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Appealing an Unfavorable Decision for Social Security Disability Benefits: Statistics Show the Road Gets Tougher

Friday, December 6, 2013 Recently the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) released its summary of requests for review from the 2013 fiscal year. Requests for review are appeals of decisions... Continue Reading

9/11 Workers' Compensation Registration Re-opens: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill

Friday, November 22, 2013 Last week Governor Cuomo signed an important new bill that re-opened 911 workers’ compensation registration and disability pensions for Ground Zero workers. The new registration deadline is s... Continue Reading

Queens New York Social Security Disability Judge Bias Class Action Settlement Approved by Court

Friday, October 18, 2013 the settlement in Padro v. Astrue (Colvin) grants over 4000 disability claimants who were unfairly denied benefits by five rogue judges in Queens, NY the right to new hearings before different and... Continue Reading

What is the NY Workers’ Comp Claims Process?

Friday, October 18, 2013 Most people don’t go into work and say “I think I will get injured today. Yeah that’s what I’ll do! At two thirty, I’ll be the victim of a horrible accident and spend months or even years undergoin... Continue Reading

What Are New York Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

Thursday, October 17, 2013 In short, New York Workers’ Compensation benefits (sometimes referred to as Workmans’ Compensation or Workers’ Comp) is an employer paid insurance policy that pays cash and/or medical benefits to p... Continue Reading

New Employer's First Report of Injury/Illness Form

Thursday, August 8, 2013 Back in October, the Workers’ Compensation Board announced that they would be introducing New York State eClaims Requirement Tables and Implementation Guide in the Spring. This entails the in... Continue Reading

Fast Food Workers Strike for 15

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 About eight months ago, fast food workers in New York City started holding day long strikes during peak customer traffic. Their goal: higher wages, fifteen dollars an hour to be exact, which is mor... Continue Reading

Department of Labor Releases New Unemployment Statistics

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 Good News! The New York State Department of Labor has just released some encouraging preliminary figures pertaining to the state’s unemployment rate. According to the numbers released on Jul... Continue Reading

Social Security Disability is Never Easy to Get in New York and Long Island

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 A few important nuggets of truth remained in my letter which will hopefully resonate with most New Yorkers. According to Social Security stastistics, the grim fact is that 1 in 5 male and 1 in 7 f... Continue Reading

Zadroga Act 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum attends Long Island Meeting about Upcoming Registration Deadline on October 3, 2013

Thursday, July 11, 2013 Victim Compensation Fund was re-opened as part of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2011 and allows up to $2.8 billion for survivors and first responders suffering from a specif... Continue Reading

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Appealing an Unfavorable Decision for Social Security Disability Benefits: Statistics Show the Road Gets Tougher

9/11 Workers' Compensation Registration Re-opens: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill

Queens New York Social Security Disability Judge Bias Class Action Settlement Approved by Court

What is the NY Workers’ Comp Claims Process?

What Are New York Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

New Employer's First Report of Injury/Illness Form

Fast Food Workers Strike for 15

Department of Labor Releases New Unemployment Statistics

Social Security Disability is Never Easy to Get in New York and Long Island

Zadroga Act 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum attends Long Island Meeting about Upcoming Registration Deadline on October 3, 2013

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