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For January 16, 2026 through January 22, 2026, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

NELSON v NYC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (2025 NY Slip Op 81088[U]):
APL-2026-00002 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 11/20/25; denial of motion; sua sponte examination of whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved in the order appealed from; Unemployment Insurance--Whether the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board decision, ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits, was properly affirmed; alleged constitutional violations; App. Div. affirmed decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 22, 2023, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct; App. Div. denied motion for reargument or leave to appeal.

PEOPLE v WILLIAMS (JAMARLY) (241 AD3d 1106):
APL-2025-00207 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 9/18/25; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Gesmer, J., 11/20/25; Crimes--Identification of Defendant--Whether defendant's motion to suppress the eyewitness's identification was properly denied; Whether the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the eyewitness to identify defendant in surveillance video footage; Whether the eyewitness's testimony was incredible as a matter of law; Crimes--Right to Counsel--Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to renew the motion to dismiss the indictment and for failing to object to statements made by the prosecutor; Supreme Court, Bronx County, denied defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction pursuant to CPL 440.10; Supreme Court, Bronx County, convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentenced him to a term of 22 years to life; App. Div. affirmed, with two Justices dissenting.