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Sackstein Sacktein & Lee, LLP Sponsors the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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....
Honesty—The Best Policy in a Workers' Compensation Claim
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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 | 186 186 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...
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THEY ARE BACK AGAIN AND THIS TIME ON TELEVISION. DISCOUNTED REAL ESTATE FRANCHISES. Lets call them Red Bricks to show important examples. You get agents who do not have the necessary experience. Yo...
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT- DCAP INSURANCE
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Tickled green
Meghan Sackman's recent article on a new bill to promote spread of green rooftops brought a smile to my face. I recalled the look on the faces of the Queens Borough Board over a decade ago when I p...
Aug 15, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Begging for help
Dear Editor, There has been an upswing of panhandling in Glen Oaks recently, seemingly without any results from elected officials. On August 1 at 2:30 p.m., a teenager was approached by a mentally-...
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Begging for help II
Dear Editor, While in Glen Oaks Village shopping the other day, an aggressive panhandler asked me for money and wouldn't take no for an answer. Luckily, a security guard was walking by and the man ...
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It takes balls
Dear Editor, Kudos to the Brooklyn Nets. As part of a summer outreach program, the organizations will be going to community courts in the borough giving away basketballs to the kids. Called "The Bo...
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‘Gerry’-rigged
Dear Editor, Dispatcher Edward Riecks recently pointed out that the Democratic Party has suffered over 1,100 losses nationwide, but his statement that the reason is "the party has moved too far to ...
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‘Storm’ und drang
Dear Editor, The line of thunderstorms that rolled through our area on Tuesday evening packed quite a powerful punch. Three people were struck by lightning, two in Flushing Meadows Park and one in ...
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Progressive? Regressive!
Dear Editor, What else is Mayor Bill de Blasio going to do with his progressive agenda? First, he put in bike lanes on Queens Boulevard, which no one wanted except the bicyclists, taking up valuabl...
Aug 08, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Begging for help
Dear Editor, While in Glen Oaks Village shopping the other day, an aggressive panhandler asked me for money and wouldn't take no for an answer. Luckily, a security guard was walking by and the man ...
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Debt talk
Dear Editor, I can’t see any possible way that the nation's $21 trillion in debt will not destroy our country in the near future. The federal government takes in about $4 trillion dollars a year in...
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Taylor reform needed
Dear Editor, Progressives, both self-styled and genuine, can't have their cake and eat it too when it comes to protecting labor against the depredations of union-busting judges and their billionair...
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Library praise
Dear Editor, I was reading comments in the church bulletin by Reverend Kevin McBrien of Our Lady of the Snows in Floral Park, who praised the Glen Oaks Public Library. I agree. I live in Glen Oaks ...
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Beware Cortez
Dear Editor, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is reveling in her victory, one that may be short-lived. An admitted socialist, her comments about an alleged massacre of Palestinians in Israel and her desire ...
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Costly upgrades
Dear Editor, What other future transit capital projects and programs might have to be cut to speed up findings the billions that would be required for "MTA needs to prioritize accessibility" (In Ou...
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Simple mistake
Dear Editor, On July 15, the FBI arrested the Russian citizen Maria Butina, claiming that she had failed to register as a foreign agent with the Department of Justice. It seems to me that her activ...
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Northwell security
Dear Editor, Northwell Health hospitals are arming officers to protect staff, patients, and families. Northwell is only doing what has to be done in the wake of all the recent violence. I have seen...
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