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The Confidentiality Clause – The Abuse That Keeps on Giving
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 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 | 6 6 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 | 9 9 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 | 58 58 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 | 47 47 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 | 242 242 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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Kudos to John Adams
Dear Editor, Congratulations to Global Kids and the administration and staff of John Adams High School in Ozone Park for adding a meditation room for students to get in touch with their spiritual l...
Nov 02, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 376 376 recommendations | email to a friend
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Clinton's free ride
Dear Editor, In the October 27th issue, Ed Horn's wrote a letter about Donald Trump not paying taxes and his supposed indifference to Americans. Mr. Trump did not pay, that is true. What he did may...
Nov 02, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 260 260 recommendations | email to a friend
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Honor our vets
Dear Editor, November 11 is a day to think about our honored veterans. For 240 years, they have fought to defend those freedoms we hold most dear. These veterans who have served our nation did so w...
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Vote your mind
Dear Editor, Fellow Residents of Maspeth, Bill de Blasio gave us the homeless, despite our protests. Hillary Clinton will give us refugees. Don't protest, vote! Sincerely, Ronald P. Wortman Maspeth
Nov 02, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 277 277 recommendations | email to a friend
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Foreseeable demise
Dear Editor: Following the re-election of President Barack Obama, the Republican Party concluded that it had to widen its appeal or forfeit winning a national election. Though there was much discus...
Nov 02, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 229 229 recommendations | email to a friend
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Right to vote?
Dear Editor, It has always been my understanding that the purpose of an absentee ballot was to serve disabled people, shut-ins and deployed military people far from the convenience of a polling pla...
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 265 265 recommendations | email to a friend
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General critique
Dear Editor, While much of the press and public continue to focus on the sex scandals surrounding Donald Trump, other important topics, such as Trump's constant praising of two controversial WW II ...
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 251 251 recommendations | email to a friend
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Phone solution
Dear Editor, It was found that Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones can catch fire, and therefore they were banned from aircrafts in the United States. I think that this problem can be solved. What ab...
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 402 402 recommendations | email to a friend
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Oh no, Mangano!
Dear Editor, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, wife Linda and Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto were arrested last week on corruption charges. If convicted, this will be a sad day for resid...
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 230 230 recommendations | email to a friend
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Harsh realities
Dear Editor, Charges that some of Hillary Clinton's State Department staff took the Fifth Amendment and received immunity fails to convey the truth. Attorneys fearing for their clients will require...
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 236 236 recommendations | email to a friend
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Back on track
Dear Editor, Remember back in 2005 when George W. Bush was in charge? There were constant stories about mismanagement and ineptitude regarding FEMA. Now? You don't hear about such problems. Why? Be...
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 211 211 recommendations | email to a friend
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Still a bargain
Dear Editor, The recent New York City Transit Museum’s antique bus display as part of the annual Atlantic Antic Festival was a great trip down memory lane. It was a time when bus drivers had to mak...
Oct 18, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 259 259 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pulling rank?
Dear Editor, Secretary Ray Mabus intends to break with centuries of tradition and stop all identification of sailors by their rank titles to make the Navy more politically correct. What he doesn’t ...
Oct 18, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 215 215 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cybercrime spree
Dear Editor, The flood of recent headlines of about hacking and data breaches make it clear that cybercrime is on the rise. The massive data breach at Yahoo despite previous red flags is just one e...
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Not just Trump
Dear Editor, In response to the op-ed by Assemblyman Ron Kim (“Are You American Enough” – 10/13), a lack of perceived tolerance is not coming solely from Donald Trump. On October 10, I participated...
Oct 18, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 336 336 recommendations | email to a friend
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