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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 92 92 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 | 112 112 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 | 140 140 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...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 172 172 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....
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 167 167 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...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 238 238 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 | 265 265 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 | 258 258 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 | 235 235 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 | 242 242 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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Support caregivers
Dear Editor, Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law two bills that take important strides toward supporting both paid caregivers and unpaid family caregivers in an aging New York City. Tha...
Sep 14, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Plenty to lose
Dear Editor, Donald Trump has now proclaimed himself the only person who can save African-American families. But when he first began his real estate career, he was sued by the Justice Department fo...
Sep 14, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Where's the GOP?
Dear Editor, In my opinion, there is an urgency facing this nation with Donald Trump being the nominee for the Republican Party. I am dismayed that certain Republican leaders have not stepped up to...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Penner wrong
Dear Editor, Larry Penner equated "political points" with basic civil rights (“Hello Chick-fil-A” – August 25). Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy admitted that he was “guilty as charged” of opposing ...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Play a role
Dear Editor, As the new school year resumes this month, my thoughts turn to those students who have the will to succeed, but not always the resources. Too often we hear about dreams extinguished by...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sack Colin
Dear Editor, While everyone is entitled to feel the way they want about issues in our country, respect for its national anthem should always be shown. Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand durin...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sack Colin II
Sack Colin Dear Editor, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand up for the national anthem at a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. He said he was protesting the...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Numbers game
Dear Editor, What I'm about to write may appear trivial, but as a stickler for details I would like to explain my dilemma. During NBC”s coverage of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, they kept referring to ...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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DA busted
Dear Editor, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson thought lunch was free and that taxpayers should foot the bill, but ignorance of the law is no excuse. Now he has to pay back the cost of those ...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don't blame DC
Dear Editor, Financial problems with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority may be attributed to less funding provided by both Albany and City Hall, not Washington. Federal support for transport...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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New Manhattan
Dear Editor, A friend of mine recently visited Battery Park and noticed a heavy militarized police presence, both there and at Penn Station. However, despite all the political hype post-9/11, I res...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Need a miracle
Dear Editor, As this very volatile presidential election race continues, are either one of the candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties really qualified to lead our nation for the next ...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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No shelter
Dear Editor, I lived in Maspeth all my life, and it’s not good for anyone to allow a homeless shelter in our neighborhood. We are a tight community and will not stand for this. It’s an outrage, and...
Aug 24, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Just one problem
Dear Editor, Unlike the recent incident at an Astoria laundromat, we know who the man is that repeatedly exposes himself in a Maspeth laundromat. He lives about three blocks away and is not hard to...
Aug 24, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Welcome Chik-fil-A
Dear Editor, How refreshing to hear that Chick-fil-A will open up their first store in Queens at the Queens Center Mall on September 1. Chick-fil-A has long-term plans to open up to 200 stores in t...
Aug 24, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wells Fargo chief Stumpf heads to Hill with pressure mounting
The bank's move earlier this week to claw back $41 million in stock awarded to Stumpf, an unprecedented rebuke for a major U.S. bank CEO, is unlikely to silence calls for him to resign over revelations Wells Fargo's branch staff opened as many as two million unauthorized credit card and deposit accounts to meet sales quotas. The episode has been a stunning reversal for Stumpf, long regarded as a safe pair of hands in the industry for navigating Wells Fargo successfully through the financial crisis. Thursday's hearing may be softer on Stumpf than the bipartisan tongue-lashing he took from the Senate Banking Committee on Sept. 20, in which Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called him a "gutless leader" who should be criminally investigated.
2016-09-29 01:07:28 -0400
California officer guns down man in 'shooting stance'

Police shoot, kill man in San Diego area; protesters gatherEL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The fatal police shooting of a black man who drew something from his pocket and extended his hands in a "shooting stance" happened about a minute after officers in a San Diego suburb arrived where a distraught man was reportedly walking in traffic, a police spokesman said Wednesday.


2016-09-29 01:07:02 -0400
Relief arrives for U.S. shale firms as OPEC folds in price battle
By Liz Hampton and Terry Wade HOUSTON (Reuters) - It was a moment U.S. shale oil producers have been waiting on for more than two years: OPEC nations finally agreed to cut production on Wednesday in a move that lifted low prices ravaging their budgets. The agreement effectively establishes a floor on prices near $50 a barrel - around where many U.S. shale oil companies can make money and drill new wells. "This gives U.S. producers more confidence,” said James West, partner at the investment firm Evercore ISI in New York.
2016-09-29 01:01:32 -0400