Navigating Legal Disputes in New York City

Lesley Brovner & Mark Peters
September 27, 2024

Legal disputes with New York City come in many different types. With its $112 billion budget, the City has immense numbers of contracts with companies and nonprofits that provide vital services to New Yorkers but is chronically late in paying for those services. As such, legal disputes with the City over payment for work performed is an increasingly significant issue. At the same time, the City has multiple agencies with investigatory powers who can issue subpoenas or other demands on companies that do business within the City. Thus, responding to City investigations can seriously impact the day-to-day as well as long-term prospects of the companies and nonprofits that operate within the City’s investigatory ambit. Finally, the City can take administrative actions that negatively impact an entity’s operations and these too may turn into legal disputes that need to be resolved.

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What to expect during an Internal Investigation

Lesley Brovner & Mark Peters
June 6, 2024

Internal workplace investigations are an important tool to manage a company’s or nonprofits’ risk. They can be done prior to any public accusations of wrongdoing or government investigations to determine general compliance, or they can be done in response to either public accusations of wrongdoing or a government investigation. Either way, there are certain basic steps that any investigative attorney will take to complete such an inquiry.

When should you conduct an internal workplace investigation?

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New York Post: Special needs teacher caught sexually abusing student on camera — but the school didn’t monitor the video: suit

Special needs teacher caught sexually abusing student on camera — but the school didn’t monitor the video: suit

By Susan Edelman
Published May 25, 2024, 11:28 a.m. ET

Classroom cameras at a costly taxpayer-funded boarding school for autistic, mentally ill and emotionally disturbed students captured a biology teacher sexually abusing a boy – but no one monitored the video, a bombshell lawsuit alleges.

Only after the student told his mom that he had sex repeatedly with Sandy Carazas-Pinez, a teacher at Biondi High School, did the principal watch the video. It showed the instructor cuddling with the 16-year-old during class and asking him to “rub her crotch,” the suit by the boy and his mother charges.

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Peters Brovner LLP, The Law Office of Ali Najmi Esq. & and Hanna & Vlahakis Law Offices announce a lawsuit against The Biondi Education Center and Rising Ground Academy

May 20, 2024

Peters Brovner LLP, The Law Office of Ali Najmi Esq. & and Hanna & Vlahakis Law Offices announce a lawsuit against The Biondi Education Center and Rising Ground Academy for failure to protect a student from repeated sexual abuse by a teacher.

View the complaint here.

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Peters Brovner is proud to have filed this latest Child Victims Act case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 1, 2021

Child Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed Against Public School (P.S.) 189 – The Bilingual Center, New York City District #17, Former P.S. 189 Teacher Jean Pamphile, The New York City Board Of Education, The New York City Department Of Education

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Lesley Brovner and Mark Peters Co-Author Lexis Practice Note Article on Employers Reporting Criminal Activities of Their Employees to Law Enforcement

In this Lexis practice note, Lesley Brovner and Mark Peters provide practical guidance regarding employers’ reporting criminal activities of their employees to law enforcement. The article delves into the following topics:

Federal reporting requirements
State general criminal reporting requirements
Potential liability for failure to report and “willful blindness”
Minimizing risk and liability through internal compliance programs and reporting
Decreasing risk of claims brought by employees after employers report their alleged crimes

Mark and Lesley have decades of experience in law enforcement, serving at the highest levels of government. Peters Brovner LLP is a boutique law firm focusing on internal investigations, white collar/regulatory defense and litigation.

Read the full article.

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Peters Brovner Sues City to Require Planning Transparency

Press release

Feb 24, 2020

Lawsuit Challenges De Blasio Administration’s Proposal to Curb Hotel Development in New York City

Administration Acted in “Bad Faith” by Attempting to Hide the Economic Impact of the Proposal by Restricting Public Analysis to Only One Area of the City Despite Plans to Apply Proposal Citywide

Plaintiff Seeks Full Public Accounting of the Impact of the Administration’s Citywide Plan to Require Special Permits for All Future Hotel Construction

Late last year the De Blasio administration green-lighted a proposal to require that new hotels in the Union Square district obtain “special permits” prior to construction. This is the latest step in what the Mayor, during a rally at the Hotel Trades Council, admitted was a plan to require such special permits for all new hotels to be built anywhere in New York City. The special permit process is so onerous – requiring ULURP review and City Council approval – that it will essentially preclude any new hotel construction.

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New York Post: Special needs teacher caught sexually abusing student on camera — but the school didn’t monitor the video: suit

Special needs teacher caught sexually abusing student on camera — but the school didn’t monitor the video: suit

Peters Brovner LLP, The Law Office of Ali Najmi Esq. & and Hanna & Vlahakis Law Offices announce a lawsuit against The Biondi Education Center and Rising Ground Academy

Peters Brovner LLP, The Law Office of Ali Najmi Esq. & and Hanna & Vlahakis Law Offices announce a lawsuit against The Biondi Education Center and Rising Ground Academy

Peters Brovner is proud to have filed this latest Child Victims Act case

Peters Brovner is proud to have filed this latest Child Victims Act case

Lesley Brovner and Mark Peters Co-Author Lexis Practice Note Article on Employers Reporting Criminal Activities of Their Employees to Law Enforcement

Lesley Brovner and Mark Peters Co-Author Lexis Practice Note Article on Employers Reporting Criminal Activities of Their Employees to Law Enforcement

Peters Brovner Sues City to Require Planning Transparency

Peters Brovner Sues City to Require Planning Transparency

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