KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, on December 15, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed into law long-awaited changes to the State’s Power of Attorney (POA) law. The new law (A.5630-A/S.3923-A), which takes effect on June 13, 2021, creates a presumption in favor of...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As outlined in our previous Memorandum to Clients, New York State enacted a new paid sick leave (PSL) law (Labor Law § 196-b) on April 3, 2020. Unlike other laws put in place during the pandemic, the new PSL law is permanent and...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, due to the expected continuation of both travel-related cases and community contact transmission of COVID-19, the Governor has issued Executive Order 202.79, permitting public and non-public schools located within geographic areas designated by the Department of...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As a follow up to our November 4, 2020 memorandum, we are writing to advise you that New York State has now eliminated its Travel Advisory List and instead will be applying its new quarantine protocols to any travel to states/territories that are...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that on October 31, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 205.2, which, effective November 4, 2020, permits travelers to “test out” of the NYS Travel Advisory’s 14-day quarantine requirement upon return from a location on the NYS...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that the NYS Commissioner of Education has issued a new uniform record retention and disposition schedule that must be adopted by all local governments, including cities, towns, villages, fire districts, counties, school districts, BOCES, teacher resource and...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently signed legislation declaring that June 19, known as Juneteenth, is now a New York State public holiday. According to the legislation’s sponsor, June 19 “acknowledge[s] and reflect[s] on a day that...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you to complete your annual New York State workplace sexual harassment training(s), which is required to be conducted for all employees (including, but not limited to, temporary employees and seasonal employees). The training must meet or exceed the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… With Election Day less than a month away, we are writing to remind you of the paid time off and posting requirements set forth in Election Law Section 3-110 (“the Law”).As we advised in our April 8, 2020 client memorandum, the amendments to...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that on October 1, 2020, the New York State Department of Health (the “DOH”) issued a “Pre-K to Gr 12 COVID-19 Toolkit” dated September 2020 (attached). The toolkit contains flowcharts covering the following topics:[1]“Can...
