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As experienced Putnam County Tenant Rights Lawyers, we sometimes see situations where a tenant has been in a building for a period of time and then became pregnant. In one recent case, this occurred an the tenant's lease was not renewed after several years of being in...

In many situations, your salary and pieces of your salary or components of your salary are not just base salary. A lot of times there could be a percentage that’s paid on a commision-basis for attaining a certain sales revenue or achieving a certain goal or...

As experienced White Plains Student Discipline Lawyers, we've dealt with a number of students lately who are actually in graduate school; could be medical school, could be a post-back in anticipation of medical school. It could also be programs for example such as a...

As an experienced New York Employment Lawyer, I most often get asked how to request an accommodation at the office under the americans with disabilities act.  In terms of the disability laws in New York, if the employee is always putting a statement out there that...

I am often asked as an experienced White Plains Employment Lawyer, if an employer is required to hold a position while an employee is out on extended leave.  Under the FMLA, the family medical leave act, certain employers are covered by this provision of law and it...

As experienced Westchester County Employment Lawyers, people sometimes come into our office, not immediately upon termination but they wait for a period of time. They think about what's happened, feelings fester, and often clients come into the office as much as a...

I was recently asked as an experienced New York Civil Rights Lawyer as to what Section 1983 is, and what is important to know.  Section 1983 is a provision in the US code which in New York allows certain claims to be brought against municipal entities and or their...

I often am asked as a New York Civil Rights Lawyer to explain a person's first amendment rights.  The first amendment protects the rights of every citizen to engage in certain activities such as speech, press, even religion. There is also the right of affiliation, and...

I am often asked as a New York Employment Lawyer what a client can do if their school did not renew their contract.  In the private school setting the claims that can be brought against the employer either for non renewal of contract, termination, or some other form...

In public schools there is a lot of focus on the concept of bullying and the laws have certainly come a long way in the last three years in trying to prevent bullying from occurring, and imposing obligations on school districts to have certain bullying practices in...