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[ December 3, 2024 ] Bronx Rep. Richie Torres Calls For Investigation of NY Gov. Hochul For Bid-rigging $9B Medicaid Home Care Contract Uncategorized
[ December 1, 2024 ] Freedom of Information (FOIL) and the Secret Hiring of Shoshanah Bewlay as Executive Director of the Committee on Open Government ADVOCATZ
[ November 30, 2024 ] New York Enacts Prohibition Against Employers Collecting Employee Communications from Personal Accounts ADVOCATZ
[ November 13, 2024 ] New York State Court of Appeals Issues a Long-Awaited Decision in Kane/Keil Cases For Religious Freedom ADVOCATZ
[ October 24, 2024 ] San Francisco BART Workers Fired Due To COVID Vaccine Mandate Each Win More Than $1 Million at Trial ADVOCATZ Op-Ed

Bronx Rep. Richie Torres Calls For Investigation of NY Gov. Hochul For Bid-rigging $9B Medicaid Home Care Contract

December 3, 2024 Betsy Combier 0

Photo: New York State’s 11th Inspector General, Lucy Lang Rep. Ritchie Torres calls for probe into alleged bid-rigging of Hochul’s massive $9B Medicaid home care contract By Carl Campanile and NY POST, Published Dec. 2, […]

Freedom of Information (FOIL) and the Secret Hiring of Shoshanah Bewlay as Executive Director of the Committee on Open Government

December 1, 2024 Betsy Combier 0

Photo: Shoshanah Bewlay, the executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, in the Department of State offices in Albany on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Patrick Dodson for USA Today Network I […]

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San Francisco BART Workers Fired Due To COVID Vaccine Mandate Each Win More Than $1 Million at Trial

October 24, 2024 0

The Award handed down by the jury in this case to the fired BART workers is historic. I hope this will lead the way for all unvaccinated workers throughout America to get their jobs back. […]

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NYC is Forcing Unionized Public Employees Into At-Will Terms of Employment

September 23, 2024 2

The focus of this post is to show how misleading the picture above is. The joke is on us, because the second bubble should say “but now I can do it with the union Just […]

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Advocatz OPINION: The NY State Employment Medical Exam Scam Part 2: Education Law §2568

April 27, 2024 1

Has your employer ordered you to go to a psychiatrist who will determine whether or not you are “fit to work”? Outside of New York City the fit-to-work examination is called a “Section §913 examination”. […]

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Bronx Rep. Richie Torres Calls For Investigation of NY Gov. Hochul For Bid-rigging $9B Medicaid Home Care Contract December 3, 2024
Photo: New York State’s 11th Inspector General, Lucy Lang Rep. Ritchie Torres calls for probe into alleged bid-rigging of Hochul’s massive $9B Medicaid home care contract By Carl Campanile and NY POST, Published Dec. 2, [...] The post Bronx Rep. Richie Torres Calls For Investigation of NY Gov. Hochul For Bid-rigging $9B Medicaid Home Care […]
Betsy Combier
Freedom of Information (FOIL) and the Secret Hiring of Shoshanah Bewlay as Executive Director of the Committee on Open Government December 1, 2024
Photo: Shoshanah Bewlay, the executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, in the Department of State offices in Albany on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Patrick Dodson for USA Today Network I [...] The post Freedom of Information (FOIL) and the Secret Hiring of Shoshanah Bewlay as Executive Director of the Committee […]
Betsy Combier
New York Enacts Prohibition Against Employers Collecting Employee Communications from Personal Accounts November 30, 2024
A new law that employers should pay attention to is that gathering information from personal accounts is prohibited in New York. Communication between employer and employee is being re-examined since COVID across the globe. Changes [...] The post New York Enacts Prohibition Against Employers Collecting Employee Communications from Personal Accounts appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
New York State Court of Appeals Issues a Long-Awaited Decision in Kane/Keil Cases For Religious Freedom November 14, 2024
The COA DECISION-Kane-Keil ends this case for all Plaintiffs except two from this Group. There is no class action. Picture above: Nationally known religious rights Attorney John Bursch, February 8, 2023 on the steps of [...] The post New York State Court of Appeals Issues a Long-Awaited Decision in Kane/Keil Cases For Religious Freedom appeared […]
Betsy Combier
San Francisco BART Workers Fired Due To COVID Vaccine Mandate Each Win More Than $1 Million at Trial October 25, 2024
The Award handed down by the jury in this case to the fired BART workers is historic. I hope this will lead the way for all unvaccinated workers throughout America to get their jobs back. [...] The post San Francisco BART Workers Fired Due To COVID Vaccine Mandate Each Win More Than $1 Million at […]
Betsy Combier
The Wave Editorial: Give City Workers Their Jobs Back October 20, 2024
This editorial must be heard by New York’s political machine because New York City needs its’ municipal workers put back into their jobs, same salary and all benefits as before they were wrongfully terminated or [...] The post The Wave Editorial: Give City Workers Their Jobs Back appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Two Judges in Canada’s Nova Scotia Province In Battle Over Vaccine Disclosure October 14, 2024
Picture: A dispute involving two Nova Scotia judges and the province’s top judge landed in Supreme Court on Thursday. (Robert Short/CBC) Court strikes down lawsuit against Nova Scotia judge Plaintiff had argued that forcing vaccine disclosure [...] The post Two Judges in Canada’s Nova Scotia Province In Battle Over Vaccine Disclosure appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Staten Island Superintendent Marion Wilson Ousted From Job After Angry Rages Against “White” Principals is Promoted to Admin. Position Teaching ‘Racial Equity’ September 29, 2024
Re-posted from NYC Rubber Room Reporter and ATR Connect: This is too funny. I know this sordid tale quite well. In 2023, after a many-month 3020-a arbitration for a former teacher at PS 46, it [...] The post Staten Island Superintendent Marion Wilson Ousted From Job After Angry Rages Against “White” Principals is Promoted to […]
Betsy Combier
NYC is Forcing Unionized Public Employees Into At-Will Terms of Employment September 24, 2024
The focus of this post is to show how misleading the picture above is. The joke is on us, because the second bubble should say “but now I can do it with the union Just [...] The post NYC is Forcing Unionized Public Employees Into At-Will Terms of Employment appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo And Dr. Jay Varma Admit That No Authority Existed For The COVID Mandate Terminations September 20, 2024
The statements in the video posted below are indeed shocking. Despite what we, the concerned public, all “know” about the power of government over the power of human rights – which is that human rights [...] The post Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo And Dr. Jay Varma Admit That No Authority Existed For The COVID […]
Betsy Combier