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Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Are you living with a shopaholic? Plenty of them today. Does this sound familiar to you? You get up at 6:30a.m. to go to work. Take a bus to a train to travel to your job. Before you leave the hous...
Being Italian American Is In The DNA Of My Being And Of My Work… An Interview With Playwright And Director Charles Messina
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 160 160 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena (Courtesy L'Idea Magazine NY) Charles Messina Charles Messina  is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Born in Greenwich Village, of Italian-Ame...
New Medical Fee Schedule for New York Workers’ Compensation Claims
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 109 109 recommendations | email to a friend
Worker’s Compensation Board Proposes New Medical Fee Schedule Board Seeks Comments before Finalizing Fee Schedule Changes Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers If you’ve been i...
Bedsores Due to Nursing Home Neglect – Frequently Asked Questions
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 135 135 recommendations | email to a friend
What Systems Should Hospital Staff Follow to Monitor Medical Conditions? Monitoring a medical condition in a patient requires following set medical standards and guidelines that have been establish...
EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE WITH NEW SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS COMMENCES ON OCTOBER 9, 2018
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 110 110 recommendations | email to a friend
A BRIEF BY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO COMPLY WITH THE NEWLY ENACTED NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORK CITY SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING LAWS Author:   CHRISTOPHER L. VAN DE WATER, E...
Paycheck Deductions: What Is Legal in New York?
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 117 117 recommendations | email to a friend
Understanding NY Laws about Paycheck Deductions Laws vary from state to state regarding deducting for loans or legitimate business losses from an employee’s paycheck. New York has very strict labor...
1031 Exchange Property of the Year!
Oct 08, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 223 223 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview with experienced Broker Jim Turano who just completed his 40 year in the business. Investing with Real Estate Properties that give you a minimum of a 7% Cap rate of return and in addition...
How Would You Know Whether Your Newborn Suffered from Hypoxia and Asphyxia?
Sep 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 223 223 recommendations | email to a friend
Symptoms of Birth Hypoxia or Asphyxia that Parents Should Be Aware of Birth hypoxia and asphyxia both refer to lack of oxygen to the brain in a fetus. This can occur right before, during or immedia...
Facts About Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry
Sep 20, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 285 285 recommendations | email to a friend
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
Sep 20, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 259 259 recommendations | email to a friend
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...

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Jose Vazquez outlines complaints about SBS to Queens DOT Commissioner Nicole Garcia at a public hearing. Seated is longtime Woodhaven activist, the late Maria Thomson, who will be honored at the same event as Vazquez.
WRBA to honor Jose Vazquez at annual fundraiser on Oct. 26
Jose Vazquez is a longtime resident of Woodhaven and not shy when it comes to expressing his opinions. He’s both proud and protective of his block and his neighborhood, and gets frustrated when res...
Oct 17, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community protests proposed shelter after recent attacks
Two recent attacks prompted the Ozone Park community to continue its protest of a proposed homeless shelter at 85-15 101st Avenue. The first incident occurred on October 1, when a man knocked a wom...
Oct 17, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jamaica Avenue gets upgraded lighting, with more to come
New pedestrian lighting was recently installed along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. The LED lights were installed at nearly a dozen locations between 91st Street and Woodhaven Boulevard under the ele...
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Queens-based Philanthropist Receives Honorary Doctorate
Jay Sobhraj, the co-Founder of Zara Realty, earns the honor for decades of charitable work in education, technology, and mental health.
Oct 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woodhaven honors Maria Thomson with street renaming
Longtime civic leader remembered for neighborhood contributions
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gregory Lasak enters district attorney race
Gregory Lasak ended a 14-year tenure as a Supreme Court Justice just last month, but he is already looking for the next challenge. Lasak announced on Tuesday that he will run for Queens District At...
Oct 10, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Peggy Finnegan will be recognized as Woodhaven’s Woman of the Year by the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association at its 47th annual fundraiser.
Finnegan to be honored by WRBA
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Oct 10, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pheffer Amato honors Howard Beach businesses for charity
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato presented Romanelli-Stephen Funeral Home, Matteo’s of Howard Beach, Cross Bay Diner, Wines & Spirits of Howard Beach, and Almonte’s Key Food Supermarket of Howard...
Oct 10, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hip-hop artist shot in front of Woodhaven lounge
Hollywood Play was hosting a birthday celebration
Oct 08, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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TOP HIGH SCHOOLS 2018
INSIDE: A Top High School is an Investment in Your Child and Family: The personalized and quality education that a Top High School offers shouldn't be looked at as an added expense, but an investme...
Oct 05, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community revels in annual Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival
Thousands of local residents enjoyed the annual Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival on Sunday. The event was organized by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation (GWDC) and took place on Jama...
Oct 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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An oil painting of Maria Thomson, resident of Woodhaven and member of the WBID, GWDC, WRBA, CB9 and 102nd Precinct Community Council.
Woodhaven street to be renamed for Maria Thomson
THE WOODHAVEN BEAT
Oct 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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The ponies are always a huge hit at the Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival
A perfect day for another perfect street festival
What's Up, Woodhaven
Oct 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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The car that struck and killed a resident of Woodhaven sits while police investigate. Her crumpled shopping cart lays next to where she finally landed after being hit.
Don't 'fix' Woodhaven Boulevard, enforce the laws
THE WOODHAVEN BEAT
Sep 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Habitat, Delta team up to build Queens home
Volunteers from Delta Airlines joined Habitat for Humanity earlier this month to start building a four-bedroom, single-family home in Jamaica. Most of Habitat for Humanity's work in New York City i...
Sep 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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