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The Confidentiality Clause – The Abuse That Keeps on Giving
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Bill Cafaro   |   Jul 25, 2017   |   confidentiality clause The First Amendment guarantees us the right to free speech, but unfortunately, it is generally legal to force employees (or anyone e...
What Losses Does a Workers’ Compensation Cover?
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
What Losses Does a Workers’ Compensation Cover? by   Pyrros & Serres LLP   |   Jul 25, 2017 When you have been injured at work, your injuries can extend beyond the obvious ones. What happens if you...
Queens Construction Site Accident Injures Workers in Long Island City
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP   |   Jul 12, 2017 On June 26, when a scaffolding collapsed, six construction workers suffered injury at a Queens construction site accident in Long Island City....
Race Discrimination Lawsuit: Rosebud Restaurants Settled, Paying $1.9 Million
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: NYC Employment Defense Attorneys In a race discrimination lawsuit, the EEOC sued Rosebud Restaurants and parties settled for the amount of $1.9 million. The   EEOC   brought a lawsuit again...
NEW YORK FIFA — THE FREELANCE ISN’T FREE ACT
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Stephen D. Hans   | Jul 6, 2017 |   Employment Defense Attorney ,   The Freelance Isn’t Free Act What does FIFA mean for business owners? Small business owners in New York City already are und...
NYC Carwash Law Ruled Illegal Due to Promoting Unionization
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
Recently a NY federal judge ruled that the NYC Carwash law was illegal because it promoted unionization of carwashes.   In 2015, the NYC Council passed a law to regulate car wash businesses. The Co...
What Is a Consequential Injury in a Workers’ Compensation Case?
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 59 59 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Pyrros & Serres LLP   |   Jun 29, 2017 Understanding Consequential Injuries in Workers’ Compensation Cases New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers In the afterm...
Deadly Truck Accident in Long Island City, Queens
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP   |   Jul 7, 2017 On Saturday, June 24 around 6:00 a.m., a car crashed into a tractor-trailer in Long Island City, Queens. According to   CBS New York   , the dr...
Milo Yiannopoulos Sues Simon & Schuster – Bet They Wish They Had a Morals Clause, but What’s a Morals Clause?
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Bill Cafaro   |   Jul 11, 2017   | According to the   lawsuit   he filed on Friday, July 7, 2017, Simon & Schuster refused to publish his most recent book,   Dangerous , because of allegations...
BOOK EXPO AMERICA 2017: Lots of great authors!
Jun 14, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 243 243 recommendations | email to a friend
  Article by Tiziano Thomas Dossena BEA’s annual encounter in New York (which by the way has missed a step last year by exhibiting in Chicago instead) started under a bad auspice on Wednesday, May ...

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The Maspeth Kiwanis Club honored its 2017 scholarship recipients last week at Masepth Town Hall. This year's winners included Kristen Dougherty, Andrew Giakoumis, Madison Daniels, Samantha Galvez-Montiel (Maspeth High School), Catherine Aylward (Academy of American Studies), Alyssa Cercado, Shannon Connors (Monsignor McClancy High School), Ariana Media (St. John’s Prep), Agnes Poplawski (Townsend Harris High School), Anna Quach, Alvin Zhu (Stuyvesant High School), Juan Urbano (Grover Cleveland High School), and Kevin Zhou (Martin Luther School).
Maspeth Kiwanis honors annual scholarship winners
High school students awarded $1,500 each
Jun 20, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (6/12/17-6/18/17)
Monday, June 12 Esthel Lugo was arrested at 1676 Gates Avenue for third-degree assault by Officer Llanos. Patrick Pellegrino was arrested at 60-70 Gates Avenue for criminal contempt by Officer Jack...
Jun 20, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
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Parks unveils design for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Monument to break ground next year
Jun 13, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 73 73 recommendations | email to a friend
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MVP students, parents rally at Brooklyn Diocese offices
Demand lawsuit against Christ the King be dropped
Jun 13, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Concert marks Maspeth's 375th anniversary
Maspeth Federal Savings Bank kicked off its concert series last Friday with a performance by the Queens Symphony Orchestra in celebration of Maspeth’s 375th birthday. The ensemble played classic tu...
Jun 13, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (5/29/17-6/11/17)
Monday, May 29 Melvin Clinton was arrested at 60th Lane and 60th Road for unlicensed operator by Officer Maksimiuk. Michael Vicni was arrested at 63-17 53rd Drive for third-degree assault by Office...
Jun 13, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
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George Valentin with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.
June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
Everyone who has a brain is at risk to develop Alzheimer’s, the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the only cause of death among the top 10 in America that cannot be prevented, c...
Jun 13, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Queens Symphony Orchestra Headlines Friday Concert in Maspeth
The Queens Symphony Orchestra will perform Friday, June 9th at 7:30pm at Maspeth Federal Savings Bank parking lot on 69th Street and Grand Avenue. The free concert will celebrate 375 years of Maspe...
Jun 07, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Late civic activist honored with street co-naming
Dorothy Neary spent eight decades looking after her Woodside community. Last Saturday, the neighborhood honored the civic activist’s life with a street renaming ceremony. Neary passed away in Novem...
Jun 06, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 83 83 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students, pol rally to restore after-school funding cuts
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley joined Ridgewood students and leaders from the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council last Friday to demand the city restore funding cuts to elementary after-school programs...
Jun 06, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 74 74 recommendations | email to a friend
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Show the culmination of senior art class
Display work in exhibit at Maspeth Town Hall
Jun 06, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Penelope infrastructure project to finish by next June
More than a dozen Middle Village residents attended last Wednesday’s informational meeting about the Penelope Avenue combined sewer and water main project. At the meeting, representatives from the ...
May 30, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students plant flowers ahead of parade
Dozens of pre-kindergarten students from Maspeth Town Hall helped plant flowers at Maspeth Memorial Park last Wednesday morning ahead of the weekend’s Memorial Day parade. They were accompanied by ...
May 30, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Memorial Day Parade honors 75th anniversary of USO
Hundreds of Maspeth residents attended the annual Maspeth Memorial Day Parade on Sunday afternoon. This year, the parade honored the 75th anniversary of the United Service Organizations. The parade...
May 30, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nearly 2,000 attend Queens Chamber expo
Over 1,800 attendees and 150 vendors were part of the Queens Chamber of Commerce's Business Expo at Citi Field last Wednesday. Tamara Lajara, director of sales, marketing and business development a...
May 24, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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