Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP
and
Sheehan Greene Golderman & Jacques

  List of litigation clients A-I

2022aug29



  Anonymous:
anonymous clients represented in cases in JCP
(New York State
JUCTICE CENTER for the PROTECTION
of People with Special Needs)

JCP is part of the state government.  
  Ashby:  KEVIN ASHBY
  Blais:  RICHARD R. BLAIS
  Cerrone:  THOMAS C. CERRONE
  Cowen:  TIMOTHY COWEN and NYSCOPBA
  Hannigan:  CHARLES HANNIGAN
  Hanse and other members of the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Coxsackie

 STEPHEN HANSE
 KENNETH MANNION
 JOHN OLIVER 

  Hansen:  RONALD HANSEN
  Ichabod:  Ichabod Crane Registered Nurses Association


 





  Names of A-I clients and brief descriptions of their cases


  Anonymous:
anonymous clients represented in cases in
JCP (New York State JUSTICE CENTER for the PROTECTION of People with Special Needs)

  Introduction

2022mar14

Lippes Mathias firm represented clients
in cases handled by JCP.
The JCP web site provides PDF files
each of which pertains to one case.

The PDF files expurgate much information
(for example, the names of the government employees,
where the events happened,
and the case numbers).
In the PDFs, the expurgated text is shown by a black region.
Below, we use "XXX" where the PDF file
has a black region.

Because of extensive expurgation,
we (this web site) don't know well the facts which led to these cases.

Each PDF file has a short name.





  Coligan:  Lippes attorney Sarah Michelle Colligan

We know of one JCP case.
Name of case's PDF file:   2017-057.pdf

government attorney
Robert DeCataldo, Esq.
New York State Justice Center for the
Protection of People with Special Needs
161 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, New York 12054-1310

ALJ hears and recommends.
Then, there is a decision.

hearing 6 March 2017
JCP hearing at
9 Bond Street – 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11201
(We guess that the accused employee
lives or works in or near Brooklyn.)


Keely D. Parr, ALJ
recommended a decision.
David Molik then decided on 20 March 2017. 

Decision:
The request of XXX
 is granted.
The Subject  (the accused employee,
the Lippes client) 
has not been shown by a preponderance
of the evidence to have
committed physical abuse.


The Lippes client won.






  Hannigan:  Lippes attorney Emily Grace Hannigan


  2017 case 2017-055.pdf

  Intro

We don't know the case number.
Perhaps it is Justice Center case number 2017-055.

The case is described in a PDF file which JCP seems to call 2017-055.pdf.
Click the picture below to read that file.




  Events before and during the 2017 case

Events in 2017
ALJ Nasci recommended on 10 March.
Director Malik decided on 20 March.

prosecutor
Thomas Parisi, Esq.
New York State Justice Center for the
Protection of People with Special Needs
161 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, New York 12054-1310

There may have been a hearing at:
New York State Office Building
44 Hawley Street, Room 1701
Binghamton, New York 13901.

There seem to have been three defendants,
all employees of NYS OPWDD.
    New York State Office for People
    With Developmental Disabilities
The defendants are called "subjects."
They were accused of category 2 neglect
which supposedly caused brain injury to a woman
in a wheelchair.

Hannigan represented at least one one of the defendants.

There may have been another defense lawyer.
	Elizabeth A. Sopinski, Esq.
	Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP
	P.O. Box F-1706
	Binghamton, New York 13902

Binghamton is where the ALJ hearing
seems to have been
and where the Levene law firm seems to be. 

Sopinski may have represented
at least one of the defendants.

Was any defendant represented by
both Sopinski and Hannigan?
We guess that both attorneys represented all defendants.

Who paid the Levene law firm?
We guess that the Lippes firm paid.

We think that none of the defendants
were at the hearing
handled by the ALJ.

In the PDF file, Sopinski's name is higher than Hannigan's name.
Why?
Is that a coincidence?

Was Hannigan at the hearing
handled by the ALJ?

It is difficult to understand the
report because many facts seem to be blacked out,
some crucial facts are not stated,
and some, crucial facts are stated ambiguously. 

  Outcome ofn2017 case

All defendants won.


  2019 Hannigan case, PDF file  2019-003.pdf

2023sep17

our main source
PDF file 2019-003.pdf

Todd M. Sardella, Esq.
for Justice Center

Emily Hannigan, Esq.
for defendant "Subject"

The hearing was in Poughkeepsie 12601.

