Noah Powelson

Second public defender union goes on strike / By Noah Powelson While the threat of a mass public defender strike gridlocking New York courthouses appeared to be mostly averted, the city isn’t out of the woods yet after a public defender union went on stri... See more

Brooklyn Defender Services strike ends after tentative labor deal reached / By Noah Powelson The threat of a mass citywide public defender strike wreaking havoc on the city’s courthouses appeared to be averted on Tuesday after striking attorneys reached a... See more

Brooklyn Defender Services union goes on strike / By Noah Powelson Over 500 attorneys and legal staff at the city’s second-largest public defender organization went on strike Thursday. Unionized staff at Brooklyn Defender Services – which has about 500 at... See more

Case volume continues to challenge Queens Criminal Court, top judge says / By Noah Powelson Despite a boost in funding and resources for the state’s court system, Queens Criminal Court’s Supervising Judge Edwin Novillo says that large case volumes continu... See more

Attorneys at second-largest public defense org in city authorize strike / By Noah Powelson Unionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in the city voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hund... See more