As New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces growing calls to resign after being indicted on federal charges, a familiar name is surfacing as a possible replacement—former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout spoke with Newsweek about how voters electing Cuomo as mayor will not solve the current corruption in New York City. “He had corruption scandal after corruption scandal, and I think people are going to be really looking for somebody who can just do the job,” Teachout said. She described the type of candidate New York City residents are looking for. “People want someone…
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The path to the bench for Judge Joseph Laroski ’97 began when he was a young boy looking out at the ships from the bench near his New Jersey family home. By the time he was unanimously confirmed as a judge in the U.S. Court of International Trade in February, he developed extensive experience representing the United States in trade negotiations involving markets through the Pacific Rim, Europe, and Africa, as well as litigating cases on behalf of clients that produced commodities ranging from outboard motors and steel to shrimp and live swine. Laroski returned to Fordham Law School on…
Fordham Law Dean Emeritus John D. Feerick, FCRH ’58, LAW ’61—who played a central role in framing the 25th Amendment, which deals with presidential succession and inability—will be featured in the PBS documentary, “The American Vice President,” providing legal expertise and commentary through his examination of the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment. The documentary premieres Tuesday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m. ET (check local listings) on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on PBS, PBS.org, and the PBS app—ahead of the vice presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 1, 9 p.m. ET. Watch the documentary trailer. Watch the full documentary in its entirety: PBS…
On Sept. 9, Donald Trump Jr. claimed on X that Springfield, Ohio, was being destroyed by “unvetted Haitian migrants” and blamed Vice President Kamala Harris. Fordham Law Professor Gemma Solimene is quoted in a PolitiFact article that breaks down what Temporary Protected Status is and how the program works. … Trump Jr.’s claim that Temporary Protected Status recipients are unvetted is inaccurate. To receive Temporary Protected Status, a person must complete Form I-821, a detailed 13-page questionnaire. “You’ll see that extensive biographical and background-related information needs to be provided, including information about any involvement with criminal systems,” said Gemma Solimene, a…
The lawyer representing New York City Mayor Eric Adams on five federal charges, Alex Spiro, has a history of representing high-profile clients, from Jay-Z to Alec Baldwin and many more. The prosecution of the case is being led by United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams. Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout spoke with Newsweek about Spiro and the challenges prosecutors will face moving forward. Alex Spiro is serving as Adams’ attorney on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals; wire fraud; solicitation of a…
After working as the White House’s chief advisor on gender-based violence, Professor Catherine Powell, Eunice Hunton Carter Distinguished Research Scholar at Fordham Law, looks back on the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to address gender-based violence. Powell is an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. On September 12, 2024, I attended the White House’s thirtieth anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the landmark law that Joe Biden championed as a senator, establishing legal services and protections to address and respond to gender-based violence (GBV), such as experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and…
After New York City Mayor Eric Adams pled not guilty on Sept. 27 to federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish nationals, Bennett Capers, associate dean for research, spoke to The New York Times about public opinion in the wake of the indictment of Adams. Still, accusations of public officials abusing the public trust, especially where public money is involved, are the sorts of cases that can outrage jurors enough that they vote for conviction, said Bennett Capers, a former prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and a professor at the Fordham University School of Law.…
On Sept. 26, Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Jocelyn E. Strauber, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging New York City Mayor Eric Adams with bribery, campaign finance, and conspiracy offenses. Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout is quoted in a Gothamist article that breaks down what Adams is accused of, what it would take for prosecutors to prove their case, how…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing five criminal charges alleging he accepted unpaid, opulent overseas travel, illegal foreign campaign contributions, and official favor trading during his 2021 mayoral campaign—the first sitting mayor in the city’s history to be indicted on federal charges. Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout is quoted in a Gothamist article detailing reactions from legal experts, political observers, and others on Adams’s video statement shared shortly after news broke of his indictment on Sept. 25. The troubled legal history of Adams’ 2021 campaign fundraising also belies the notion that the mayor is being targeted by the…
Should the government nationalize giant companies or break them up in order to reduce corporate power? In a The Nation article co-authored with Matt Bruenig, founder of the think tank People’s Policy Project, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout says that freedom requires decentralized power—but ultimately disagrees with the premise of the debate, arguing that one needs both. Teachout’s most recent book, Break ‘Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money (All Points Books 2020), makes a case for reimagining the relationship between democracy and antimonopoly law. As we finally rethink neoliberal economics, there are progressive…