KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that the mask mandate for all indoor public places, which was set to expire on February 1, 2022, is now in effect until February 10, 2022.The new expiration date is set forth in the New York State...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Below are the important dates and deadlines for the 2022 Budget Vote and Election: MARCH – APRIL 2022March 1:Deadline for submission to the State Comptroller, the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the District’s Tax Levy Limit for...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that late this afternoon the Appellate Division, Second Department, issued a stay of yesterday’s Nassau County Supreme Court Decision and Order that declared the New York State Department of Health’s mask mandate regulation null and void. The...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Governor Hochul has signed legislation extending the authority for public bodies to hold public meetings remotely and without in-person access until the end of the State’s COVID-19 disaster emergency.Governor Hochul declared the current COVID-19 disaster emergency through Executive Order 11 on November 26,...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you of updated inflation adjusted amounts for the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions, and the New York State estate tax exemption, which became effective on January 1, 2022. Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Exemptions The...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to follow up on our January 5, 2022 memorandum in which we advised you that the New York State Department of Health’s (“NYSDOH”) December 24, 2021 guidance concerning return-to-work following COVID-19 infection or exposure continued to apply to healthcare personnel,...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Last week, Governor Hochul signed legislation, effective immediately, amending the Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) and a provision of the Civil Rights Law. AMENDMENTS TO FOIL Pursuant to the legislation, agencies must now follow a new procedure to deny access to certain law enforcement records...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that the New York State Department of Health (“NYSDOH”) recently issued revised guidance (Interim Updated Isolation & Quarantine Guidance) adopting the CDC’s current recommendations for the durations of COVID-19 isolations and quarantines.[1]In summary, the following guidelines now...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Governor Hochul announced today that the NYS Department of Health’s mask mandate for all public places[1] has been extended by two weeks and will now expire on February 1, 2022 (formerly, January 15, 2022).As a reminder, pursuant to the mandate, everyone over the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you that, effective December 31, 2021, the New York State minimum wage rate will increase as follows: the minimum wage rate for Long Island and Westchester will increase to $15.00/hour (matching the rate in New York City, which...
