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Has Your Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Neglect?
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
How Does Neglect Differ from Abuse? Finding out whether your parent, relative or friend has been the victim of nursing home neglect is vital for their wellbeing. Sadly, many elderly people are in s...
Matter of Van Patten—Undue Influence
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 80 80 recommendations | email to a friend
Probate Administration | Wrongful Actions There are certain basic legal requirements when a person transfers property, conveys a power of attorney or establishes a plan for the distribution of an e...
Legal Concerns for New York Restaurant Owners
Feb 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’re opening a new restaurant in New York City or the surrounding area, there are certain legal requirements you must put in place. You will need to choose a business entity and get your licen...
Certain questions are taboo for employers to ask in a job interview. The most obvious ones are questions that could be regarded as discrimination. If you ask these types of questions, you could be held liable if a discrimination lawsuit is brought against you. Do not ask questions that intimate at anything to do with age, race, color, national origin or birthplace, religion, disability, genetic information, gender/sex or marital/family status/pregnancy. (EEOC)
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2019 Is Here with New Salary Thresholds The New York State overtime salary threshold draws the line between exempt salaried workers, who must be paid for overtime, and those non-exempt workers, who...
MASPETH,NY-BUYING A BRICK 2F. VS A FRAME 2F.
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 107 107 recommendations | email to a friend
COLLECTION OF OPINIONS BY BROKERS IN THE AREA. BUYER BEWARE! BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN BUYING AN OLD FRAME 2F. HOME, MAYBE 100 YEARS OLD BY NOW, AND OR BUYING A YOUNG BRICK 2 FAMILY HOUSE, ESPECIALLY IF ...
Trump supporters still in denial-Why?
Jan 25, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 583 583 recommendations | email to a friend
How many Americans   are Pro Trump today, January 25, 2019?   It is hard to imagine, whether those who are still supportive of Trump knowing all the evidence put out so far, like how many staffers ...
Who's to blame the Parent or the two year old?
Jan 21, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 102 102 recommendations | email to a friend
Your opinion is needed to try and wake up the common sense in some people please! A child who seems to always get sick but walks around the house barefooted in below freezing weather Do parents hav...
Leo Vadalà’s “Some Grief, Some Joy” Will Move The Reader...
Jan 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 370 370 recommendations | email to a friend
Review by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Historical fiction  is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. The term is commonly used as a synonym for the  historical n...
How Important Is ADA Compliance for Your Website?
Jan 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 524 524 recommendations | email to a friend
ADA Non-Compliance and The Beyonce Website Lawsuit According to the   Hollywood Reporter , the lawsuit alleges that visually impaired users do not have equal access to the website’s products and se...
The Ever Changing World of Web Design & Websites
Jan 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 480 480 recommendations | email to a friend
A Brief Look Back and Look Forward at Websites It's a fact that the world of web design and websites is ever changing. New improvements in design and technology emerge all the time. Can you imagine...

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For the record
Dear Editor: With all due respect to dispatcher Joseph Manago and his tribute to the late Bess Myerson, I must set the record straight regarding the title she held when competing for Miss America, ...
Jan 28, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 170 170 recommendations | email to a friend
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Silver's got to go

Dear Editor:
 An old adage says political leaders and diapers must be changed often. Sheldon Silver is a perfect example. He's been "pampered" by cronies in both parties for more than 20 years, le...
Jan 21, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 172 172 recommendations | email to a friend
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Celebrate Catholic schools
Dear Editor: National Catholic School week begins January 25. I would like to praise Catholic schools for their ongoing contribution to education and for their key role in promoting and ensuring a ...
Jan 21, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 167 167 recommendations | email to a friend
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A different take on Mario Cuomo
Dear Editor: There is more to the recent passing of former Governor Mario Cuomo. Cuomo was never above using class warfare as an issue to divide and conquer. Remember his reference to Republican gu...
Jan 21, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 168 168 recommendations | email to a friend
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Not that simple
Dear Editor: After reading the letter written by Margaret Fogel in the January 8th issue, I didn't know whether to laugh or go into shock. She refers to Republicans as negativists and that to live ...
Jan 21, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 144 144 recommendations | email to a friend
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World looks to US
Dear Editor: The world is in turmoil. Perhaps it is just a continuation of the human condition but in this moment it is all so overpowering. Death and hatred torment us daily from all corners of th...
Jan 21, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 144 144 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cut meat in 2015
Dear Editor: It’s time for New Year’s resolutions, particularly those about our health. Although gun violence remains the leading cause of death among young people, our most dangerous weapon is sti...
Jan 07, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 154 154 recommendations | email to a friend
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Good start to 2015
Dear Editor: Great way to start a new year: low gas prices, soaring stock market highest in history, record private sector job growth and growing manufacturing. It proves the old quip that if you w...
Jan 07, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 151 151 recommendations | email to a friend
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Support the police
Dear Editor: Support the troops at home the same way we support our servicemen abroad. To all law enforcement officials everywhere, thank you for your service and sacrifice, for your courage, tirel...
Jan 07, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 140 140 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fire protesting professor
Dear Editor: As a Queens College graduate (1962) and commencement speaker (2012), I'm outraged that QC adjunct English professor Eric Linsker was among the mob of cop-haters who "allegedly" attacke...
Jan 07, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 138 138 recommendations | email to a friend
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RIP Andrew Rothman
Dear Editor: Andrew Rothman passed away on December 24, 2014, at a much too early age. We served together as members of Community Board 11 for a number of years. I was always impressed by the amoun...
Jan 07, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 130 130 recommendations | email to a friend
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Connect with Cuba
Dear Editor: With the release of that American who was being held by the Cuban government, hopefully a new chapter can be established in relations between the U. S. and Cuba. For over 50 years, the...
Dec 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 138 138 recommendations | email to a friend
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New rules unfair
Dear Editor: Regarding the new Department of Sanitation electronics recycling rules, a person who takes care of the trash for an apartment building of more than 10 units can call and have a single ...
Dec 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 148 148 recommendations | email to a friend
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The skinny on Sharpton
Dear Editor: No justice! No pizza! Cholesterol killed mozzarella! Running from demonstration to demonstration, it is no wonder that Al Sharpton has lost so much weight. He has no time to eat. Sharp...
Dec 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 141 141 recommendations | email to a friend
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Expanded library hours
Dear Editor: I want to introduce myself to you and the residents of Queens. I started my library career as a children's librarian trainee in Suffolk County, while pursuing my Masters of Library Sci...
Dec 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 139 139 recommendations | email to a friend
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