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Estate planning, estate administration, probate estates and trust issues
Mar 31, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 70 70 recommendations | email to a friend
These times are new to all of us.   Our clients and your needs are important to us and we are here to assist you with your estate planning, estate administration, probate estates and trust issues. ...
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Mar 30, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 99 99 recommendations | email to a friend
Helping Our Community under these Stressful Financial Times without leaving the “Safety” of your home During these times with such financial hardship, our firm will waive all retainer fees in most ...
Do I Have to Pay My Rent During the Coronavirus Crisis?
Mar 30, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 101 101 recommendations | email to a friend
I Heard That Tenants Might Not Have to Pay Rent During the Coronavirus shutdown. Is this True? Yes – Under a proposed [1] New York State Law, all residential tenants who qualify will have their ren...
COVID 19 Response Employment Impacts for New York Workers and Businesses
Mar 30, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
As we all know, there is only one issue in the news right now: the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), its varied impacts upon global societies, and the increasingly extraordinary measures being taken by...
When you go out of your way to screw someone, Karma will bite you hard!
Mar 29, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 129 129 recommendations | email to a friend
Karma means action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). G...
STIMLUS CHECKS ON THERE WAY!
Mar 27, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
Do I qualify for a coronavirus relief check?  Casey Bond HuffPost Life March 25, 2020 The amount of money you may receive as part of this stimulus package is based on your adjusted gross income. If...
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Mar 17, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 382 382 recommendations | email to a friend
At the Law Offices of Bonnie Lawston, P.C., the health and safety of our staff, colleagues and clients is our top priority. You rely on us for your personal and professional needs, and we remain re...
Astoria Characters: The Woman Who Paints by Flowers
Mar 17, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 73 73 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Marina is the owner of Paint by Flowers. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Auburn hair waving in the wind like a kite tail, Marina Costas leads Lucky, her red-sweater-we...
How Dangerous Is Texting While Driving Compared with Drunk Driving?
Mar 13, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 402 402 recommendations | email to a friend
Why Texting While Driving May Be More Dangerous than DWI It may come as a surprise that texting while driving is more worrisome to the majority of drivers than drunk driving. This is true despite t...
What Are Your Chances of Being in a Car Accident?
Mar 13, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 184 184 recommendations | email to a friend
Protecting Your Legal Rights in Car Accidents Claims You may have heard people say that everyone will be in a car accident at some point in their lives. While this statement is a generality and isn...

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Kings County Dems' coffers running out?
Is the Brooklyn Democratic Party running out of money? The finances of the Kings County organization are coming under scrutiny as party boss Frank Seddio wrangles with his own fiduciary woes. For t...
Aug 21, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 877 877 recommendations | email to a friend
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A lot of money for some fake money
These billionaires refuse to throw in the towel. Residents of a tony block in Manhattan dubbed “Billionaire’s Row” upset about a proposed homeless shelter near their homes continue to hammer Mayor ...
Aug 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 900 900 recommendations | email to a friend
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Frustrated NYers try to reach de Blasio in Iowa
If you can’t get the mayor’s attention here in New York City, maybe you’ll have better luck trying to reach him in Iowa. The West 58th Coalition, a group of residents on Billionaires’ Row in Manhat...
Aug 07, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1114 1114 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katz declared winner, Caban not quitting
Who is the new district attorney of Queens? Well, that depends on who you ask. The Board of Elections yesterday certified the results of a manual recount in the contested primary, which took place ...
Jul 31, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1085 1085 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cuomo basks in the glow of city’s blackout
Could the recent blackout in Manhattan come at a more opportune time for Governor Andrew Cuomo? As a large swath of Manhattan was plunged into darkness on the evening of July 13, Mayor Bill de Blas...
Jul 23, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 839 839 recommendations | email to a friend
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Just two sides of the same coin?
When Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the political world and upset longtime congressman Joseph Crowley, who many saw as next in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House o...
Jul 17, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 919 919 recommendations | email to a friend
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Every vote counts, or does it?
If you ever paused to think about whether your vote in an election counts, the race for Queens District Attorney should answer that question. After counting some 6,000 paper ballots last week, Boro...
Jul 09, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 553 553 recommendations | email to a friend
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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em
Or at the very least try and get them to join you. That’s the strategy that Queens County Republicans are reportedly planning to employ following Tiffany Caban’s surprising victory in the Democrati...
Jul 02, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 872 872 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gianaris will face challenger in 2020
Is the day of reckoning finally here for Democrats in Albany who have started moving further and further to the left? State Senator Michael Gianaris of Astoria will face a challenger in the 2020 De...
Jun 25, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 959 959 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP-er will move to NYC to take on AOC
Republican are so obsessed with unseating Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that they are willing to move to her Queens-Bronx district just to challenge her. Rich Valdes, a New Jersey resident...
Jun 18, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 774 774 recommendations | email to a friend
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Voters says three is enough when it comes to Cuomo
It’s been fun, but it might be time for it end. According to a new Siena College poll out this week, a majority of New York voters don’t think Governor Andrew Cuomo should run for a fourth term. Th...
Jun 11, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 819 819 recommendations | email to a friend
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If that whole City Council thing doesn't work out...
It takes more than a pretty face to be a member of the City Council, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t also have a pretty face. City Council members filed their annual financial disclosure reports...
Jun 06, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1008 1008 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cuomo to raise dough for Katz campaign
Borough President Melinda Katz has picked up a big supporter in her bid for Queens district attorney, or at least one that has the potential to tap into some donors with deep pockets. Governor Andr...
Jun 06, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1124 1124 recommendations | email to a friend
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Isn’t all publicity good publicity?
While Mayor Bill de Blasio’s run for president is being met with anything from disbelief to amusement to derision by his New York City constituency, it’s at least popular among one group: Republica...
May 28, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 945 945 recommendations | email to a friend
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Run some city jails that don’t exist yet
Isn’t it a little premature to be hiring for a post that technically doesn’t even exist yet? If you think the de Blasio administration hasn’t already made up its mind on whether or not to close Rik...
May 22, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 739 739 recommendations | email to a friend
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