Last week, the New York Times featured this article on Chief Judge Lippman's impact on the New York Court of Appeals. One of the main thrusts of the article is how the Court has had more contentious opinions in the last year than in prior years under former-Chief Judge Kaye. Some recent decisions demonstrate the point: Affri v. Basch (Chief Judge Lippman dissents in Labor Law sec. 240(1) case) and Matter of Save the Pine Bush, Inc. v. Common Council of the City of Albany (Judge Pigott dissents regarding standing issue in SEQRA matter).
*Be sure to listen to the Multimedia piece with the writer [featured in the left panel of the article]