NYMP Laws & Orders #2:

NYC files Garvey appeal, Aug. 14 date set for class certification arguments in DiCapua, ULC debates Model Public-Health Emergency Authority Act, and WOC for Equal Justice v. NYC hearing bumped up.

ICYMI: Some subscribers didn’t receive Laws & Orders #1.

The technical problem that caused this has been fixed, and I’ve also made the whole first edition accessible to free subscribers, so check it out if you haven’t already.

Judge Porzio set an August 14 date for class-certification arguments in DiCapua et al v. City of New York et al.

In a July 18 hearing, Richmond County Supreme Court Judge Ralph Porzio denied a motion by the City to dismiss DiCapua and set an August 14 date for the next hearing. Attorney Sujata Gibson and her co-counsel Michael Sussman will present arguments for certifying the lawsuit as a class action.

ICYMI, I talked with Sujata Gibson about the case briefly at the courthouse and in depth on the podcast. You can also check out Gibson’s conversation with Michael Kane on Good Morning CHD. Kane is one of the named petitioners in the DiCapua case and founder of Teachers for Choice.

The suit was brought by 16 current and former NYC Department of Education employees who w…