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Apartments-Rents are higher, and Landlords getting out of control
Oct 23, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Apartments-Rents are higher, and Landlords getting out of control Areas-Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, New York After 40 years in the business I keep hearing something new. You think        you...
Start your day with a laugh. You need it
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 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 | 200 200 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 | 274 274 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 | 246 246 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 | 153 153 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 | 248 248 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 | 270 270 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 | 393 393 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 | 317 317 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...

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Lancman must leave
Dear Editor Councilman Rory Lancman's recent announcement that he will run for Queens district attorney is like Bill Cosby campaigning to lead the #MeToo movement. Lancman is an enemy of law enforc...
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Missing study
Dear Editor, What ever happened to the promised MTA feasibility study for restoration of Long Island Road service on the old Rockaway Beach line? The original completion date was June 2017. It was ...
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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RIP Padavan
Dear Editor, It was with great sadness when I read of the passing of former State Senator Frank Padavan. Senator Padavan fought hard for residents with mental health issues, and he served the peopl...
Oct 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ride is no better
Dear Editor, Regarding your opinion piece ("One year later, has your ride improved?" - 9/20), the answer is hell no! Our subway is a mess, thanks to the MTA's multi-tasking, multi-millionaire chair...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Legalize it
Dear Editor: Legalization of Marijuana in New York is long overdue. Consumption of marijuana for both medical and recreational use is part of mainstream America, transcending generations. Creative ...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Inspect city trees
Dear Editor, Over the last three months, our region has had nearly 20 inches of rainfall. The soil is completely saturated, and that could spell trouble for many trees, especially those that are al...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lies, lies & lies
Dear Editor, Now, let me see if I got this right. In the Brett Kavanugh confirmation hearings, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal accused Judge Kavanaugh of lying. This from a senator who lied a...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Them Dems
Dear Editor: During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, Michelle Obama stated, “we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place ...
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Poor planning
Dear Editor, Queens Boulevard used to be called the "Boulevard of Death,” but thanks to the implementation of the Select Bus Service (SBS) and all the changes to traffic patterns since November 201...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 64 64 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trains still delayed
Dear Editor, In the papers recently are headlines about transit delays. Guess what? As I read through the September 20th edition of this paper and happened upon page 14's "Back in the Day," I read ...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP's low standards
Dear Editor, Some people who watched Brett Kavanaugh’s unhinged testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday think that Kavanaugh does not have the judicial temperament to be on the Supr...
Oct 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 71 71 recommendations | email to a friend
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No evidence
Dear Editor, As reported in the The New Yorker on Sunday, a second woman Deborah Ramirez, a Yale student while Brett Kavanaugh was also there, came forward to claim sexual misconduct against him in...
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Wright's Field
Dear Editor, Mets hero David Wright made his farewell to Citi Field on Saturday night. His fans, like myself, gave him a tribute last night that I don't think he will soon forget. Wright was a base...
Oct 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Setting the record straight
Dear Editor, In “Albany sex harassment policy falls short” (Greenpoint Star – 9/13), the author editorializes on an important subject: improving state-wide sexual harassment policy. The matter had ...
Sep 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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Save NY, vote GOP
Dear Editor, The political landscape has drastically changed in this election. The Republican Party is carrying the torch against the radical progressive left that has taken over the Democrat Party...
Sep 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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