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Announcements and StatementsApril 8, 2026
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“If they look at the nypd, what they are going to look at are the arrest statistics, the number of complaints, such as civilian complaints, internal affairs complaints, excessive force that was applied officers within the department,” Darrin Porcher. Pace University Professor and former NYPD Lieutenant Darrin Porcher says it's still unclear if the justice department will include the NYPD in its new review of specialized police units.
"These instances are simply the latest chapters in the recurrent global novel of white men publicly exhibiting racist behaviors and being positively rewarded," says Melvin Williams, associate professor of communication and media studies at Pace University.
Hochul has been crisscrossing the state (she spoke at Pace University in Pleasantville last month), pushing her budget and, in particular, the New York Housing Compact that was the lynchpin of her State of the State address in January. Her plan is a mix of policy carrots and sticks, incentives to foster development and a mechanism to approve development over the opposition of local government.
Pace University Lubin Professor Philip G. Cohen was featured in WalletHub's recent article about States with the Highest & Lowest Tax Rates.
Bennett Gershman, a law professor at Pace University in New York, said he had seen that kind of workload only on misdemeanor or lesser felony cases, which take far less time to clear. “It’s insane,” he said. “How can you handle a criminal justice system with integrity when you have one lawyer with so many cases that it’s almost impossible to navigate and manage in a fair, responsible, professional way?”
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Dean Horace Anderson has a Q&A with Westchester Lawyer.
Commencement 2023 just got 5x more exciting! This May, the Class of 2023 will celebrate with a creative genius and fashion entrepreneur, an intrepid US Senator, a renowned legal scholar, a former CEO of the largest telcom company in the US, and a nonprofit leader dedicated to justice and equality.
It is a busy time for news at Pace University. This morning we’re announcing our speakers for Commencement 2023; yesterday we announced the formal appointment of our new Provost; and now, in the latest issue of Pace Now, we're sharing more faculty success, some amazing go-getters, and so much more.
Pace University alumnus Telfar Clemens ’08, a celebrated fashion designer and founder of the label Telfar, will address Pace University’s Commencement 2023 and receive an honorary doctorate. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will address the Elisabeth Haub School of Law graduating class. In addition, Sen. Warren and Harvard Law Professor and legal historian Bruce H. Mann will both receive honorary degrees. Trustee and alumnus Ivan G. Seidenberg ’81, retired chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, will address graduates of Pace’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems to mark the school’s 40th anniversary.