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New York State Adopts New Law Governing Public Meetings by Videoconference

As part of the 2022 adopted State Budget, the New York State Legislature amended the Open Meetings Law (Public Officers Law § 100, et seq.) to authorize public bodies to conduct meetings using videoconference technology...more

5/16/2022 / Open Meetings Act , Public Meetings , Videoconference , Virtual Meetings

New Law Authorizes Virtual Option for Public Meetings

On September 2, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation (S.50001/A.40001), which includes a number of statutory protections and other emergency public health measures adopted in response to the recent increase in the...more

9/13/2021 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Management Plans , Infectious Diseases , Open Meetings Act , Public Entities , Public Health Emergency , Public Meetings , State and Local Government , Virtual Meetings

Settlement of Lawsuit Causes Town of Oyster Bay to Revise its Rules of Decorum for Public Meetings

This blog post provides an update to a post that was published on November 30, 2020, regarding a dispute over the Town of Oyster Bay’s recently adopted rules governing conduct at public meetings. The new procedures, which...more

1/18/2021 / Municipalities , Public Meetings , Standard of Conduct , State and Local Government

Federal Court Reviewing Town of Oyster Bay’s Rules of Decorum for Public Meetings

In response to a resolution passed by the Oyster Bay Town Board on October 6, 2020, that purports to create rules of decorum at Town Board meetings and seeks to prohibit inappropriate behavior during board meetings, a Town...more

11/30/2020 / Appropriate Business Decorum , Constitutional Challenges , First Amendment , Free Speech , Freedom of Association , Freedom of the Press , Municipalities , Public Meetings , State and Local Government , State Constitutions

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