Brian T. Hughes, Administrative Hearings Unit,
recommended a decision on December 18, 2018.
Elizabeth M. Devane, ALJ, adopted his recommendation on January 4, 2019. .

There were two allegations against the defendant.
He won on the first but lost on the second.









   Schaefer:  Lippes attorney Lawrence Henry Schaefer

  2016-153.pdf

The hearing seems to have been in Rochester:
New York State Justice Center
for the Protection of People with Special Needs
2165 Brighton
   Henrietta Town Line Road
Rochester, New York 14623

Perhaps the accused employee
("Subject" of the case,
client of Lippes)
works or lives in or near Rochester.


Nasci recommended a decision.
Then Molik decided.

Nasci recommended  on 21 November 2016
in Schenectady, New York
John T. Nasci, ALJ

decision by David Molik
Director of the Administrative Hearings Unit
29 November 2016 Schenectady, New York


Decision
The request of XXX,
as it pertains to Allegation 2,
is granted.
The Subject has not been shown by a preponderance of the evidence
to have committed neglect.
     The request of XXX,
as it pertains to Allegation 3,
is denied.
The Subject has been shown by a preponderance of the evidence
to have committed abuse (deliberate inappropriate use of restraints).
The substantiated report is properly categorized,
as a Category 3 act.


Perhaps a poorly behaving female,
70 years old,
living in a
mental health treatment hospital,
was deliberately, wrongly restrained
by a registered nurse..


It seems to us (this web site)
that the Schaefer client ("Subject," employee)
won on an accusation of
negligent misconduct
 ("granted") 
but lost on an accusation of
deliberate misconduct ("denied").

  2017-129.pdf

2023sep14

  The case

our main source
2017-129.pdf

Lippes Mathias attorney
Lawrence H. Schaefer, Esq.

JCP attorney
Kristin Kopach, Esq.
New York State Justice Center
for the Protection of People with Special Needs
161 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, New York 12054-1310

hearing at
New York State Office Building 207
Genesee Street, Room 103D
Utica, New York 13501

recommendation by
John T. Nasci, ALJ
21 June 2017 Schenectady, New York

decided by David Molik
27 June 2017 Schenectady, New York

Accusation
The Subject allegedly committed
abuse (deliberate inappropriate use of restraints)
when he conducted an unwarranted
restraint with excessive force
and improper technique, which
included deflecting and/or pushing a
service recipient’s
  wheelchair onto him
and causing him to fall to the floor.

CASE OUTCOME
The client won.

  Background according to the PDF file

The events occurred in
a psychiatric treatment hospital that provides
psychiatric treatment
for inmates who are incarcerated
in New York State correctional facilities.

The hospital is operated by
the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH).

The Subject was employed by
the XXX as a Secure Hospital Treatment Assistant (SHTA).

The Service Recipient was an adult male
approximately sixty years old.


  2018-160.pdf

Lawrence H. Schaefer, Esq.
for defendant


government attorney
Thomas Parisi, Esq.
New York State Justice Center for
the Protection of People with Special Needs
161 Delaware Avenue
Dehnar, New York 12054-1310

First, there is a hearing, then a recommendation,
then a decision.

hearing at
Administrative Hearings Unit
New York State Justice Center for
the Protection of People with Special Needs
40I State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305

decision to adopt recommendation
6 December 2018

recommendation
John T. Nasci, ALJ
27 November 2018 Schenectady, New York

_______

The recommendation was:

  Allegation 1
The request of XXX,
about Allegation 1,
is denied.
The Subject has been shown by a
preponderance of the evidence to have committed
abuse (deliberate inappropriate use of restraints)
and neglect.
The substantiated report is properly
categorized, as a Category 2 act.
  Allegation 2
The request of XXX,
about allegation 2,
is granted. The Subject has not been shown by a preponderance
of the evidence to have committed
abuse (obstruction of reports of reportable incident).


_______

decision by Elizabeth
 M. Devane
6 December 2018
The recommendation is adopted.


CASE OUTCONE
The client lost on allegation 1
but won on allegation 2.



  case 2019-010.pdf

our main source
2019-010.pdf



Todd Sardella, Esq.
for Justice Center

Lawrence H. Schaefer, Esq.
for both defendants


Both defendants were accused of misconduct regarding a service recipient.
They lost on that accusation.

