Eric Abrams
ericabramslaw.bsky.social
Eric Abrams
@ericabramslaw.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer in NYC. Views my own, nothing here is legal advice, etc etc etc

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Proud to have secured $375,000 in a settlement for Mr. Bauer, who was viciously beat by NY prison guards. One of the officers, Nicholas Anzalone, is now facing a second-degree murder charge for his alleged involvement in the fatal 2024 beating of Robert Brooks.

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ECBAWM Settles Prison Abuse Lawsuit Against Four DOCCS Guards - Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP
As reported by the New York Law Journal, on Monday, September 22, 2025, ECBAWM client Adam Bauer reached a settlement with four correction officers represented by the New York State Attorney General’s...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Like Scandinavian...but brown.
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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New York Communities for Change is launching a new pro-Mamdani super PAC focused on canvassing Black homeowners in East Flatbush, Canarsie and Wakefield – a demographic that Andrew Cuomo overwhelmingly won in the primary. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
New pro-Mamdani PAC targets Black homeowners
Can messaging around reducing energy bills and pollution win over Cuomo voters in East Flatbush and Wakefield?
www.cityandstateny.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some recent news: “ECBAWM attorneys recovered nearly $3.6 million for the family of Heather Roselli related to her tragic death, having been fatally suffocated by state aides while under the care of a New York state facility for people with disabilities.” ecbawm.com/news/ecbawm-...
ECBAWM Recovers Nearly $3.6 Million for the Family of Heather Roselli Related to Her Tragic Death - Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP
ECBAWM attorneys recovered nearly $3.6 million for the family of Heather Roselli related to her tragic death, having been fatally suffocated by state aides while under the care of a New York state fac...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk’s record.

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September 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
“Staff falsified medical records to permit dosages of medicine for J.P. that were so high he was kept in a drooling ‘zombielike’ state, kicked and punched him and tied his shirtsleeves, straitjacket like, to restrain him, according to the lawsuit.”

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Autistic man was assaulted, overmedicated at East Islip group home owned by Garden City nonprofit agency, lawsuit alleges
The suit alleges group home staff kicked and punched the man and falsified records to permit overmedication that kept him in a "zombielike" state.
www.newsday.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“I want justice and accountability,” J.P .’s mother , who goes by her initials, V.T., told the Daily News. “My son is a human being. No one should be treated that way, or spoken to (that way). No one should raise their hand to anyone. He’s a disabled man.”

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Autistic man from Queens suffered years of abuse at group home: lawsuit
A non-verbal autistic man from Queens suffered years of beatings and abuse by the staff of the group home that was supposed to take care of him — even after a video of his treatment made the news i…
www.nydailynews.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“This wasn’t a one-time failure, but rather a systemic campaign of overmedication, physical and emotional abuse, and institutional cover-ups against a completely defenseless person.”

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ECBAWM Files Lawsuit Alleging Life’s WORC Systematically Abused and Overmedicated Nonverbal Autistic Man in Long Island Group Home - Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of V.T., the mother and guardian of J.P., a nonverbal autistic man alleging that Life’s WORC — a nonprofit organizati...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM