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Has Your Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Neglect?
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 108 108 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 | 99 99 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 | 31 31 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)
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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 | 111 111 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 ...

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Uneasy truce
Dear Editor, President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. will be pulling out of the 1987 Missile Treaty signed by President Ronald Reagan and President Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia is not a ...
Oct 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 207 207 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lancman must leave
Dear Editor Councilman Rory Lancman's recent announcement that he will run for Queens district attorney is like Bill Cosby campaigning to lead the #MeToo movement. Lancman is an enemy of law enforc...
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 222 222 recommendations | email to a friend
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Missing study
Dear Editor, What ever happened to the promised MTA feasibility study for restoration of Long Island Road service on the old Rockaway Beach line? The original completion date was June 2017. It was ...
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 224 224 recommendations | email to a friend
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RIP Padavan
Dear Editor, It was with great sadness when I read of the passing of former State Senator Frank Padavan. Senator Padavan fought hard for residents with mental health issues, and he served the peopl...
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 237 237 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 281 281 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 243 243 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 266 266 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 279 279 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 250 250 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 267 267 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 280 280 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 286 286 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 256 256 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Oct 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 263 263 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
Sep 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 261 261 recommendations | email to a friend
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