One defendant was also accused of obstructing a later report.
He won on that accusation.


_______


The requests of - and - [both defendants],
that the substantiated report dated - be
amended and sealed, is denied.

The request of [a defendant], that the substantiated report
dated - insofar
as it alleged abuse (obstruction of reports of reportable incidents)
be amended and sealed, is granted.

_______


John T. Nasci, ALJ, recommended on
December 24, 2018, in Schenectady, New York.

Elizabeth M. Devane, ALJ, of the Administrative Hearings Unit,
adopted the recommendation on January 7, 2019,
in Schenectady, New York.



 case 2020_076.pdf Schaefer

2023sep18



  General

Our main source is a PDF file, 2020_076.pdf.
To see the file, click the picture
in the Comment section below.
We got that file from a web site.
justicecenter.ny.gov

__________

JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF
PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

In the Matter of the Appeal of XXX


FINAL  DETERMINATION  AND ORDER

Case #XXX:


ORDERED:  The attached and incorporated Recommended Decision is hereby
adopted in its entirety.
This  decision  is  ordered  by  Elizabeth  M.  Devane,  ALJ
November 9, 2020
Schenectady, New York
Elizabeth M. Devane, Esq.
Administrative Hearings


Daniel Sullivan, Esq.
perhaps attorney for Justice Center

anonymous employee
Lawrence Schaefer, Esq.

The employee lost.
Sullivan seems to have defeated Schaefer.

__________


The request of XXX  that the
report be amended and sealed,
is denied.

The Subject  committed abuse
(deliberate inappropriate use of restraints).
The report is a Category 3 act.

recommended  by Elizabeth  M.  Devane, Administrative Hearings Unit.
October 20, 2020
Schenectady, New York

  Our comment

On 20 October 2020, Devane recommended.
On 9 November 2020, Devane decided that the recommendation be adopted.
The same person recommended and later decided
that the recommendation be adopted.
As far as we know, JCP usually has one person recommend
and a different person decide whether the recommendation should be adopted.
What is the value of the same person recommending and later  deiding
whether to adopt the recommendation?



Do we misunderstand how Justice Center handled the case?
Is this PDF file a hoax?









  Ashby:  Kevin Ashby

  Supreme Court Case

Decided and Entered:  April 11, 2013

In the Matter of
NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND
POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.,
Appellants,
v
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS et al.,
Respondents.
(And Another Related Proceeding.)

515409     515410

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

State of New York Supreme Court,
Appellate Division
Third Judicial Department

Calendar Date:  February 8, 2013

Sheehan, Greene, Golderman & Jacques, LLP, Albany
(Erin N. Walsh of counsel), for appellants.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany
(Robert M. Goldfarb of counsel), for respondents.

515409     515410

Petitioner Kevin Ashby
correction sergeant
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Butler Alcohol and Substance Abuse Correctional Treatment Center
Town of Butler, Wayne County

 Walsh seems to have represented
correction sergeant Kevin Ashby
and NYSCOPBA.






  Blais:  RICHARD R. BLAIS

  Court
teacher's retirement

Matter of Blais v New York State Teachers' Retirement Sys.
2009 NY Slip Op 09102 [68 AD3d 1266]
December 10, 2009
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau
As corrected through Wednesday, February 10, 2010

In the Matter of
Richard R. Blais, Respondent-Appellant,
v
New York State Teachers' Retirement System,
Appellant-Respondent.

Sheehan, Greene, Carraway, Golderman & Jacques, L.L.P., Albany
(Thomas D. Latin of counsel)
for respondent-appellant

whether petitioner was employed as a teacher in the public school system
from 1997 to 2003


 General

Richard R Blais
18 Tekakwitha Ct [Crescent]
Clifton Park, NY  12065
(518) 371-2549

Notice that Richard Blais seems to have had an address at 18 Tekakwitha.
His attorney, Thomas Latin, seems to have had an address at number 21.
(See our section of Ltin, above.)
Why did Latin represent Blais?
Did Blais choose Latin partly because Latin was a neighbor?

birth date
RICHARD R BLAIS 1947-02-23 Clifton Park NY
RICHARD R BLAIS born 1947-02-23
lived in Saratoga Springs NY

RICHARD R. BLAIS
Project Lead The Way
747 Pierce Road
Clifton Park, NY 12065
www.global2000.net/pltw

  Radaris

Richard R Blais, 66 [in 2013, born ~1947]
Clifton Park, NY

Lived in:
Clifton Park, NY
Schaghticoke, NY
Saratoga Springs, NY
Saratoga Spgs (Spgs=Springs?), NY

Related to:

...

