Faculty In The News

Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor Vin Bonventre was quoted in the Newsday article, "Gov. Hochul has the constitutional authority to remove a mayor from office," on February 19, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  published an op-ed on Bloomberg Law,  "A Privacy Grading System Could Warn TikTok Users on Data Access", on February 19, 2025.

Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor Vin Bonventre was quoted in the Newsday article, "NYS top court rules against Cuomo challenge to ethics panel's constitutionality," on February 18, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  discussed his new book on the New Books Network Podcast,  "The Private Is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism", on February 17, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in the ABC.com story,  "Trump and allies ramp up attacks on judges, courts as agenda hits legal roadblocks", on February 12, 2025.

Professor Dale Cecka was quoted in the Associated Press story "New York’s top court hears arguments on sexual abuse lawsuit standards," on February 12, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  published an op-ed on MSNBC,  "Elon Musk’s DOGE is executing a historically dangerous data breach", on February 12, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in Adweek,  "Tik Tok’s-legal-uncertainty"  on January 24, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was a guest on the Marketplace podcast,  "As Congress Struggles With Tech Legislation States Aim To Regulate Online Privacy," on January 24, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  published an op-ed on MSNBC,  "There’s a simple reason Trump cannot simply erase birthright citizenship", on January 21, 2025.

Director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lauren DesRosiers appeared on WAMC's Midday Magazine, "Legal battles to follow Trump’s proposal ending birthright citizenship, which is in the Constitution," on January 21, 2025.

Associate Dean for Online Education, Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom's appeared on the Green Urbanist Podcast "Sacrifice Zones – Rebuild after disaster or return to nature?"  on January 20, 2025.

Director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lauren DesRosiers appeared on Spectrum News Capital Tonight, "Immigration law clinic director from Albany Law School discusses Trump’s executive actions" on January 20, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in Forbes,  "Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of A TikTok Ban, But There’s A Silver Lining"  on January 17, 2025.

President and Dean Cinnamon Carlarne was quoted on ABC News, "Officials nationwide should prepare for potential climate disasters, researchers say" on January 13, 2025

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  published an op-ed on MSNBC,  "Trump being sentenced is a small but important win for the rule of law," on January 10, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in Politico,  "Supreme Court seems reluctant to overturn TikTok ban," on January 10, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in Newsweek,  "TikTok Ruling Will Shake up Supreme Court Alliances: Analyst," on January 10, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in Politico,  "5 questions for Washington from TikTok’s Supreme Court hearing," on January 10, 2025.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was a guest on the Daily Beast's Abnormal Podcast,  "The Most Absurd Conservative Stories of 2024," on December 27, 2024.

Professor Ava Ayers had an op-ed published in the Times Union "Don’t be fooled: This case is not about 'medical issues.' It’s about transphobia.” December 8, 2024.

President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law Melissa Breger authored the Los Angeles Times op-ed, “What we should learn from the Menendez brothers’ plea for clemency,” on November 27, 2024.

Professor Dale Cecka was quoted in the Scary Mommy  story "Abortion Won At The Ballot Box, But Will It Be Enough?" on November 21, 2024.

Director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lauren DesRosiers was quoted in the Times Union article "Upstate immigrant advocates fear local effects of Trump’s deportation plans" on November 17, 2024.

Professor Ava Ayers was quoted in Newsday "How Donald Trump's plan to deport migrants might work," on November 17, 2024.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was quoted in Original Jurisdiction,  "4 Legal Implications Of Donald Trump’s Win,"  on November 7, 2024.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia  was interviewed on the  Sidebar podcast,  "The Future of the Legal Profession Impacts Democracy,"  on November 4, 2024.

Professor Dale Cecka was quoted in the Forbes online story "Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2024: Heal, Hold And Center" on October 31, 2024.

Professor Dale Cecka was quoted in the Stateline online story "New abortion-rights measures in 7 states could trigger legal, legislative challenges" on November 11, 2024

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka published an op-ed titled "The Fatal Consequences of Giving Violent Men Access to Their Children" in Governing on October 25, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka appeared on an episode of the Jabot Podcast titled: "Using Your Law Degree For Good," on October 22, 2024.

President and Dean Cinnamon P. Carlarne was quoted in the ABC News online story "Florida is developing rapidly. Will climate change impede its growth?" on October 15, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka was quoted in the sheknows.com article: "As More States Introduce Birth Control Restrictions, Here’s How They Could Impact Your Teen," on October 15, 2024.

President and Dean Cinnamon P. Carlarne's letter to the editor regarding "Asheville, Tampa and Lessons From Hurricane Helene," was published in the New York Times on Oct 10, 2024.

Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor Vin Bonventre was interviewed on WNYC News about the NYC Mayor Adams corruption case on September 30, 2024.

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Ray Brescia's op-ed "Rudy Giuliani Ruling Shows Why We Must Insurrection-Proof Our Courts." appeared on the Daily Beast website on September 30, 2024.

Associate Dean for Online Education, Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom's letter to the editor titled "When Nature Says Don’t Live Here, Listen," was published in the New York Times on September 30, 2024.

Associate Dean for Online Education, Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom's op-ed titled "The Case for Returning Disaster-Prone Areas Back to Nature" was published in Next City on September 27, 2024.

Associate Professor of Law Ava Ayers was featured in the Spectrum story, "New York state ethics panel names new chair, vice chair", on September 25, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka was quoted in the 19th article: "The complicated legacy of the 1994 crime bill," on September 16, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka published an op-ed titled "The Violence Against Women Act Turns 30 Today—But Are We Still Failing Survivors?" in Common Dreams on September 13, 2024.

Professor Diego H. Alcalá Laboy appeared on podcast "Crimenes 101: Entre Causas y Estrategias" to discuss crime policy and the prison abolition movement in Puerto Rico on August 27, 2024.

Professor Diego H. Alcalá Laboy was cited in the Times Union article "Report: Ritter raid part of federal election interference probe" to provide insight regarding an executed federal search warrant on August 23, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka published an op-ed titled "How "It Ends With Us" gets domestic violence wrong" in Salon on August 21, 2024.

Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum and co-author Jed Adam Gross's op-ed entitled "Removing barriers to split liver transplants will save lives," was published in STATnews.com on August 8, 2024.

Professor Michael Wetmore '14 had an op-ed titled "Don't blame bail reform for random violence" published in Newsday on July 31, 2024.

Associate Dean for Online Education, Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom's op-ed titled "The Rise Of State And Local Environmental Leadership," was published in Law360 on July 25, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka was quoted in the Reuters article: "US Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortions offers no clarity for states," on June 27, 2024.

Professor Dale Margolin Cecka published an op-ed titled "NYS should not allow anonymous reporting of child abuse" in Newsday on July 2, 2024.

Director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lauren DesRosiers was quoted in the Hell Gate article "The Adams Administration Is Denying Roughly Half of Migrants’ Shelter Applications" on June 20, 2024.