New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Decides Clergy Sexual Abuse, Domestic Partner Benefits and Felony Murder Cases
In their monthly New York Law Journal column about New York Court of Appeals developments, Roy Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry discuss two recent decisions involving clergy sexual abuse, a decision in a case arising out of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s refusal to implement a domestic partner benefits law, and a pair of criminal cases clarifying which crimes are lesser included offenses of first-degree intentional felony murder.