Experience

Current:
	Vice President of State and Corporate Relations
	at Project Lead The Way, Inc.
Project lead the way, inc.
Position:
	Vice president of state and corporate relations
Currently holds this position

Industries
Nonprofit organization management

...

Addresses & Phones

  18 Tekakwitha, Clifton Park, NY 12065
(518) 371-2549

  17 Gloucester St, Clifton Park, NY 12065

  240 Casey, Schaghticoke, NY 12154
(518) 753-6353
[Patricia Omara-Nordby
(518) 753-6353
261 Austin Rd
Johnsonville, NY 12094
Carrier: Landline from Verizon New York, Inc.]

  36 Preakness Way, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 587-7137
[518-587-7137
BOBBETT, SUSAN
36 PREAKNESS WAY, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866
Susan Bobbett]



...

Linkedin

  LocateFamily
Schenectady
36 Sanders Avenue
Richard Blais
518-381-8883

Schenectady
1928 Guilderland Avenue
Richard Blais
518-952-7457








Classes:  clients in class action cases






  Cerrone:  THOMAS C. CERRONE

2023sep16

  Litigation

  Introduction

We are not certain what happened.
In this article about Cerrone, we state what we think happened.
We might be wrong.

There was a hit-and-run incident in 1993.
Later, investigators suspected a cover-up.
Cerrone was a cop for the NY State Police.
As part of the investigation of the suspected cover-up of the 1993 incident,
some of his fellow cops questioned him in 1995.
As far as we know,  he later complained that
his colleagues, without probable cause,
arrested him, then questioned him in a hotel for six hours.
As far as we know, his colleagues said that there was no arrest,
that he was free to leave and knew it,
and that he voluntarily cooperated with them.
He sued several cops in federal, trial court (NYND).
As far as we know, that was the first court case.

(Why was the first case in federal court, not state court?
Was there a case in state court?)

Later, some defendants appealed to a federal, appeal court (the Second Circuit's).
Cerrone was the plaintiff in NYND and the appellee in appeal court.
The appeal ccourt decided the appeal in April 2001.
The legal dispute returned to the NYND case.
NYND decided the case in September 2001.

When the NYNDcase was finally decided in September 2001,
only three of the original defendants were
affected by that decision.
In September 2001, the three, remaining defendants
won.

In 2008, Cerrone retired from the State Police as a sergeant.

Attorney Lawrence H. Schaefer
represented Cerrone when Schaefer worked for Hinman Straub firm.
This was before Schaefer worked for Sheehan Greene firm.

Who paid the Hinman firm for representing Cerrone?
We think that a state police union paid.
If a state police union paid, we guess that  it was
POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS, INC..

We think that there were only two court cases:
a trial court case and an appeal court case,
both in federal courts.

We are not certain that all of this Cerrone article is right.

This entire series of events would make a good movie. 

  Federal appeal

appeal decided 10 April 2001

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

short name of appeal case
Thomas C. CERRONE, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Scott L. BROWN et al.,
Defendat-Appellants


__________


appeal court docket # 00-7177

case reporter
246 F.3d 194 (2d Cir. 2001)

__________

Attorneys in the appeal courtroom

Lawrence H. Schaefer, then of Hinman Straub,
was for Cerrone.
Alan S. Kaufman,
of Chamberlain Kaufman,
was for the appellants.

Why didn't the AG rerpresent the defendant-appellants?
Was there a conflict of interest`


  federal, trial court case in NYND

THOMAS C. CERRONE, Plaintiff,
-against-
Michael F. Cahill
et al.
Defendants

United States District Court, ND New York


No. 95-CV-241 (NDNY,
decided 28 Sep 2001)

We think that this is the case which generated the appeal,
the case which resumed after the appeal.

__________

McAvoy, D.J.

Plaintiff Thomas Cerrone ("Cerrone"),
a New York State Trooper, commenced the instant action
asserting claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as
state law claims for false arrest, false imprisonment,
and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Cerrone's claims arise out of Defendants' investigation

...

