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Honesty—The Best Policy in a Workers' Compensation Claim
Aug 07, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 126 126 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 | 140 140 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 | 94 94 recommendations | email to a friend
Summer Camp Injuries: Prevention, Risks and Liability
Jul 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
What types of risks sometimes exist at summer camp? Summer camp injuries in most cases are not typically serious and the majority of children across the United States enjoy summer camp. However, wh...
MIDDLE VILLAGE YOUNG PEOPLE NOT WORKING
Jul 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 683 683 recommendations | email to a friend
MIDDLE VILLAGE-has more young people not working between 22 years of age to 40 years of age. They mostly live with their parents or parent. Imagine no guidance, no retirement plans, just existing d...
Over-packing Your Car Can Make Driving More Dangerous
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Packing Your Car Wisely for Vacations With warmer weather here and children out of school, many people are taking to the road for vacation trips. While you want to be sure you pack what you need to...
What Employers Should Know About Retaliation Claims
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by Stephen D. Hans Retaliation Claims May Include Emotional Distress Damages A precedent has been set in relation to retaliation claims brought against employers. Two courts of appeals, the Sixth a...
Workers’ Compensation in New York—What You Need to Know—Part One
Jul 10, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 144 144 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Pyrros & Serres LLP You’ve been hurt on the job in the state of New York. You’ve heard from others that you are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. But what does that mean? How does th...
What You Should Know About Construction Job Vehicle Accidents in New York
Jul 10, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 251 251 recommendations | email to a friend
by   Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP Unsafe Conditions Can Lead to Serious Construction Job Vehicle Accidents Construction job motor vehicle accidents often occur due to OSHA violations.  Many diffe...
How to Clean a Diamond Ring the Right Way
Jun 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 198 198 recommendations | email to a friend
If you have been struggling to sell diamonds for top price, the chances are that you’ve been cleaning your ring incorrectly. Remember nothing can sell diamonds quite like that shiny sparkle and lus...

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Cruel cuts
Dear Editor, Over 120 angry students rallied at Queens Borough Hall on April 10 to protest our a $12 million budget cut for adult literacy classes. This action spotlights Mayor Bill de Blasio's hyp...
Apr 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 206 206 recommendations | email to a friend
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A dose of doo-wop
Dear Editor, While strolling through Central Park near Bethesda Fountain recently, I was drawn to the strains of songs of the 50s being performed by a group of gentlemen who call themselves Cover S...
Apr 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 146 146 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stormy times
Dear Editor, NBC has reported that Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is cooperating with the feds probing President Donald Trump's attorney. It just goes to prove that no matte...
Apr 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 139 139 recommendations | email to a friend
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True tax talk
Dear Editor, A few words about the new tax reform. Many people say that the rich (and very rich) will benefit from it, but a simple calculation shows that this statement is not quite correct. Every...
Apr 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 179 179 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fix the VA
Dear Editor, I find it quite troubling what has been happening at the Veterans Administration over the years. Millions of veterans depend on the VA for their health care. Former VA Secretary David ...
Apr 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 100 100 recommendations | email to a friend
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Restore the Q74
Dear Editor, One key victory in the state's annual budget battle is a $50 million annual fund to improve outer-borough transit, secured by Queens legislators. It will improve service in areas with ...
Apr 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 241 241 recommendations | email to a friend
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Attacking the U.S.
Dear Editor, For those who oppose and hate Donald Trump, nothing will change their feelings. For those who believe Trump is doing a fantastic job and deserves their support and future votes, nothin...
Apr 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 148 148 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hate rising
Dear Editor, Philip Siess agreed with dispatcher Ed Konecnik (“In Konecnik's Camp” – 4/12), writing that "when Obama won his first term, those who did not vote for him were not offered grief counse...
Apr 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 163 163 recommendations | email to a friend
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Go volunteer
Dear Editor, April 15-22 is National Volunteer week and a time to help those in need. I myself am grand knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council #5911 in Douglaston, and my members and m...
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Dangerous diversity
Dear Editor, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro recently announced that more than half of our city's firefighters will be minority members, and 15 percent will be females by 2029. He wants the Fire Dep...
Apr 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 241 241 recommendations | email to a friend
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AirTrain dreams
Dear Editor, There are several fatal flaws to the proposed LaGuardia Air Train project supported by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Borough President Melinda Katz and other elected officials that no one see...
Apr 11, 2018 | 2 2 comments | 94 94 recommendations | email to a friend
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Facebook strikeout
Dear Editor, Now let me get this straight. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has stated that at last count the personal information of 87 million users was improperly shared with a political consulting fi...
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Fresh Air
Dear Editor, Every year, the Fresh Air Fund looks forward to celebrating National Volunteer Week, which is from April 15 to 21. Volunteers work in several capacities throughout the year along the E...
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This is justice?
Dear Editor, The man who was charged with murdering ten people, including eight children, in 1984 was set free not by the parole board, but by technicality. This is utterly insane. The parole board...
Apr 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 238 238 recommendations | email to a friend
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Money talks
Dear Editor, The NRA, which has an annual budget of over $300 million and five million members, is the most powerful lobbying organization in Washington. They use that power to make sure that Congr...
Apr 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 116 116 recommendations | email to a friend
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