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SPRING SAFETY TIPS FOR MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS
Apr 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 87 87 recommendations | email to a friend
As the weather warms up, people take to the road and want to spend more time outdoors. In particular, an increasing number of bicyclists and pedestrians join the thoroughfares, and motorists need t...
Employee Salary Histories
Apr 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 83 83 recommendations | email to a friend
Can Employers Ask Employees About their Salary History? On May 4, 2017, the New York City Council passed a bill that limited what an employer can ask job candidates about their salary history, comp...
What Employers Should Know About the New York Women’s Equality Act
Apr 13, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 226 226 recommendations | email to a friend
Clarifications for Employers for Women in the Workplace In June of 2014, the Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York signed amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law, which bolstered civil rights...
Wish You Had a Case Against Harvey Weinstein? Maybe Not
Apr 05, 2018 | 1 1 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
The parent company of Weinstein Co.filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on March 20, 2018. Before that, Eric Schneiderman, the New York Attorney General, had filed a lawsuit again...
How Does the New York Compassionate Care Act Affect Employers?
Apr 05, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
The New York Compassionate Care Act (NYCCA) protects patients who are certified to use medical marijuana from being subject to criminal or civil marijuana charges. We live in an age where some stat...
MORE ABOUT EMPLOYEE WAGE DEDUCTIONS
Mar 30, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 84 84 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Stephen D. Hans As an employer, have you ever wondered if a wage deduction you made was legal? New York Labor Law establishes what is legal and what is not for wage deductions. If you have que...
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY: FAQS ABOUT TIPS
Mar 30, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 284 284 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Stephen D. Hans Owners in the restaurant industry often have questions about tips. As a restaurant owner, it’s important to know your rights and responsibilities regarding tips so you can avoi...
A Renaissance Woman In New York City. Interview With LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Mar 18, 2018 | 2 2 comments | 609 609 recommendations | email to a friend
  An interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena She is the optimal example of a  Renaissance woman  and a  New Yorker  combined: humble but determined, soft spoken but direct, with a genial attitude not u...
Can Your Family Have Access to Your E-Mail after Your Death?
Feb 23, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 906 906 recommendations | email to a friend
In today's electronic world, the idea of property has changed dramatically. In the past, when you were putting together an estate plan, the only intangible property that might be a part of it was c...
Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP Settles $1.3 Million for Construction Worker Injury Prior to Trial
Feb 23, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 164 164 recommendations | email to a friend
Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP successfully negotiated a $1.3 million settlement for a 41 year-old Asian male construction worker, who was injured while performing asbestos removal work at an upsta...

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Scary politics
Dear Editor, It is not hard to be a fortune teller during this election process. If Trump loses in November one can already hear his rantings that the “system is rigged,” that he won the election a...
Jul 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 133 133 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shedding light on K2
Dear Editor, Kudos to Jaime Rosenberg for an excellent and informative expose on K2. The boxed answers to five key questions was very creative and helpful to your readers. Police Commissioner Bill ...
Jul 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 125 125 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wasted money
Dear Editor, Governor Andrew Cuomo's New York planned oversight by the state Design and Construction Corporation for all Metropolitan Transportation Authority capital projects over $50 million is r...
Jul 27, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 124 124 recommendations | email to a friend
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Save Forest Hills
Dear Editor, As a lifelong resident of Forest Hills, I am writing to ask our legislators to save our idyllic community from urban sprawl. Anyone who has ever lived in Forest Hills knows what a trea...
Jul 20, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 131 131 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mourning loss
Dear Editor, The Gray Panthers NYC Network is outraged at the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. The continued stealing of innocent lives as a result of overzealous policing is rooted...
Jul 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 120 120 recommendations | email to a friend
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What scandal?
Dear Editor, Republicans vowed the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails would put an end to the "scandal" once and for all. Did it? Of course not. When FBI Director James Comey said they...
Jul 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 127 127 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unfair treatment
Dear Editor, The hypocrisy and disparate treatment by the media in the presidential campaign is absolutely flagrant. When Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka is interviewed by the press, nearly always s...
Jul 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time to act
Dear Editor, The sit-in by Democrats in Congress to protest the failure of new gun law legislation may have ended, but the fight has only just begun. It is time for Congress to unite as one legisla...
Jul 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 104 104 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thank LBJ
Dear Editor, July 2016 marks the 52nd Anniversary of federal government support for public transportation. The success of public transportation can be traced back to one of the late President Lyndo...
Jul 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 72 72 recommendations | email to a friend
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RIP Elie Wiesel
Dear Editor, Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor of four Nazi death camps, Nobel Peace Prize winner and a supporter of oppressed people all over the world. Here was a man whose writings tell manki...
Jul 05, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 71 71 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trump on Turkey
Dear Editor, How long before Trump blames the bombing and massacre that took place in Istanbul on the "ongoing conflict between the Turks and Caicos?" Sincerely, Robert LaRosa Whitestone
Jul 05, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 98 98 recommendations | email to a friend
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Now what?
Dear Editor, Now that the British people have voted to leave the E U, what will happen next? Europe is already in a precarious position due to the large influx of refugees from the Syrian war, and ...
Jul 05, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
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Future in jeopardy
Dear Editor, For 216 years our elections, though bitterly contested, have featured the philosophies and character of candidates who were clearly qualified. That is not the case this year. One is gl...
Jul 05, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
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Real-live service
Dear Editor, It seems like the news is filled with more and more stories about automated customer service. Virtual assistants, apps that answer your questions, chatbots that designers swear act and...
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Pope gives hope
Dear Editor, Pope Francis has offered an apology for all those that the church has offended. "I think the church must not only apologize to a gay person, but must apologize to the poor, to women wh...
Jul 05, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
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