III. CONCLUSION

Based upon the above, Defendants' motion for
summary judgment is in all respects GRANTED
and all claims against Michael F. Cahill,
Salvatore S. Valvo, and Richard G. Morse
are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter
judgment for the defendants and to close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

__________





  Result of all litigation

2023sep19

Cerrone did well in trial court before the appeal.
After the appeal, when the dispute was back in trial court,
Cerrone seeems to have lost.


  Employee, then pensioner

2023sep19

source
seethroughny.net


  Employee
    
Cerrone, Thomas
New York State Police
2008 gross $93,871
New York State Police
Sergeant-Statn Commdr [station commander?]
annual rate of base pay $90,881
2008

__________

Cerrone, Thomas C
New York State Police
2009 gross $10,099
New York State Police
Sergeant-Statn Commdr
annual rate of base pay $96,415
2009


__________


His 2009 gross was much lower than in 2008.
He retired in 2008.
Why did he gross anything in 2009?

  Pensioner

Cerrone, Thomas C
Division Of State Police
$76,909 [for part of 2023?]
NYS Police and Fire Retirement System
Retirement Date 8/7/2008
Year 2023

Cerrone, Thomas C
Division Of State Police
$75,145 [for all 2010?]
NYS Police and Fire Retirement System
Retirement Date 8/7/2008
2010


  Home

2023sep19

19 Dose Roa
Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County
NY 12590

Thomas C Cerrone
birth March 1955

Thomas Cerrone
(845) 625-3599








  COWEN:  Timothy Cowen

2022apr4


  Introduction to a court case involving a
state government C.O.

2022mar23

NYS C.O. Timothy Cowen was injured.
He worked at Mohawk Correctional Facility, in Rome, NY.
His claim was arbitrated.
He won in arbitration.
There was a dispute in court about
whether to confirm the arbitrator's award.
In 2013, he won in court.
DOCCS lost.


Schaefer, of the Sheehan firm, won.
Kerwin, of the NYS AG, lost.

We (this web site)
shortened and simplified
the slip opinion below.

____________

source
https://www.nycourts.gov

Name of PDF file which describes this case
2013_32229.pdf


  Court Opinion and Decision in 2013

Matter of Cowen
v
State of NY Dept. of Corr. & Comm. Supervision

2013 NY Slip Op 32229(U)

September 22, 2013
Sup Ct, Albany County
Docket Number: 3524-13

Judge: Joseph C. Teresi

Cases posted with a "30000" identifier,
i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U),
are republished from various
state and local government websites.
These include the New York State Unified Court System's E-Courts Service,
and the Bronx County Clerk's office.

STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT

In the Matter of the Application of
TIMOTHY COWEN
and the
NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC.,
Donn Rowe, President
Petitioners,

For a Judgment Pursuant to CPLR Article 75
Confirming an Arbitration Award,
-against-
STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION,
Anthony I. Annucci,
Acting Commissioner;
STATE OF NEW YORK GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS,
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COUNTY OF ALBANY
Respondents.

Supreme Court Albany County
All Purpose Term,
September 13,2013

Assigned to Justice Joseph C. Teresi


APPEARANCES
Sheehan Greene Carraway Goldman & Jacques, LLP
Lawrence H. Schaefer, Esq.
Attorneys for Petitioners
54 State Street, Suite 1001
Albany, New York 12207

Eric T. Schneiderman, Esq.
Attorney General of the State of New York
Attorneys for the Respondents
(Adrienne J. Kerwin, Esq. AAG)
The Capitol
Albany, New York 12224


DECISION and ORDER

INDEX NO. 3524-13
RJI NO. 01-13-110503


TERESI,J.:

Mr. Cowen was injured in a work related
accident while working for the
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
("DOCCS") as a Corrections Officer.

Petitioners commenced this proceeding to confirm
arbitrator Paul
Zonderman's Opinion and Award,
dated September 11,2012
("Arbitrator" and "Arbitrator's Award").

Respondents oppose the petition, and cross petition to vacate the
Arbitrator's Award claiming that the Arbitrator exceeded his powers.

Because Petitioners are entitled to confirmation
and
Respondents failed to demonstrate that the Arbitrator
exceed his powers,
the petition is granted and
the cross petition is denied.

The cross petition is denied, the petition is granted, and the Arbitrator's Award is confirmed.

So Ordered.

Dated: Albany, New York
September Z_2- ,2013
Joseph O'Teresi, J.S.C.

