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Facts About Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry
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Why Is Sexual Harassment so Prevalent? Sexual harassment is more prevalent in the restaurant industry than any other industry. Statistics show that 90% of women and 70% of men working in the restau...
How to Avoid Boating Accidents: Boats and Personal Watercraft
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Jet Skis®, WaveRunners® and Other Personal Watercraft (PWC) Have High Accident Rates Warmer weather and extra daylight hours make summer the perfect time for outdoor sports like boating and persona...
What to Expect from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company
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How the Workers’ Compensation Evaluates Your Work Injury Claim Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers In the wake of a work-related injury, you want an experienced and knowledge...
How Paper And Color Can Make You Dream. Exclusive Interview With Artist Adele Rahte.
Sep 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 162 162 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
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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....

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Protestors fight to keep LICH open despite the snow storm outside of the State Supreme Court in King’s County.
Brooklyn fights off the cold to support LICH in court
Battling the snow and wind, supporters of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) stood in front of State Supreme Court in Downtown Brooklyn, where a judge was set to decide the fate of the hospital, w...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Residents list the strengths and weaknesses of the Brooklyn Waterfront at a workshop Thursday at P.S. 58.
Rebuilding NYC's waterfront in the wake of Sandy
Initiative focuses on Brooklyn/Queens neighborhoods
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fairway Market returns to Red Hook
Red Hook residents lined up with their shopping carts ready to welcome back Fairway Market to Red Hook, celebrating another victory in the reconstruction efforts following the devastation of Hurric...
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CB7 holds forum on problem of illegal conversions
With affordable housing becoming scarce and landlords trying to get the most bang for their buck, illegal single-room occupancy (SRO) establishments are becoming common place in Brooklyn. In areas ...
Mar 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ric Menello at the Vox Pop patio in Ditmas Park
Music, film and Brooklyn icon is lost
Ditmas Park remembers Ric Menello
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Mark Caserta, one of the founding members of the 7th Avenue BID, discussing specifies of the project.
7th Ave BID is gaining momentum
Along with other shopping districts in central Brooklyn, business is booming on 7th Avenue. Now, residents and shop owners are looking into forming a 7th Avenue Business Improvement District (BID)....
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Jeff Sherman, of Delson and Sherman Architecture, discussing proposed changes to 226 Lincoln Place.
CB6 reviews reno plans in Slope historic district
A building in Park Slope’s historic district may be getting a facelift. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) received a request to install a new roof deck with stairs at 226 Lincoln Place, a...
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Left to right: (exclude the man in blue suit) Andrew H. Kimball, President and CEO of Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Ken Fitzpatrick, President of Time Warner Cable Business Class East Region and Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz.
Brooklyn Navy Yard goes high-tech with 22 new computers
Time Warner opens up lab
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Hien Nguyen speaks with community members about the addition of the Key Food.
Key Food and Walgreens to share space
Concede to pressure from Windsor Terrace nabes
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The M. H Renken Dairy Co. building on 584 Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill.
Renken landmark application will have to wait
Group hopes to preserve Clinton Hill building
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Cobble Hill community crowds synagogue to save LICH
In a crowded synagogue in Brooklyn, medical professionals and community members showed their support for Long Island College Hospital (LICH), which the SUNY Board of Trustees recently voted to shut...
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EPA gets an earful at Red Hook Gowanus meeting
Red Hooks residents overwhelmingly opposed the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal on how best to move forward with the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal at a public meeting last Wednes...
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Residents discuss safety concerns on Fourth Avenue
Park Slope residents packed St. Aquinas Church last week to give city officials their ideas to improve dangerous traffic conditions along Fourth Avenue. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials...
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CB2 outlines its priorities for the coming fiscal year
Brooklyn’s Community Board 2 drafted their response to the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, with an eye toward the future of the district. The largest issue that Robert Perris, CB2 district...
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Hearing regarding the health care system of Brooklyn at Borough Hall.
Brooklyn healthcare on life support, too late for LICH
Hearing held to determine changes, SUNY votes to close hospital
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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