy in February of 2020 after a wave of sexual-abuse lawsuits, also agreed to specific time frames for investigating misconduct claims. The auditor, former FBI official Kathleen McChesney, will be in place for five years. The auditor will prepare and publish an annual report on the diocese’s compliance with its procedures regarding abuse claims.

☆ New York Apple Growers Fume Over Overtime Rules
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | Photographs Landon Speers For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KINDERHOOK, N.Y.—Golden Harvest Farms has grown from a small apple-growing operation when Doug Grout’s grandfather opened it after World War II, to a multipronged business that includes a retail stand, cider press, distillery, tasting room and barbecue restaurant. But Mr. Grout said he sees a cloudier future for the business due to new state regulations that will require him to increasingly pay more overtime to the farmworkers who pick his apples in the coming years, raising one of his primary costs.

☆ New Jersey Bill Would Require Concealed-Weapon Holders to Carry Insurance
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People seeking concealed-weapons permits in New Jersey would have to obtain insurance for their firearms under a proposal introduced Thursday by the Democratic leaders of the state’s legislature. The proposal, if passed into law, would make New Jersey the first state with such a requirement. The legislation would require applicants to purchase liability insurance to cover any claims arising from the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of a firearm carried in public. It would also mandate in-person training and prohibit the possession of firearms in 24 types of sensitive places including bars, parks, schools and hospitals.

☆ NYPD Officers Can’t Be Fired for Refusing Covid-19 Vaccine, Judge Rules
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New York City police officers can’t be fired for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19, a state judge ruled Friday. State Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank , sitting in Manhattan, said officers who were fired or placed on leave as a result of the policy should be reinstated.

Three days after Yordalis Bermudez crossed the Rio Grande into Texas, she and her family faced the same daunting question thousands of migrants do each day: what to do next. “I didn’t have any idea where I was going to go,” said the 22-year-old Venezuelan native, who arrived with her husband and infant son.

☆ Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Trial: Judge Could Decide Soon on Relevance of Alleged Financial Wrongdoing
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-07 | by ( Valerie Bauerlein | Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WALTERBORO, S.C.—A South Carolina judge is expected to rule as soon as Monday on whether prosecutors can present evidence of alleged financial crimes committed by Alex Murdaugh as part of his continuing double-murder trial. The 54-year-old disbarred lawyer is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul at the family hunting estate on the night of June 7, 2021. Mr. Murdaugh has been jailed for over a year on a total of 99 counts, primarily related to allegedly swindling his clients out of $8.8 million but also related to alleged drug trafficking, money laundering and insurance fraud in a failed assisted-suicide attempt over Labor Day weekend in 2021.

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