  NYS Payroll Info 2009

State Gov't January 2009 Payroll Database	

COWEN, TIM G;
CORR OFFICER;
55,718.00;
ANN; Rome; 16-Aug-93;
10390 Mohawk Correctional Facility

The 20009 NYS payroll
had "COWEN, TIM G."
In 20013, the Sheehan firm represented  Timothy Cowen.
Perhaps they are the same person-

  NYC DoC C.O.

  General

In 2013, the Sheehan firm represented
a state government C.O.
named Timothy Cowen.
At that time, there was a city government 
C.O. named Timothy Cowen.
Do not confuse them with each other.
Below, we briefly describe the city C.O.

Timothy Cowen

Rikers Island is in New
York City and Bronx County
of New York State.
There is a city jail there. 

Rikers Island jail supervisor
the Bronx, NYC, NY
January 2016

Timothy Cowen
33 in 2016
a captain working at the
George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island jail

City Department of Correction
personnel supervisor
Rikers Island

COWEN, 33
living in  Islandia, N.Y.

worked for NYC DoC since March 2007

annual base salary of about $81,879

 pay of city C.O.

source   seethroughny.net

2021
Cowen, Timothy N
DoC
gross $184,579
Captain
base pay  $114,617
2021
New York City

2008
Cowen, Timothy N
DoC
gross $42,903 	DoC
Correction Officer - Rotating Shifts -(Hired After 6/30/93)
base pay $37,316
2008


  pistol permit

Below, we mention a possible coincidence.

A pistol permit was issued in NYS to
someone named: 
COWEN,TIMOTHY G
COWEN,TIMOTHY,G,,,NY.

The permittee may be neither the state C.O.
nor the city C.O. 






  Hannigan:  Charles Hannigan

  Introduction

Is this Hannigan client related to the Lippes
attorney Enily Grace Hannigan?

This case concerns Attica Correctional Facility.

  Court Case

Charles Hannigan, DOCCS correction sergeant at Attica CF

New York State Dept. of Corr. Servs.
(New York State Corr. Officers & Police Benevolent Assn., Inc.)
2012 NY Slip Op 07242

Decided on November 1, 2012

Appellate Division, Third Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau

Decided and Entered: November 1, 2012

514141 In the Matter of the Arbitration between
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
et al., Respondents,
and 
NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC.,
et al., Appellants.

Calendar Date: September 7, 2012

Before: Mercure, J.P., Spain, Malone Jr., Kavanagh and Egan Jr., JJ. 

Sheehan, Greene, Golderman & Jacques,
LLP, Albany
(Lawrence H. Schaefer of counsel),
for appellants. 
Eric T. [Trada] Schneiderman, Attorney General,
Albany
(Julie 
M. Sheridan of counsel),
for respondents. 

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 

Egan Jr., J.

Charles Hannigan, a correction sergeant
then working at Attica Correctional Facility in Wyoming County,
alleging that Hannigan failed to report the use of force upon an inmate,
failed to have the inmate evaluated by the facility's medical staff
and made false and/or misleading statements to his superiors regarding the incident.


  Possible, Recent Address

NY  zip code 14094  Lockport
40 Spruce Street
Charles Hannigan
716-434-5195

...

The SCF (first three zip code digits) of the Lockport person is 140.
The Sheehan correctional client worked in Attica CF.
Attica CF has SCF 140.

DOCCS Prisons
Attica Correctional Facility
639 Exchange St
Attica, New York 14011-0149  Wyoming County

We guess that the Lockport person may be the Sheehan correctional client.








  Hanse and other members of the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Coxsackie

 STEPHEN HANSE
 KENNETH MANNION
 JOHN OLIVER, 




  Greene County 
Supreme Court Case

Bull v Hanse
2007 NY Slip Op 32762(U)
September 6, 2007
Supreme Court, Greene County
Docket Number: 0020078/7110
Judge: Joseph C. Teresi


SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF GREENE
STATE OF NEW YORK

JOHN BULL,
as Mayor of the Village of Coxsackie,
Petitioner,

against

STEPHEN HANSE,
KENNETH MANNION,
and JOHN OLIVER,
individually and as members of the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Coxsackie,
Respondents.

