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NYC Bans Polystyrene Takeout Containers and Coffee Cups
Feb 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
Judge Upholds the 2013 Law Banning Polystyrene for Takeout Containers and Coffee Cups In 2019 restaurants must begin phasing polystyrene cups and containers out of use. This change is a result of a...
Has Your Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Neglect?
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 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 | 61 61 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 | 51 51 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)
Feb 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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 | 337 337 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 ...
Trump supporters still in denial-Why?
Jan 25, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 313 313 recommendations | email to a friend
How many Americans   are Pro Trump today, January 25, 2019?   It is hard to imagine, whether those who are still supportive of Trump knowing all the evidence put out so far, like how many staffers ...
Leo Vadalà’s “Some Grief, Some Joy” Will Move The Reader...
Jan 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 574 574 recommendations | email to a friend
Review by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Historical fiction  is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. The term is commonly used as a synonym for the  historical n...
The Ever Changing World of Web Design & Websites
Jan 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 653 653 recommendations | email to a friend
A Brief Look Back and Look Forward at Websites It's a fact that the world of web design and websites is ever changing. New improvements in design and technology emerge all the time. Can you imagine...
How Important Is ADA Compliance for Your Website?
Jan 11, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 753 753 recommendations | email to a friend
ADA Non-Compliance and The Beyonce Website Lawsuit According to the   Hollywood Reporter , the lawsuit alleges that visually impaired users do not have equal access to the website’s products and se...

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With Amazon, the sign was always there
It’s going to be a long time before the outrage and/or celebration - depending on which side of the issue you sit - dissipates over Amazon’s decision to drop its plans to open a new campus in Long ...
Feb 20, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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PLanning for February 26
Last week, we shared a sample version of the bingo card...um, ballot...for the crowded special election for public advocate last this month. Well, this week we have the real thing so you can plan o...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Half of New Yorkers down on Cuomo
Blame failing mass transit, blame upstate financial scandals, blame his own smug attitude...but whatever it is, voters are increasingly dissatisfied with Governor Andrew Cuomo. A new poll from Sien...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katz Gets Dems, Caban Gets Dem Socialists
Borough President Melinda Katz is poised to get the Democratic Party’s endorsement in her bid to replace Richard Brown as Queens district attorney, getting the nod over Assemblyman Rory Lancman and...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Candidate alleges “snakey” behavior by BOE
The ballot for the February 26th special election to fill the public advocate post vacated by new state attorney general Letitia James has been set, and it's a crowded field. In all, the list has b...
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
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You could say it's been a 'long' run
After 30 years as head of the New York State Conservative Party, Michael Long announced that he would be stepping down. The party will hold elections next month to replace him. Long was born in Bro...
Jan 29, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ulrich labels Konst a 'left-wing nut'
Of all of the candidates running in the special election next month to replace Letitia James as public advocate, hands down the most unorthodox on the crowded ballot is Nomiki Konst. While most can...
Jan 22, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 106 106 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brown makes it official, stepping down as DA
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has officially allowed the race to replace him to begin in earnest. Of course, it has been no secret that there are several people interested in replacing Bro...
Jan 16, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 121 121 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sliwa would remove himself from office if elected
Two candidates in the upcoming nonpartisan special election for public advocate on February 26 continue to try and make it a referendum on Republican credentials. Or at least one of them does. Curt...
Jan 09, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 141 141 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilman Eric Ulrich (in tie) with members of the Kings County GOP , including Anthony Testaverde (second to the left of Ulrich).
Queens GOP feud crosses borough lines
Sorry Brooklyn, it looks like you're getting dragged into the middle of a long-running feud in the Queens County Republican Party. Over the weekend, the mayor announced that a special election to f...
Jan 03, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 135 135 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured from left to right are Philip McManus (Rockaway Republican Club),Vickie Paladino (Whitestone Republican Club), Curtis Sliwa, Joe Concannon (Queens Village Republican Club), and Lauren Whalen (Frank Kenna Republican Club).
GOP club heads look cozy with Sliwa
Last week, we wrote about how the special election for public advocate next year was shaping up to be another battle over control of the Queens GOP. It's even worse than we thought! In case you mis...
Dec 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 174 174 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sliwa enters a crowded PA race
There is an open seat in New York City, so you know what that means: Curtis Sliwa is running for office...again! Yes, voters will be going to the polls soon to fill the public advocate seat vacated...
Dec 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 199 199 recommendations | email to a friend
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Race to replace James getting crowded
Who knew it was such a popular job! Assemblyman Ron Kim became the latest person to announce an interest in the post that was vacated by Letitia James when she was elected New York State attorney g...
Dec 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 214 214 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katz joins Lancman, Lasak in DA race
And then there were three. Borough President Melinda Katz confirmed the rumors and announced this week that she is throwing her hat in the ring to replace Richard Brown as Queens District Attorney....
Dec 05, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 227 227 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amazon opponent now second in command
While elected officials this past week praised the selection of Andrew Stewart-Cousins, who will be the first woman to lead the State Senate, as majority leader, the announcement of who would serve...
Nov 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 259 259 recommendations | email to a friend
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