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Has Your Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Neglect?
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
How Does Neglect Differ from Abuse? Finding out whether your parent, relative or friend has been the victim of nursing home neglect is vital for their wellbeing. Sadly, many elderly people are in s...
Matter of Van Patten—Undue Influence
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
Probate Administration | Wrongful Actions There are certain basic legal requirements when a person transfers property, conveys a power of attorney or establishes a plan for the distribution of an e...
Legal Concerns for New York Restaurant Owners
Feb 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’re opening a new restaurant in New York City or the surrounding area, there are certain legal requirements you must put in place. You will need to choose a business entity and get your licen...
Certain questions are taboo for employers to ask in a job interview. The most obvious ones are questions that could be regarded as discrimination. If you ask these types of questions, you could be held liable if a discrimination lawsuit is brought against you. Do not ask questions that intimate at anything to do with age, race, color, national origin or birthplace, religion, disability, genetic information, gender/sex or marital/family status/pregnancy. (EEOC)
Feb 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
2019 Is Here with New Salary Thresholds The New York State overtime salary threshold draws the line between exempt salaried workers, who must be paid for overtime, and those non-exempt workers, who...
MASPETH,NY-BUYING A BRICK 2F. VS A FRAME 2F.
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 107 107 recommendations | email to a friend
COLLECTION OF OPINIONS BY BROKERS IN THE AREA. BUYER BEWARE! BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN BUYING AN OLD FRAME 2F. HOME, MAYBE 100 YEARS OLD BY NOW, AND OR BUYING A YOUNG BRICK 2 FAMILY HOUSE, ESPECIALLY IF ...
Trump supporters still in denial-Why?
Jan 25, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 587 587 recommendations | email to a friend
How many Americans   are Pro Trump today, January 25, 2019?   It is hard to imagine, whether those who are still supportive of Trump knowing all the evidence put out so far, like how many staffers ...
Leo Vadalà’s “Some Grief, Some Joy” Will Move The Reader...
Jan 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 371 371 recommendations | email to a friend
Review by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Historical fiction  is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. The term is commonly used as a synonym for the  historical n...
How Important Is ADA Compliance for Your Website?
Jan 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 524 524 recommendations | email to a friend
ADA Non-Compliance and The Beyonce Website Lawsuit According to the   Hollywood Reporter , the lawsuit alleges that visually impaired users do not have equal access to the website’s products and se...
The Ever Changing World of Web Design & Websites
Jan 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 481 481 recommendations | email to a friend
A Brief Look Back and Look Forward at Websites It's a fact that the world of web design and websites is ever changing. New improvements in design and technology emerge all the time. Can you imagine...
Assault Injuries and Premises Liability — Negligent Security, Muggings, Sexual Assault Long Island
Jan 11, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 563 563 recommendations | email to a friend
Is a Property Owner Liable for Your Assault Injuries? Negligent security is a category of law that falls under premises liability. It refers to the property owner’s negligence in maintaining secure...

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BQX dreams
Dear Editor, It is wishful thinking that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would pay for up to 50 percent of the $2.8 billion cost of the BQX. Mayor Bill de Blasio, Borough President Melinda...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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#NonprofitsToo
Dear Editor, The organization I lead, a nonprofit consulting firm called Community Resource Exchange, serves upwards of 500 nonprofits annually. In the past year, we have seen an uptick in requests...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lacking intelligence
Dear Editor, The intelligence leaders of our nation testified as to their joint opinion of the threats confronting the nation. Their testimony was in stark contrast to that stated by President Dona...
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Goldwater standard
Dear Editor, The modern-day conservative movement's founding father, late Arizona Senator and 1964 Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, would have been disappointed in the recent Supr...
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Is Cuomo high?
Dear Editor, Marijuana possessed and smoked in public for recreation is neither safe for driving nor for secondhand smoke exposure for non-users. Further, cannabis is not a safe drug for general pr...
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trump’s shutdown
Dear Editor, Republicans continue to blame Democrats more for the Trump shutdown. Odd, seeing as Trump promised Mexico would pay for his wall, and when Republicans controlled the House and the Sena...
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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Boot the hacks!
Dear Editor, Governor Andrew Cuomo's minor improvements in election law are shameful. He just couldn't find the political courage to touch term limits and reduce the number of signatures needed to ...
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
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Awful attack
Dear Editor, Wilfredo Arce, a 62-year old elderly Navy Veteran down on his luck, was attacked in a NYCHA building in Brooklyn. This horrendous act upon an elderly man who served our country is appa...
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Conflicted Cuomo
Dear Editor, I have conflicted feelings about Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget speech. As a rent-regulated tenant, I applaud his push to end vacancy decontrol and unjustified rent hikes. But he suppo...
Jan 30, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 70 70 recommendations | email to a friend
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Praise for Avella
Dear Editor, Tony Avella was a state senator for eight years in northeast Queens prior to his loss in the November election. Before that, he was a councilman for an additional eight years. As a civ...
Jan 30, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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Voting Socialist
Dear Editor, The new Marxist arrivals elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 are interpreting the elections as an endorsement of their socialist policies. They have dropped all the pretens...
Jan 30, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 72 72 recommendations | email to a friend
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Long live plastic
Dear Editor, Governor Andrew Cuomo wants a plastic bag ban throughout New York because he believes it will help reduce greenhouse emissions. But paper bags use more resources and break before the s...
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Collusion insulation
Dear Editor, Rudy Giuliani has made it clear that President Donald Trump did not collude with Russians, although his campaign staff may have done so. In other words, he had a lot of buffers. Robert...
Jan 30, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 69 69 recommendations | email to a friend
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Irresponsible ad
Dear Editor, Some time ago, I watched a car ad on television: on a deserted snowy road at high speed, a car circles a small fallen tree lying on the road and the driver does not stop to remove this...
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Rory wrong for DA
Dear Editor, A January 13th e-mail from Councilman Rory Lancman proclaimed, "Did you hear the great news? Because of supporters like you, we have raised over $1.1 million" for his campaign for Quee...
Jan 23, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 106 106 recommendations | email to a friend
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