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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 95 95 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 | 115 115 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 | 143 143 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 | 175 175 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 | 170 170 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 | 242 242 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 | 268 268 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 | 261 261 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 | 238 238 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 | 245 245 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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Youth basketball titan, O'Connell, leaves an indelible mark
As appeared in the Queens Ledger / Brooklyn Star Weekly newspapers the week of February 18, 2016
Feb 17, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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It’s Simple Phil: Go Get Thibs!
I woke up on Monday morning to the news that Derek Fisher had been fired as coach of the New York Knicks. Considering it was the Monday after the Super Bowl, it certainly took me by surprise. Howev...
Feb 10, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kew-Forest headed to playoffs
The Kew-Forest School’s junior varsity team won the PSAA Eastern Division Championship for the 2015-16 season, going 10-1 in the conference with an overall record of 15-3. Playoffs for the team sta...
Feb 10, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lady Bears have eyes on playoff spot
A couple of Christ the Kings alums helped St. Joseph’s top Yeshiva over the weekend. Senior Erica Eddy and sophomore Destiny Marino each dropped 18 points and the St. Joseph’s team made 27 free-thr...
Feb 10, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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Standout senior forward reflects on career at St. Joe’s
Megafu on cusp of ending college career with over 1,500 points
Feb 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 44 44 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cam Newton: Don’t Hate, Just Appreciate
I hate the bye week between the AFC/NFC Championship games and the Super Bowl for two main reasons. First, it’s the first Sunday since Labor Day weekend when I don’t have football to watch. (Yes, I...
Feb 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Joe’s explodes for 95
Lady Bears fall despite big game from Marino, Porcasi
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St. John’s still looking for first win the Big East
St. John’s trailed by just one at the break, but sixth-ranked Villanova opened the second half on a 22-7 run and defeated the Red Storm, 68-53, Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. Durand Joh...
Feb 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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It’s a Cespedes Miracle!
It may be about a month late, but Mets fans received one of the best belated Christmas presents you’ll ever get. After much posturing, the Mets surprised the baseball world on Friday and agreed to ...
Jan 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Play 4Kay at St. Joe’s this Saturday
The St. Joseph’s College men’s and women’s basketball teams will play host to the first ever Play 4Kay game on Saturday, January 30, when Purchase College visits The Hill Center for a Skyline Confe...
Jan 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Francis gets better of LIU in Battle of Brooklyn
St. Francis Brooklyn forward Amdy Fall had 11 points, 13 rebounds and added four blocked shots to spearhead a defense that held the LIU Brooklyn men’s basketball team to just 21.7 percent shooting,...
Jan 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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One last time in Brady-Manning rivalry
Throughout the course of this NFL season, and especially over the final two months of this year, I wondered if somehow, someway we could get the dream matchup in the AFC Championship game coming up...
Jan 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brooklyn College holds on against St. Joe’s women
The St. Joseph’s College women assembled an 11-0 third-quarter run to erase an 11-point deficit, but couldn’t corral borough rivals Brooklyn College, falling 55-45 on Saturday afternoon in their fi...
Jan 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Joe’s men top Medgar Evers in MLK Day matchup
Megafu pulls down 1,000th rebound of his career
Jan 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kearney track record falls
Belle Harbor residents Therese, Jacqueline and Colleen Gallagher ran extremely well in both the New York City and New York State Cross Country Championship events. In the city championship, Tessy w...
Jan 13, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three killed, more than 100 hurt in New Jersey train crash: media, officials

Hoboken police officers look over the scene of a train crash where a New Jersey Transit train derailed and crashed through the station, injuring more than 100 people, in HobokenThree people were killed and more than 100 people were injured, some of them critically, when a New Jersey Transit train derailed and crashed through the station in Hoboken, New Jersey during the morning rush hour on Thursday, U.S. media and a transit official said. There were well over 100 people with injuries, many of them with critical injuries, New Jersey Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson told reporters. ABC News said on its website that New Jersey Transit was reporting many passengers were trapped.


2016-09-29 11:12:48 -0400
Train crashes into New Jersey station; 1 dead, 100-plus hurt

This photo provided by Ian Samuel shows the scene of a train crash in Hoboken, N.J., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A commuter train barreled into the New Jersey rail station during the Thursday morning rush hour, causing serious damage. The train came to a halt in a covered area between the station's indoor waiting area and the platform. A metal structure covering the area collapsed. ( Ian Samuel via AP)HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, some critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal and dangling cables, authorities said.


2016-09-29 11:08:55 -0400
Wells Fargo CEO faces lawmakers, apologizes again

Wells Fargo CEO faces lawmakers, apologizes againWells Fargo's CEO, newly stripped of tens of millions in compensation in a scandal over sales practices, told angry lawmakers Thursday the bank is expanding its review of accounts and will evaluate executives' ...


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