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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Brooklyn Rugby tops Knights, Women fall to Hartford In week 2 of the 2015 season, the Brooklyn Rugby men faced off against the Gotham Knights (NYC), coming away with a hard fought 39-15 victory, while the women hosted a strong Hartford (CT) team, fa...
Hopefully Sunday isn’t a sign of things to come for Harvey & Mets Sunday’s Subway Series finale between the Mets and Yankees was exactly the sort of game Mets fans have been dreaming about for the last eight seasons. A packed house in September, Citi Field rockin...
Djokovic, Pennetta are the 2015 US Open champs Photos: Michael O'Kane After Roberta Vinci stunned the U.S. Open crowd and tennis fans the world over with her shocking upset of Serena Williams, ending the best world’s best female tennis player’s...
Hot start for the Rocks The Shamrocks returned to life in the top flight of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League with a well deserved 1-0 win over the Greek Americans at St. Michaels in Woodside on Sunday. A late goal from Chri...
September Subway Series Has All Sorts of Sizzle When I took a look at the Major League Baseball schedule back in early April, I noticed a weird little wrinkle. The Yankees and the Mets playing a three-game series in the month of September? It di...
Merry Christmas Football Fans! Season Preview You Won’t Hate It’s been quite some time since we were able to watch a football game that actually meant something! That last game we watched in Super Bowl 49 was pretty eventful between the Seahawks and Patriots...
New faces for St. John's basketball in 2015 With the college basketball season fast approaching, the St. John’s men’s basketball staff hit the ground running on the recruiting trail since arriving this past April. Rapidly restocking nearly a...
Preseason or Not, Sound the Alarm on the Giants There’s nothing worse than over-analyzing preseason football. We’ve seen teams go 0-4 in the preseason and win the Super Bowl and we’ve also seen teams go 4-0 in the preseason and go 0-16 in the re...
Championship boxing coming to Studio Square The Triboro Fight Night will make its series debut on September 15 at the outdoor Studio Square in Queens. Headlined by former four-time world champion and Brooklynite Alicia “Slick” Ashley, the ni...
Snapshots from the first two days of the U.S. Open Thousands of tennis fans descended on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows on a balmy Monday night for the official opening of the 2015 US Open. Top seed Serena Will...
Yankees Path To October May Require A Sprinkle Of Youth Heading into the trade deadline at the end of July, there was a strong contingent of Yankees fans that wanted to see the team go the distance in search of a big arm to put into the starting rotatio...
Enough is Enough. I'm Over Geno Smith Let me preface the start of this column by saying I do not by any means condone the actions of I.K. Enemkpali last week at Jets camp. By no means was it okay for a fringe player to break the jaw of...