Year: 2018

Yes, you CAN go on vacation while on workers’ compensation. People are allowed to continue to enjoy their lives as best they can even with an injury. Things To Consider When Planning A Vacation However, workers’ compensation claimants who decide to go on vacation must consider the following: If you perform activities on vacation that you […]

Construction Workers on scaffold leaning on safety railing

NYC’s Department of Buildings (DOB) recently announced its final safety training requirements, which includes a mandatory 62 hours of training for supervisors and 40 hours for workers. “Most construction accidents are preventable, which is why increased safety training is so important. Every worker who leaves for the job site in the morning deserves to come home […]

Avonte Oquendo

Senator Charles Schumer recently announced that the recently unveiled United States spending bill includes “Kevin & Avonte’s Law”, named after Avonte Oquendo and Kevin Curtis Wills, two young boys with autism, who tragically died after wandering off. This law, if passed, will provide reauthorization for and allow for the expansion of an existing program put […]

From left to right: Attorney and President of the Children’s Smile Foundation Mariusz Sniarowski, PSFCU Chairman Krzysztof Matyszczyk, and PSFCU President/CEO Bogdan Chmielewski. Photo Credit: Z. Bielecki.

The Children’s Smile Foundation held its Valentine’s Day Ball, an annual charitable fundraiser for disadvantaged children in need of medical care and financial assistance. From left to right: Attorney and President of the Children’s Smile Foundation Mariusz Sniarowski, PSFCU Chairman Krzysztof Matyszczyk, and PSFCU President/CEO Bogdan Chmielewski. Photo Credit: Z. Bielecki. The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C., […]

New York City saw the fourth consecutive year of fewer reported traffic deaths following the implementation of Vision Zero, with 2017 reporting the lowest number of traffic deaths since 1910, two years after the Model T was introduced to the world. This sharp drop was heavily influenced by a 32 percent drop in the number […]