New York State will pay $5 million to settle two wrongful death lawsuits brought by Michael and Lisa Carey, whose son Jonathan died in 2007 while living in a State facility for the disabled. Jonathan, an autistic 13-year-old, was asphyxiated and killed by a State employee while on a community outing. Two State employees have been criminally convicted as a result of Jonathan’s death.
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Brahms CD Launched in Steinway Hall
Mother/Son Brahms CD Released by Universal Music
Universal Music has released a 4-hands CD of the complete Brahms Hungarian Dances and Waltzes, with Ilann and his mom, Israela Margalit.
Suit Says Man Was Arrested for Nasty E-Mail Message He Didn’t Write
Muslim Officer in Elite NYPD Antiterrorism Unit Sues for Discrimination
An officer in the elite NYPD Antiterrorism Cyber Unit has brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against New York City for anti-Muslim discrimination.
NY Public School Strip Search Case Filed
ECBA filed a federal suit on behalf of four 10- and 11-year old boys illegally strip-searched in P.S. 186, a New York City public school. The boys were strip-searched because their teacher lost her ring.
Closing the Billionaire Loophole
Ilann Performs in French Embassy for the Paris Review
Ilann performed Chopin at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., in a star-studded celebration of The Paris Review and George Plimpton. Billy Collins, America’s Poet Laureate, also read his poetry for guests including Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Stephen Breyer, and Ben Bradlee.