• Clarke v. Town of Newburgh

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Cheryl E. Chambers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Robert A. Spolzino, Jeffrey A. Cohen, David Imamura, Steven Still, and Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School [Ruth Greenwood, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, Daniel Hessel, and Samuel Jacob Davis, pro hac vice], of counsel, Abrams Fensterman, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Misha Tseytlin and Bennet J. Moskowitz of counsel, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY. Intervenor-Appellant Pro Se: Barbara D. Underwood, Judith Vale, Andrea Trento, Beezly J. Kiernan, Sandra Park, Lindsay McKenzie, and Derek Borchardt of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY. Amicus Curiae Pro Se and for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California: Robert Brent Ferguson of counsel, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC. Amicus Curiae Pro Se: Adam Lioz, Samuel Spital, Stuart Naifeh, Michael Pernick, and Maia Cole of counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Town of Mount Pleasant and Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant: Ariana Dindiyal, Robert J. Tucker, Erika D. Prouty, Rebecca Schrote, and E. Mark Braden of counsel, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Town of Cheektowaga: Joseph Burns of counsel, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 2024-04376

    90-Day Safe Harbor Not Triggered by Resolution to Remedy Voting Rights Violation