• CityLaw, a 24-page bi-monthly journal, reports a broad range of agency and governmental decisions. Major coverage includes contracts, conflicts of interest, campaign finance, regulation of public spaces, institutional reform litigation, public employees, licences and claims against the City.
  
  
• CityLand, a 16 page monthly journal, reports the actions and decisions by New York City's primary land use agencies. Covered are the City Planning Commission, BSA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Buildings and the City Council.
  
  
• CityRegs, a bi-weekly faxed newsletter, provides a timely alert on all regulations proposed or adopted by any agency of New York City.
  
  
• Legislative Annuals (published by the Center's affiliate, the New York Legislative Service) annually report, in book-length volumes, the text and legislative history of the statutes enacted each year by the New York City Council and the New York State Legislature.

• Monographs, Law Review Symposia, and conference materials are produced by the Center on a variety of New York City topics. Topics covered in the past have been the City budget, police brutality, charter history and conflicts of interest.

Events, Symposia and Seminars   [Return to top]

• CityLaw Breakfasts are held seven times a year and feature prominent speakers who discuss current government and political issues. Breakfasts are free, open to the public, and are broadcast by Crosswalks cable television throughout the five boroughs. Sponsors of the Breakfasts are Consolidated Edison, Verizon, Greenberg Traurig and The Murray Goodgold Foundation.
  
  
• New York City Law Symposia are co-sponsored with the New York Law School Law Review. Symposium papers and discussions presented at the symposium are published by the Law Review in a special annual issue.
  
  
• A Conflicts of Interest Seminar is annually co-sponsored with the New York Conflicts of Interest Board. The seminar addresses the specialized ethical laws that govern employees of New York City as well as everyone else having business or other dealings with the City.

Web site   [Return to top]
The Center's research-based Web site offers comprehensive libraries of New York City agency administrative decisions in searchable format. There are currently 15 agencies' decisions available and other agencies are to be added in the future.

Academic and CLE Courses   [Return to top]

• The Center has developed and added to the traditional law curriculum specialized courses about New York City and critical urban issues. Among the courses offered by New York Law School are New York City Government, New York City Law Workshop, Municipal Finance, Family Court, Labor Relations in the Public Sector and Education Policy and the Law.
  
  
• The Center offers CLE credit for many of its symposia, events and professional courses. Among these are courses on New York City contracting offered in conjunction with the New York City Procurement Training Institute, and Ethics in New York City Government offered in conjunction with the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. The Center will in the future also offer short courses with CLE credit for practicing lawyers on other New York City legal topics.

New York City Library   [Return to top]
The Center maintains a specialized, limited-access library on the New York City Charter and related governmental materials. Titles held in the Center library are catalogued among the holdings of New York Law School's Mendik Library which can be accessed on the Law School's Web site. Among the more important holdings are all Charter Revision Commission reports since consolidation of New York City in 1898, many studies of City government by commissions and academics, oral histories, and early commentaries on the New York City Charter and governmental operations.

Student Participation in the Center    [Return to top]
The Center involves New York Law School students in all phases of the Center's programing, from writing, researching and publishing its newsletters to hosting and attending events. Students draft items for the Center's publications, assist in managing the Web site, help plan and run Center events, and have special opportunities to attend meetings on governmental and political issues.

The Center assists students in obtaining internships and employment with governmental agencies. Students who have worked with the Center have found permanent jobs with many City agencies including City Hall, the Law Department, the Mayor's Office of Contracts and the Office of Management and Budget.

The Law School's Harlan Scholars Program provides additional ways for a student to engage with the work of the Center. Harlan Scholars participate in all Center activities, qualify for upper class courses in related legal topics, and have the opportunity to produce a major research project on urban law under the guidance of the Center.

Each year the Center appoints three members of the graduating class as a one-year Fellow in New York City Law.