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Being Italian American Is In The DNA Of My Being And Of My Work… An Interview With Playwright And Director Charles Messina
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 97 97 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena (Courtesy L'Idea Magazine NY) Charles Messina Charles Messina  is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Born in Greenwich Village, of Italian-Ame...
New Medical Fee Schedule for New York Workers’ Compensation Claims
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 169 169 recommendations | email to a friend
Worker’s Compensation Board Proposes New Medical Fee Schedule Board Seeks Comments before Finalizing Fee Schedule Changes Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers If you’ve been i...
Bedsores Due to Nursing Home Neglect – Frequently Asked Questions
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What Systems Should Hospital Staff Follow to Monitor Medical Conditions? Monitoring a medical condition in a patient requires following set medical standards and guidelines that have been establish...
EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE WITH NEW SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS COMMENCES ON OCTOBER 9, 2018
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A BRIEF BY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO COMPLY WITH THE NEWLY ENACTED NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORK CITY SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING LAWS Author:   CHRISTOPHER L. VAN DE WATER, E...
Paycheck Deductions: What Is Legal in New York?
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Understanding NY Laws about Paycheck Deductions Laws vary from state to state regarding deducting for loans or legitimate business losses from an employee’s paycheck. New York has very strict labor...

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Ride is no better
Dear Editor, Regarding your opinion piece ("One year later, has your ride improved?" - 9/20), the answer is hell no! Our subway is a mess, thanks to the MTA's multi-tasking, multi-millionaire chair...
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Legalize it
Dear Editor: Legalization of Marijuana in New York is long overdue. Consumption of marijuana for both medical and recreational use is part of mainstream America, transcending generations. Creative ...
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Inspect city trees
Dear Editor, Over the last three months, our region has had nearly 20 inches of rainfall. The soil is completely saturated, and that could spell trouble for many trees, especially those that are al...
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Lies, lies & lies
Dear Editor, Now, let me see if I got this right. In the Brett Kavanugh confirmation hearings, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal accused Judge Kavanaugh of lying. This from a senator who lied a...
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Them Dems
Dear Editor: During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, Michelle Obama stated, “we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place ...
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Poor planning
Dear Editor, Queens Boulevard used to be called the "Boulevard of Death,” but thanks to the implementation of the Select Bus Service (SBS) and all the changes to traffic patterns since November 201...
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Trains still delayed
Dear Editor, In the papers recently are headlines about transit delays. Guess what? As I read through the September 20th edition of this paper and happened upon page 14's "Back in the Day," I read ...
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GOP's low standards
Dear Editor, Some people who watched Brett Kavanaugh’s unhinged testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday think that Kavanaugh does not have the judicial temperament to be on the Supr...
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No evidence
Dear Editor, As reported in the The New Yorker on Sunday, a second woman Deborah Ramirez, a Yale student while Brett Kavanaugh was also there, came forward to claim sexual misconduct against him in...
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Wright's Field
Dear Editor, Mets hero David Wright made his farewell to Citi Field on Saturday night. His fans, like myself, gave him a tribute last night that I don't think he will soon forget. Wright was a base...
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Setting the record straight
Dear Editor, In “Albany sex harassment policy falls short” (Greenpoint Star – 9/13), the author editorializes on an important subject: improving state-wide sexual harassment policy. The matter had ...
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Save NY, vote GOP
Dear Editor, The political landscape has drastically changed in this election. The Republican Party is carrying the torch against the radical progressive left that has taken over the Democrat Party...
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Charter lesson
Dear Editor, Charles Sahm of the Manhattan Institute professes great appreciation for the value of civics education to our “battered democracy” (New York Post, “Make Students Pass Citizenship Test}...
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The Wright stuff
Dear Editor, David Wright will play his final game on September 29 due to health problems. During his time with the Mets, he always gave 110 percent, and was respectful to the fans and the media. H...
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Fast Forward slo-mo
Dear Editor, NYC Transit President Andy Byford's $37 billion, ten-year "MTA Fast Forward" proposal is little more than a fundraising prospectus for potential transportation investors. Assume the ne...
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