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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 74 74 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor and Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . We sell a lot of properties here in Queens, and being that we’re in New York City, a lot of ...
More About Women’s Rights in the News — the ERA
Sep 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 98 98 recommendations | email to a friend
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively wor...
Can Car Accidents Cause PTSD?
Sep 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 126 126 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:Steven Palermo: The Suffolk Personal Injury Lawyer You hear about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that military service members experience from active duty. However, studies now show t...
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 152 152 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Bonnie Lawston A Spouse’s Right of Inheritance in New York Under New York law, when a married person dies, the surviving spouse has a “right of election,” a statutory right to receive eithe...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 159 159 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Leeds Brown Law A recent ruling against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has inspired mixed reactions. The case (EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich....
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 224 224 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor & Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . August 2016 Market Update Home sales in July dropped again for the fifth consecutive month. De...
What to do When Your Designated Driver Plan Fails
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 249 249 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no question that designating a driver reduces drunken driving accidents and saves lives. Designated Driver Statistics As time goes along, more and more people have gotten on board with the ...
If I Return to Work Making Less Money, Am I Still Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 243 243 recommendations | email to a friend
New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers So you’ve been hurt at work and you can’t perform your old job. What happens if you go back to work at a different position, ...
The Difference that Jurisdiction Could Make in a High Profile Divorce Case
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 220 220 recommendations | email to a friend
by Chris Palermo   Different states and different countries have laws that can significantly affect the outcome of a divorce. A prime example is a high profile case reported in the New York Post . ...
Equal Pay for Women Issues
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 228 228 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Long Island City, Queens & NYC Employment Defense Attorney From an employer’s standpoint, if you are following similar pay practices to other businesses, it may seem like safet...

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Library solution
Dear Editor: There is an obvious solution for finding funding to support keeping all Queens libraries open six days per week. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito controls the yearly programming o...
Jun 24, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Petition Tradition
Dear Editor, Here's a rhyme that I've penned. It's really a plea, In hopes of making petitioning easier for you and for me. June and early July brings a petition tradition. Petition signatures from...
Jun 24, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wipe out polio
Dear Editor, Last week, the World Health Organization announced a significant decline in polio cases this year. There have been 24 cases since the start of the year, a decline of more than 70 perce...
Jun 24, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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We need Teddy
Dear Editor: I recently watched HBO's "Roosevelt's, An Intimate History" by Ken Burns. Wow, what a great democratic President was our Teddy Roosevelt. (Small "d" but great enough to qualify for a c...
Jun 24, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fly the flag
Dear Editor: The American Flag was originally adopted through a resolution by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. Flag Day wasn't officially recognized until it was signed into law by Presid...
Jun 10, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pataki for prez?
Dear Editor: Former New York governor George Pataki's announcement that he is running for president in 2016 will be followed by being one of the first to drop out. No one who truly believes in limi...
Jun 10, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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5555 is here
Dear Editor: With much interest, I read the letter by Edward Horn about the effects of technology on society in the May 28th issue. Edward, I am in agreement with you. Technology is a double-edged ...
Jun 10, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Typical Dem dig
Dear Editor: Mr. Joseph Manago's May 28th letter was incredibly touching and reminiscent of a time when our entire country was united in our national effort to stop the aggression and finally defea...
Jun 10, 2015 | 1 1 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Expand AirTrain
Dear Editor: Following up on a past letter in which I indicated my preference for neither the Queensway nor restoration of the old Rockaway Beach LIRR line as a North-South Queens transportation al...
Jun 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lobbyist misses mark
Dear Editor: As a rent-controlled tenant for the past 47 years, I strongly dispute comments made by Rent Stabilization Association President Joseph Strasburg, a powerful lobbying group that wants t...
Jun 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get out and vote
Dear Editor: Mark Weprin, the councilman in the 23rd District, is resigning his position to work for Governor andrew Cuomo. This district covers many neighborhoods in Queens, such as Bayside Hills,...
Jun 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flush TP tax?
Dear Editor: The rationale used by Assemblyman David Weprin to justify his proposed legislation exempting toilet paper from the 8.875 percent sales tax left me puzzled. Weprin claims that "this a q...
Jun 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Last letter from Iwo Jima
Dear Editor: "March 5, 1945: Hello Folks, I am still on the Island of Iwo Jima and, before I write anything else, I want to thank God I am still living. We just came back from the front lines today...
May 27, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unfair tickets
Dear Editor: In the middle of the night, the Department of Sanitation is giving tickets out to businesses and nonprofit buildings. This has happened several times. When the businesses and nonprofit...
May 27, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fewer tickets, less trash
Dear Editor: I have lived in Maspeth my whole life – 50 years - but I have never wanted to leave this town more than I do right now. Grand Avenue is littered with garbage and NYPD Traffic is over a...
May 27, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ex-ally: Gov. Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlock

Ex-ally: Gov. Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlockA former ally of Gov. Chris Christie who pleaded guilty in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal testified Tuesday that he told the governor about the traffic jam while it was underway and ...


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FBI chief says immunity for Clinton aide limited to laptop

FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on on terror threats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey told Congress on Tuesday that his agency granted immunity to Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff because agents wanted to inspect her laptop as part of a now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.


2016-09-27 12:26:16 -0400
Gabon's President Bongo sworn in after disputed elections

FILE-In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, looks on as he leaves French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace after a meeting as part of preparation of the upcoming COP21 Climate Conference in Paris, France. Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been sworn in, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, for a second seven-year term, extending a family dynasty in place for decades after a disputed vote saw his re-election by a slim margin. (AP Photo/Francois Mori,File)LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been sworn in for a second seven-year term keeping his family's dynasty in place for decades after winning re-election by a slim margin in a disputed vote.


2016-09-27 12:24:59 -0400