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NYC Bans Polystyrene Takeout Containers and Coffee Cups
Feb 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
Judge Upholds the 2013 Law Banning Polystyrene for Takeout Containers and Coffee Cups In 2019 restaurants must begin phasing polystyrene cups and containers out of use. This change is a result of a...
Astoria Characters: The Special Teacher
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Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Nicholas’ last name used to be Alexander. Text and photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Growing up, Nicholas Alexandrakos was always interested in his family’s history. With grandpa...
Has Your Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Neglect?
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 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
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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 | 133 133 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...
Astoria Characters: The Artist in Training
Feb 12, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Jose is from the Dominican Republic. In the spare bedroom of his apartment, Jose Mota is standing at a monumental work table, using an oil-paint marker to create the black...
MASPETH,NY-BUYING A BRICK 2F. VS A FRAME 2F.
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 326 326 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 ...
Astoria Characters: The Guitar Guide Guru
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Meet Mike, aka the Guitar Guide Guru. Text and photos by Nancy A. Ruhling How hard – or easy – is it to play the guitar if you’ve never done it before? Instead of answerin...
Astoria Characters: The Comic With the Punch-Line Life
Jan 29, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 78 78 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Michelle shows off her mommy mug. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling If you didn’t know that Michelle Adrienne Slonim is a new mother, you need look no further than the r...

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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...
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Charter lesson
Dear Editor, Charles Sahm of the Manhattan Institute professes great appreciation for the value of civics education to our “battered democracy” (New York Post, “Make Students Pass Citizenship Test}...
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The Wright stuff
Dear Editor, David Wright will play his final game on September 29 due to health problems. During his time with the Mets, he always gave 110 percent, and was respectful to the fans and the media. H...
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Fast Forward slo-mo
Dear Editor, NYC Transit President Andy Byford's $37 billion, ten-year "MTA Fast Forward" proposal is little more than a fundraising prospectus for potential transportation investors. Assume the ne...
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False facts
Dear Editor, As a constituent of Councilman Rory Lancman, I was shocked by his comments during a meeting held by the Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association over the future of Rikers Island. During a h...
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Winning coverage
Dear Editor, Game, set, match to the coverage of the 2018 US Open in the pages of the Ledger/Star Newspaper Group. From pre-event highlighting of the pilot program featuring nightly tours of Downto...
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Cuomo's toll
Dear Editor, Now that the second span will open, motorists and taxpayers have more reason to be concerned regarding how Governor Andrew Cuomo will find several billion dollars to pay for constructi...
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Notable omission
Dear Editor: Damien Chazelle's movie "First Man" is the story of the moon landing. A number of people who have viewed the film have noted that there is no moonshot scene that specifically reenacts ...
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Barack's back
Dear Editor, How wonderful to see Barack Obama speak the other day. Such class, such dignity, such command of the English language. Such a clear, intelligent grasp of the issues facing American cit...
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Bridge karma
Dear Editor, I have been reading about the fiasco surrounding the opening of the new Mario M. Cuomo bridge, the bridge that Governor Andrew Cuomo named for his father without asking his constituent...
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Lights on
Dear Editor, Can anybody explain why almost all the streetlights in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and along the Passarelle pedestrian overpass from the subway station to the USTA National Tennis Cen...
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Pope has to go
Dear Editor, The worsening scandal involving priests that abused children over decades, as well as allegations that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused young seminarians and priests and tha...
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Phone-y drivers
Dear Editor, According to a report by Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which offers an app to motorists to track their road habits, 50 percent of New York drivers speed while on their cell phones. I fi...
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Vote Teachout for AG
Dear Editor, The powers that be in the Democratic Party may not want to talk about the scandals in Albany, but it should be clear to voters headed for the primary polls on Sept. 13 that New York ne...
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Undocumented?
Dear Editor, Stop calling illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants" because they often have documents that are bogus. Two tragic incidents underscore this point. A purported MS-13 member with a fake...
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