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[ 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
[ October 20, 2024 ] The Wave Editorial: Give City Workers Their Jobs Back ADVOCATZ
[ October 13, 2024 ] Two Judges in Canada’s Nova Scotia Province In Battle Over Vaccine Disclosure ADVOCATZ
[ September 28, 2024 ] Staten Island Superintendent Marion Wilson Ousted From Job After Angry Rages Against “White” Principals is Promoted to Admin. Position Teaching ‘Racial Equity’ ADVOCATZ

EEOC: Virginia Company Must Pay Employee After Denying Religious Accommodation

April 1, 2024 Betsy Combier 0

EEOC Washington Field Office 131 M Street, N.E., Suite 4NW02F Washington, D.C. 20507ASL videophone 844-234-5122 Contact: Debra Lawrence, Regional Attorney (410) 804-6691 Maria Morocco, Assistant Regional Attorney (202) 921-2795 Sam Wallace, […]

Journalist Held in Contempt For Not Giving Source

April 1, 2024 Betsy Combier 0

A Judge holding a journalist in civil contempt for refusing to divulge her source is against the rules of reporting on current issues, and should never happen. But Catherine Herridge is not the only one […]

U.S. Supreme Court Sets Rules On Local Public Officials Becoming State Actors Under First Amendment Free Speech in Social Media

March 23, 2024 Betsy Combier 0

One of the most important issues in our new social media world is whether the First Amendment protects local public officials who post something on social media. I am posting below several articles on the […]

Senate Bill S7466-A in Committee To Reinstate All Municipal Employees Terminated Due To COVID-19 Vaccine

February 9, 2024 Betsy Combier 0

Senator Andrew J. Lanza, Republican representing District 24 Staten Island, has introduced a Bill to reinstate any officer and employee who worked for the City of New York and was dismissed because of the COVID-19 […]

Seeking Restoration of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness After the COVID Panic: the Military

December 4, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

The panic of the COVID pandemic changed the world. People lost their lives or knew and/or loved someone who did. During the 2019-2022 COVID pandemic, everyone thought at least once, if not once a day, […]

EEOC Issues Practices For Addressing Harassment Within The Federal Civilian Workforce

September 29, 2023 Betsy Combier 1

The EEOC‘s Press Release below cites anti-harassment tools in four areas: 1) leadership and accountability, 2) comprehensive and effective anti-harassment policies, 3) effective and accessible anti-harassment programs, and 4) effective anti-harassment training. EEOC Issues Promising Practices […]

Nurse Practitioner Julie DeVuono Pleads Guilty To Forgery, Money Laundering, and Prescribing Herself Opioids

September 16, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

The Sufflok County District Attorney’s Office issued a press release on September 15, 2023 that is astonishing and sad. Nurse Practitioner Julie DeVuono who lives in Amityville New York has pled guilty to several felonies […]

Judge Ralph Porzio Orders 10 Petitioners in DiCapua v City of NY Back To Work With Backpay and Grants Their Religious Exemptions

September 9, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

UPDATE: The City of New York files a Notice of Appeal of the DiCapua Case Notice of Appeal All relief to any of the Petitioners is put on hold. ****************************************************** On February 11, 2023, […]

NYS Supreme Court Judge Porzio Denies Religious Exemption To COVID Vaccine Saying State Rejection Was Reasonable

September 4, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

Richmond County Supreme Court Judge Ralph Porzio used prior decisions such as Marsteller v City of New York to deny the Article 78 Petition of former NYPD Officer Daniel Donadio. Attorney James Mermigis filed the […]

Christian Web Designer Wins Right To Decline To Endorse Messages She Disagrees With

September 4, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Evangelical Christian web designer Lorie Smith has a free speech right under the First Amendment to decline to endorse same-sex marriages. 10th Circuit returns Christian web designer case to trial […]

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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 1

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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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 at left: Nationally known religious rights Attorney John Bursch, February 8, 2023 on the steps [...] 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
Former NYC Department of Education School Food Exec. Gets 2 Years in Jail For Serving Tainted Food To Students September 12, 2024
Ex-DOE exec gets 2 years for serving tainted chicken to students Eric Goldstein (right), the former head of school food operations in the city public school system, was sentenced to two years in prison for [...] The post Former NYC Department of Education School Food Exec. Gets 2 Years in Jail For Serving Tainted Food […]
Betsy Combier
Children’s Health Defense Loses Its Case Against Facebook (META) Censorship August 14, 2024
CHD may file an Appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court citing the dissenting opinion of Judge Daniel P. Collins, who wrote that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should have considered additional evidence CHD submitted [...] The post Children’s Health Defense Loses Its Case Against Facebook (META) Censorship appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Whistleblower Case Against Merck Over MMR Vaccine Dismissed August 14, 2024
We agree with Mary Holland. This is a sad day for justice. Editor Betsy Combier Breaking: Appeals Court Dismisses Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Merck Over MMR Vaccine A federal appeals court upheld a 2023 lower court [...] The post Whistleblower Case Against Merck Over MMR Vaccine Dismissed appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier