Adam S. Ross, Esq., was a co-speaker in a live webinar sponsored by the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section and the Section's Committee on Public Sector Labor Relations; Co-Sponsors: Local & State Government Law Section and the NYSBA Committee on...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… On July 1, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed into law legislation prohibiting New York public employers from retaliating against public employees for COVID-19-related absences. Pursuant to the new law, public employers are prohibited from dismissing, disciplining or taking other adverse personnel actions against an...
On July 8, 2021, Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., presented on “APPR and Tenure Decisions in the Aftermath of COVID-19″ at the 2021 Summer Law Conference “The Reopening of Schools,” sponsored by the New York State School Boards Association at the Hilton Long Island-Huntington, Melville, New...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As expected, the Governor issued an Executive Order[1] rescinding Executive Orders 202 through 202.111 (COVID-19-related suspensions and modifications of law) and 205 through 205.3 (quarantine restrictions on travelers arriving in New York) effective Friday, June 25, 2021. The Governor’s formal rescission of Executive...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Governor Cuomo has announced that he will not extend the declaration of the State Disaster Emergency related to COVID-19 that first became effective March 7, 2020 and expires on June 24, 2021 in accordance with Executive Order 202.109.Although some prior executive orders, on...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This week, Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.111 discontinuing capacity limits for most indoor gatherings and announced the end of mandatory COVID-19 restrictions for many industries.Executive Order 202.111[1] discontinued capacity limits for residential indoor gatherings (previously, 50 people) and indoor social gatherings at...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… On June 11, 2021, we sent a memorandum regarding the amendments to the Education Law concerning annual professional performance reviews (“APPR”), probation and tenure. We are now writing to inform you of another law signed by the Governor that further amends the Education...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you of a recent law signed by the Governor earlier this week that: (1) suspends the requirement for school districts and BOCES to conduct Annual Professional Performance Reviews (“APPR”); (2) changes the length of certain teachers’ probationary periods;...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you that the long-awaited changes to the State’s Power of Attorney (POA) law will take effect on June 13, 2021. The new law is intended to make the POA easier to use, provide a framework for acceptance or...
