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Sackstein Sacktein & Lee, LLP Sponsors the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
August 25–26, 2018: the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival in Nassau County on Long Island This year, Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP takes pride in being the lead sponsor of the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festi...
Why You Have Legal Rights in Construction Accidents Involving Falling Objects
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Can Injured workers and families who have lost their loved ones pursue lawsuits? By December of 2017, a construction site at 61 Ninth Avenue in Chelsea had been repeatedly cited for construction co...
Company Security and Surveillance: Where Should Employers Draw the Line?
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Are Your Security and Surveillance Policies Violating Privacy Laws? Companies have the right to protect against internal theft or property destruction. They also have a responsibility to evaluate p...
Changes in New York State and NYC Sexual Harassment Laws
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Sexual Harassment: Mandatory Arbitration and Nondisclosure Agreements The NY legislature passed changes in sexual harassment law that Governor Cuomo signed into law on April 17, 2018. These laws we...
Your Rights Regarding Medical Treatment after a Work Injury
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It’s common knowledge in New York that, in the event of a work-related injury, you have a right to seek medical attention and have the costs covered by the workers’ compensation insurance provider....

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Latrine duty
Dear Editor, Last week a teenager was arrested and charged with destroying a stone plaque memorial honoring Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy in Lake Ronkonkoma. I...
Jul 31, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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BQX for NYC
Dear Editor, What makes New York unique among all world cities is the entire palette of cultural and global experiences that make us all New Yorkers by a little fraction – or a big one. Among these...
Jul 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flood of memories?
Dear Editor, The “Back in the Day” page in the July 5th issue was very interesting. The flooding article was both informative and very sad at the same time. Isn’t it a shame that an article from 19...
Jul 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keep studying
Dear Editor, What ever happened to the promised MTA feasibility study for restoration of Long Island Railroad service on the old Rockaway Beach line? The original completion date was June 2017. It ...
Jul 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Great no longer?
Dear Editor, Americans have been accepted throughout the world as saviors and as villains. Our past includes episodes of greatness and questionable actions. History is the means to look backwards p...
Jul 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hyndman wrong
Dear Editor, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman's op-ed "The Tale of Two School Districts" is wrongheaded and misleading. She writes that deciding which students attend the city's specialized high school...
Jul 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Space savers
Dear Editor, Just a question for all those business owners complaining that the loss of parking spaces in Forest Hills and Rego Park is affecting their business negatively: how many of you are park...
Jul 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Liberty climber
Dear Editor, So Therese Okoumou, the moron Statue of Liberty climber, responded outside the court by raising her fist and blowing kisses to her supporters. Well, for putting EMS personnel in danger...
Jul 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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And Simon says?
Dear Editor, Borough President Melinda Katz isn't the only one who's not "feeling groovy" about Paul Simon's decision to charge admission for his "farewell" concert in Flushing Meadows Corona Park....
Jul 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Airtrain hot air
Dear Editor, There are other obstacles to the LaGuardia Air Train besides Governor Andrew Cuomo's recently authorization to use eminent domain for the project. The LIRR will be unable to run trains...
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Timber talk
Dear Editor, In Fresh Meadows there are many problems with our street trees, and while the Queens Forestry Division is working very hard to take care of this mammoth task, there are major problems....
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It's the lanes
Dear Editor, It amazes me how people can think they have the credibility to give reasons on how and why a business suffers. I have read and heard comments for the last year about how the loss of pa...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kibosh on Pot
Dear Editor, I wish to commend Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio for his episcopal letter, “Marijuana Is Very Dangerous,” published in The Tablet earlier this month. As both a bishop and social worker, DiMa...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Database dolts
Dear Editor, City Council members and community activists condemned the NYPD's Criminal Group Database at a June 13th hearing. These critics endanger our safety. Cops need this data to track and ta...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rockaway out
Dear Editor, Why didn't introduction of the Long Island Rail Road's "Atlantic Ticket" discount not include Rockaway residents who can access the Far Rockaway LIRR Station? Reduced fares will be ava...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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