By Phil on August 7, 2008
Day 170 – As you already know Helen Sieger has been arrested because she allegedly committed a felony by not providing workers’ compensation to her employees for over a year. You can see the official press release on the Attorney Generals’ website here: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES ARREST OF NURSING HOME CEO I must [...]
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By Phil on August 7, 2008
It has been announced today that Helen Sieger CEO of Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center has been arrested by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for failing to cover hundreds of employees with workers’ compensation. Here is the press release for your reading pleasure: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES ARREST OF NURSING HOME CEO FOR FAILING [...]
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By Phil on August 5, 2008
You heard correct, you can now apply for your dog’s license online at the nyc.gov website, more specifically you can go to https://a816-health21ssl.nyc.gov/DogLicense/Login.do. It is about time that they got around to getting this online and it is so easy to use, however what is up with the city charging a “nominal service fee” [...]
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By Phil on August 5, 2008
We just found out that the developer that wanted to build a building on Giles Place has just lost his appeal to the zoning law change. Here is an excerpt from the transcript: Petitioner GRA V, LLC (Owner) acquired two adjoining lots with the intention of developing a seven-story, 63-unit apartment building in [...]
Posted in Alerts, Construction
By Phil on August 5, 2008
Day 168 – So today was supposed to be the day that the NLRB case was heard before a judge about the illegal video taping along with the injunction to get the workers back to work. I just found out that it has been postponed once again to August 11, 2008. This postponement was due [...]
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By Phil on August 4, 2008
Day 167 – The strike still carries on. We know that tomorrow is the NLRB hearing and could possibly be the end to this strike if the NLRB enforces the injunction that they have file for against the nursing home. While this is all well and good, what about the eviction? Did Helen get [...]
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By Phil on July 30, 2008
On Wednesday, July 30, 2008, Ezra B. Glaser, an attorney with offices in the Bronx appeared before Justice Betty Owen Stinson seeking an Order to Show Cause for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)’s proposal to blast in and around the Jerome Park Reservoir. The Judge [...]
Posted in Alerts, Reservoir
By Phil on July 28, 2008
Day 160 – I have not been posting for a while because there has not been much to report, maybe it is because the long days of summer are upon us but there really hasn’t been much movement. We also have been fighting the blasting at the reservoir along with some other developer trying to [...]
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By Phil on July 21, 2008
An article appearing in Crain’s New York states: The National Labor Relations Board will seek a temporary injunction in federal court next week against the Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center that could bring an end to the strike, which has attracted the attention of local and national political figures, including Sen. Charles Schumer [...]
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By Phil on July 17, 2008
Day 149 – First thing this morning the alarm bells were ringing from the nursing home sprinkler system, you can see something happened, look at all the water gushing out of the building. And they have the nerve to complain about the fire hydrant being open, trickling water. Not only does the nursing [...]
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