DECISION and ORDER
INDEX NO.: 07-0871 R.II NO.: 19073079

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Supreme Court Albany County
Special Term 
August 2, 2007

Assigned Justice
 Joseph C. Teresi


Eugenia Brennan Heslin, Esq.
Kaplan & Brennan, PLLC
Attorneys for Petitioner
PO Box 155
Hunter, NY 12442

Erin N. Walsh, Esq.
Sheehan, Greene, Carraway, Golderman & Jacques, LLP
Attorneys for Respondents
 99 Pine Street, Suite 402
Albany, NY 12207


  Our Summary of the Court Decision

TERESI, J.:
Petitioner, John Bull, Mayor of the Village of Coxsackie,
brings this Article 78 proceeding challenging the actions of
Respondents, members of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Coxsackie.

Respondents oppose the petition.

This Court dismisses the petition as moot.

Dated: September~ 2007
Albany, New York


 Result of Court Case

  Events

A mayor represented by Eugenia Brennan Heslin,
sued a few, government officers (village trustees).
Walsh represented the sued, government officers.
The government officers defeated the mayor.

  Parties

The respondents defeated the petitioner.

  Attorneys

Erin N. Walsh defeated Eugenia Brennan Heslin.









  Hansen:  RONALD HANSEN

  Court

a disciplined DOCCS C.O.

State of New York Supreme Court
Appellate Division Third Judicial Department
Decided and Entered:  February 26, 2009

In the Matter of the Arbitration between
RONALD HANSEN
and
Department of Correctional Services.
505428

Sheehan, Greene, Carraway, Golderman & Jacques, L.L.P., Albany
(Edward J. Greene of counsel), for respondents.

Petitioner Ronald Hansen was employed by
respondent DOCS as a correction officer.
In 2005, petitioner received two notices of discipline

  LocateFamily
Greenwich
P.O.Box 50
Ronald Hansen
518-692-7915






  ICHABOD:  Ichabod Crane Registered Nurses Association  

a nurse union


  Introduction

2022jun3

Ichabod Crane Central School District
is in Columbia County, NY.

Lawrence Schaefer represented Ichabod nurse union when he
worked for the Hinman Straub law firm.
Later, he worked for the Sheehan firm.
Now (May 2022), he works for the Lippes firm.
The Sheehan and Lippes firms are intimately related to each other.
Lawyers at the Sheehan firm gave money
to the Hinman firm's PAC
in various years.
We briefly discuss the
payments on the political payments page.

Some information in this Ichabod section came
from findlaw.com web site.

There was an Ichabod court case in Supreme Court.
The court decided it on 26 December 2002.
A copy of the decision is in a PDF file.

Our summary and comments are slightly
below on this page.

  Supreme Court Case in 2002

90551

NEW YORK

IN RE: CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York

IN RE:
CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC., LOCAL 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO,
ICHABOD CRANE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CSEA UNIT,
Petitioner, 
v. 
NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, et al.,
Respondents.

Decided: December 26, 2002

Before:
CARDONA, P.J.,
MERCURE, PETERS, SPAIN and ROSE, JJ. 

Nancy E. Hoffman,
Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Albany
(Miguel Ortiz of counsel),
for petitioner

Gary Johnson,
Public Employment Relations Board, Albany,
for
Public Employment Relations Board
and others,
respondents 

Hinman Straub P.C., Albany (Lawrence H. Schaefer of counsel),
for Ichabod Crane Registered Nurses Association, respondent.

friends of the court

Rains & Pogrebin P.C., Mineola
(Richard K. Zuckerman of counsel),
for County of Suffolk, amicus curiae
(This friend is on Long Island.) 

Colleran, O'Hara & Mills, Garden City
(Stephanie Suarez of counsel),
for New York State AFL-CIO, amicus curiae
(This friend is on Long Island.)  

James R. Sandner, New York State United Teachers,
Latham (Kevin H. Harren of counsel),
for New York State United Teachers,
amicus curiae. 

Harter, Secrest & Emery L.L.P.,
Rochester
(Matthew D. Brown of counsel),
for County Nursing Facilities of New York State,
amicus curiae


 Result of Court Case

  Events

A non-teacher union, represented by Miguel Ortiz,
sued the NYS government and a nurse union.
Schaefer represented the nurse union.
The state government defeated the non-teacher union..

  Parties

A respondent defeated the petitioner.

  Attorneys

PERB's Gary Johnson defeated
Nancy E. Hoffman's Miguel Ortiz.

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