Dropping poison in a drink. Serving food gone dangerously bad. Or, hiring hitmen to take out a foe. Are those violent crimes? The Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Tuesday by a New York crime family associate’s argument that his conviction in a foiled murder-for-hire plot does not qualify as a “crime of violence” because

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by landlord groups to challenge rent stabilization laws in New York City that cap rent hikes and make it harder to evict tenants. The justices

Monroe County Family Court Judge Stacey Romeo, a Republican, declared victory for the 14-year state Supreme Court post in the eight-county jurisdiction.

The US Supreme Court refused to question New York’s rent-control system, turning away two appeals that said the rules violate apartment owners’ constitutional rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by landlord groups to challenge rent stabilization laws in New York City that cap rent hikes and make it harder to evict tenants.

The Supreme Court decided not to take on a case that could have major implications for affordable housing this week. However, Justice Neil Gorsuch broke with the larger opinion and would have ruled on rent stabilization rules in New York.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal from John Nassif, a January 6 defendant who challenged a law that bans “parading, picketing, and demonstrating” at the US Capitol as a violation of the First Amendment.

The Daily Dirt discusses the Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a lawsuit challenging the rent stabilization law in New York.

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear two challenges to New York’s rent stabilization law, keeping in place a system regulating rents for roughly a million apartments despite landlords attempting to overturn it.