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[ April 21, 2025 ] Massachusetts Pursues an End to Religious Exemptions and Parental Consent for Vaccines ADVOCATZ
[ March 1, 2025 ] Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law ADVOCATZ
[ February 26, 2025 ] U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case ADVOCATZ
[ February 19, 2025 ] Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias Uncategorized
[ January 28, 2025 ] Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military ADVOCATZ

The Criminal Justice System Does Not Give Optimal Care Opportunities

December 31, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

From Betsy Combier: The following article from Johns Hopkins’ HUB highlights the national disaster known as the opioid crisis. Americans are dying, and this issue needs to be addressed. But the people already hooked on […]

“The Power of Moments”: An Interview with Chip and Dan Heath

December 31, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

“The Power of Moments”: An Interview with Chip and Dan Heath By Quiet Revolution Quiet Revolution is excited to spread the word about Chip and Dan Heath’s new book The Power of Moments: Why Certain […]

The NYC Department of Education Makes 11-Year Old Jonathan Lopez into A Sexual Predator

December 31, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

NYC PUBLIC VOICE December 31, 2017 I represented children who were given Superintendent’s Suspensions for 9 years. What a despicable process I saw at the West 125th Street NYC DOE Suspension Office!!! Once a child […]

Michigan Supreme Court Orders $550 Refund To Teachers

December 26, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

National Public Voice Michigan Supreme Court Orders $550 Refund To Teachers ‘Major victory’ for teachers: $550M refund Jonathan Oosting, Detroit News Lansing Bureau Michigan Education Association President Paula Herbart Rick Snyder Lansing — Michigan plans […]

NYC Department of Education Admits Denying 48,000 Students With Disabilities Their Services

December 17, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

See NYC Rubber Room Reporter In New York City, kids with special need are routinely denied special education services. As a very successful Parent Advocate, I see kids in the NYC Department of Education pushed out, […]

Shola Olatoye, Chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, Lied To the Federal Government

December 15, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

NYC PUBLIC VOICE Shola Olatoye New Yorkers are fed up with the corruption of Mayor Bill DeBlasio, but have 4 more years to cry over him, and the damage he has done to NYC and […]

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool Resigns Under Ethics Probe Cover-up

December 9, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool resigned Dec. 8, 2017, after being accused of engaging in a “full-blown cover-up” during an ethics investigation by the district’s inspector general. (Lou Foglia / Chicago Tribune) CPS chief […]

Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is Accused by Six Women of Sexual Misconduct

December 9, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, pictured in 2003. Six women — all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit — alleged to The Washington Post in […]

The US Needs A National Standard For Public Corruption

December 8, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Editor Betsy Combier: I agree with the opinion of Bradley Tusk re-posted below from the Chicago Tribune, that there should be uniform national standards for public corruption. But please let’s make zero tolerance for corruption […]

Ballou Principal Yetunde Reeves is Removed After Graduation Scam is Exposed

December 5, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Ballou Principal Yetunde Reeves is Removed After Graduation Scam is Exposed Former Ballou Principal Yetunde Reeves Update from National Public Voice Editor Betsy Combier: Chronic absenteeism is a problem at many […]

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When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy Combier

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The post below is not new, but I love it for the sheer audacity of former NYC DOE General Counsel Michael Best for allowing two pages of my personal notes to be ripped out of my […]

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A For Accountability Award

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In 2005 the E-Accountability Foundation was created in order to reward individuals and groups for standing up to adversity and fighting for individual due process rights. More specifically, the A For Accountability Award is given […]

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Betsy Combier OPINION: The Who Are You Kidding Award and NYC Department of Education 2024

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In 2002 I created “The Who Are You Kidding Award” to highlight two things – one, the corruption and fraud going on in New York City, and two, the fact that everyone loves getting Awards, […]

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Massachusetts Pursues an End to Religious Exemptions and Parental Consent for Vaccines April 21, 2025
This makes no sense. Betsy Combier betsy@advocatz.com Editor, ADVOCATZ.com Editor, ADVOCATZ Blog Editor, NYC Rubber Room Reporter Editor, Parentadvocates.org Editor, New York Court Corruption Editor, National Public Voice Editor, NYC Public Voice Editor, Inside 3020-a Teacher Trials Toxic Exposures Massachusetts Proposes Laws to [...] The post Massachusetts Pursues an End to Religious Exemptions and Parental Consent for Vaccines appeared first on Advocatz.
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Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law March 2, 2025
Employers are not required to honor reasonable accommodations that violate state law This is another COVID-19 reasonable accommodation case. This plaintiff did not want to take the vaccine, claiming it violated her religious convictions. She [...] The post Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law appeared first on […]
Betsy Combier
U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case February 27, 2025
US Supreme Court seems poised to lower bar for ‘reverse discrimination’ suits By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung and Daniel Wiessner, Reuters, February 26, 2025 Summary Woman claims workplace bias because she is heterosexual Lower courts ruled against plaintiff in [...] The post U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case appeared first on […]
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Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias February 19, 2025
We like the sound of this, especially if it means that NYC cannot unlawfully fire municipal workers in order to make room on City payroll for uncertified or unqualified employees. Just sayin’ Betsy Combier betsy@advocatz.com [...] The post Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias appeared first on […]
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Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military January 28, 2025
Hawkins v United States WHETHER SECTION 564 AUTHORIZES EUA VACCINES Below are relevant parts, in my opinion, to the argument in defense of not getting the COVID vaccine “In this case, six current and former [...] The post Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 January 26, 2025
The Sad, Sad Story of OSHA’s Failure to Protect Workers From COVID-19 Randy Rabinowitz 1,✉ PMCID: PMC9226955 PMID: 35733390 Abstract In the face of a global pandemic posing unprecedented risks to worker health, the Occupational Safety & Health [...] The post The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 […]
Betsy Combier
The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty January 26, 2025
There is so much new information available now as opposed to two years ago when the Kane Keil cases were filed. I wish the entire case – now known as New Yorkers For Religious Liberty [...] The post The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty appeared first on Advocatz.
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Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 Vaccination January 25, 2025
Sheryl Glean won her case against St. Luke’s South Hospital, which terminated her employment because she submitted a religious exemption request and did not get vaccinated against COVID-19: “St. Luke’s argued that Glean’s request focuses [...] The post Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 […]
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Children’s Health Defense Reveals That the FDA Failed To Monitor Injuries Due To COVID-19 Vaccines January 23, 2025
Government secrecy and the largest healthcare scam in the history of America are now exposed by the Children’s Health Defense. That’s what this post is all about. One day after the Children’s Health Defense (CHD) [...] The post Children’s Health Defense Reveals That the FDA Failed To Monitor Injuries Due To COVID-19 Vaccines appeared first […]
Betsy Combier
West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions From Mandatory School Vaccinations January 16, 2025
‘Huge Win’: West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, on his first full day in office, issued an executive order allowing for religious exemptions from mandatory school vaccinations, [...] The post West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions From Mandatory School Vaccinations appeared first on Advocatz.
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