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Mar 31, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 246 246 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 | 261 261 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 | 262 262 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 | 275 275 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 | 290 290 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 | 62 62 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 | 129 129 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 | 103 103 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 | 356 356 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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With Amazon, the sign was always there
It’s going to be a long time before the outrage and/or celebration - depending on which side of the issue you sit - dissipates over Amazon’s decision to drop its plans to open a new campus in Long ...
Feb 20, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 806 806 recommendations | email to a friend
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PLanning for February 26
Last week, we shared a sample version of the bingo card...um, ballot...for the crowded special election for public advocate last this month. Well, this week we have the real thing so you can plan o...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 524 524 recommendations | email to a friend
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Half of New Yorkers down on Cuomo
Blame failing mass transit, blame upstate financial scandals, blame his own smug attitude...but whatever it is, voters are increasingly dissatisfied with Governor Andrew Cuomo. A new poll from Sien...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 749 749 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katz Gets Dems, Caban Gets Dem Socialists
Borough President Melinda Katz is poised to get the Democratic Party’s endorsement in her bid to replace Richard Brown as Queens district attorney, getting the nod over Assemblyman Rory Lancman and...
Feb 13, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 743 743 recommendations | email to a friend
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Candidate alleges “snakey” behavior by BOE
The ballot for the February 26th special election to fill the public advocate post vacated by new state attorney general Letitia James has been set, and it's a crowded field. In all, the list has b...
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 574 574 recommendations | email to a friend
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You could say it's been a 'long' run
After 30 years as head of the New York State Conservative Party, Michael Long announced that he would be stepping down. The party will hold elections next month to replace him. Long was born in Bro...
Jan 29, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 566 566 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ulrich labels Konst a 'left-wing nut'
Of all of the candidates running in the special election next month to replace Letitia James as public advocate, hands down the most unorthodox on the crowded ballot is Nomiki Konst. While most can...
Jan 22, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 597 597 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brown makes it official, stepping down as DA
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has officially allowed the race to replace him to begin in earnest. Of course, it has been no secret that there are several people interested in replacing Bro...
Jan 16, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 847 847 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sliwa would remove himself from office if elected
Two candidates in the upcoming nonpartisan special election for public advocate on February 26 continue to try and make it a referendum on Republican credentials. Or at least one of them does. Curt...
Jan 09, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 880 880 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilman Eric Ulrich (in tie) with members of the Kings County GOP , including Anthony Testaverde (second to the left of Ulrich).
Queens GOP feud crosses borough lines
Sorry Brooklyn, it looks like you're getting dragged into the middle of a long-running feud in the Queens County Republican Party. Over the weekend, the mayor announced that a special election to f...
Jan 03, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 787 787 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured from left to right are Philip McManus (Rockaway Republican Club),Vickie Paladino (Whitestone Republican Club), Curtis Sliwa, Joe Concannon (Queens Village Republican Club), and Lauren Whalen (Frank Kenna Republican Club).
GOP club heads look cozy with Sliwa
Last week, we wrote about how the special election for public advocate next year was shaping up to be another battle over control of the Queens GOP. It's even worse than we thought! In case you mis...
Dec 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 621 621 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sliwa enters a crowded PA race
There is an open seat in New York City, so you know what that means: Curtis Sliwa is running for office...again! Yes, voters will be going to the polls soon to fill the public advocate seat vacated...
Dec 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 889 889 recommendations | email to a friend
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Race to replace James getting crowded
Who knew it was such a popular job! Assemblyman Ron Kim became the latest person to announce an interest in the post that was vacated by Letitia James when she was elected New York State attorney g...
Dec 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 909 909 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katz joins Lancman, Lasak in DA race
And then there were three. Borough President Melinda Katz confirmed the rumors and announced this week that she is throwing her hat in the ring to replace Richard Brown as Queens District Attorney....
Dec 05, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 847 847 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amazon opponent now second in command
While elected officials this past week praised the selection of Andrew Stewart-Cousins, who will be the first woman to lead the State Senate, as majority leader, the announcement of who would serve...
Nov 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 678 678 recommendations | email to a friend
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