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How Paper And Color Can Make You Dream. Exclusive Interview With Artist Adele Rahte.
Sep 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 273 273 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena I met Adele Rahte at the beautiful Harlem house of a common friend, the soprano Lauren Flanigan. The conversation soon turned from music (we had just the fortu...
Construction Accidents Involving Falls from Heights
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Why Are Falls from Heights So Significant in New York City? New York takes construction accidents involving falls from heights very seriously. In fact, the NY State Legislature passed the Scaffold ...
Sackstein Sacktein & Lee, LLP Sponsors the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival
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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
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 390 390 recommendations | email to a friend
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....
Honesty—The Best Policy in a Workers' Compensation Claim
Aug 07, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 326 326 recommendations | email to a friend
The Dangers of Overstating or Understating the Nature of Your Injury When you've been injured on the job in the state of New York, you have a right to seek workers' compensation benefits to cover y...
How to Survive as a Small Business Owner Among a Myriad of Laws & Regulations
Aug 07, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 379 379 recommendations | email to a friend
Laws Small Business Owners Should Know About Business laws have multiplied over the years and as a small business owner, you might feel overwhelmed because there are so many. Which laws take priori...
Jul 29, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 248 248 recommendations | email to a friend

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Renderings of the new Empire Stores in DUMBO.
Developer chosen for DUMBO redesign project
Empire Stores to be renovated by 2015
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DOT to complete safety improvements at intersection
Church Avenue and Ocean Parkway to get safer
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Boro Park community leaders break ground on a new playground at P.S. 192.
New playground coming to P.S. 192
Students at P.S. 192 in Boro Park are getting a new place to play. The city recently broke ground on a new $1.5 million playground for the school that will be completed next summer. The site on 18t...
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Councilwoman Diana Reyna and James Moncion, owner of Nelson Paella Restaurant.
Styrofoam ban puts more pressure on small businesses
Reyna meets with restaurant owners on Knickerbocker Ave.
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We endorse Stephen Levin
The City Council race in North Brooklyn has been a heated one since current Councilman Stephen Levin was faced with a challenger in Stephen Pierson back in late April. On one side you have Levin, a...
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Brooklyn celebrates the Caribbean at West Indian Day Parade
Tens of thousands of people lined Eastern Parkway on Labor Day to celebrate Caribbean culture at the 46th annual West Indian Day parade. Floats carrying Jamaican dancers, party-goers and Brooklyn B...
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Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Councilman Stephen Levin announcing the motion to intervene.
Judge orders ambulances return to LICH
De Blasio files motion of behalf of civic groups
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Artist's rendering of the renovated Strand Theater located at 647 Fulton Street.
Renovated BRIC ready to open its doors
BRIC Arts Media House will open it’s 40,000-square-foot renovated space at 647 Fulton Street - the former Strand Theatre - on October 3. This state-of-the-art media complex will open with three day...
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September 11 memorials in Brooklyn
While September 11, 2013, will be a hard day for families across the country, there are plenty of places right here in Brooklyn to honor the lives of the firefighters, EMS, rescuers and all of thos...
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Fans awaiting the arrival of celebrities on the red carpet.
MTV takes over Brooklyn
Video Music Awards show held at Barclays
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Councilman Stephen Levin and challenger Stephen Pierson debate at the Polish-Slavic Center in Greenpoint.
Levin and Pierson face off in Greenpoint
Who will take the 33rd District seat in 2014?
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Councilman calls for filming transparency in NYC
Over the years, Brooklyn streets have become a welcoming scene to the television and industry, with shows like Girls, Boardwalk Empire and dozens of independent movies filming in the borough. On an...
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Bike tour groups explore Brooklyn street art
Urban Art and Culture Tour makes stops throughout North Brooklyn
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Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and community members praise the court ruling ordering SUNY to re-staff LICH.
Brooklyn judge keeps LICH open and operating
Services, staff must be brought back to the facility
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Members of George Westinghouse High School and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership putting the finishing touches on the Future Plaza green facelift.
Future Plaza is getting a little greener
Partnership teams up with students on community project
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