Margiotta founded his law firm in Bay Shore in 2003, after graduating from Touro Law Center. That same year, he was appointed special prosecutor and assistant…View Entire Article
Attorneys Say E-Mails, Safer Than Texting, are Just as Fast
More clients are asking their lawyers to communicate in ever-faster ways, and many lawyers are accommodating them by using text messaging, instant messaging… View Entire Article
Officer Sues Over Denied Family Leave
A Nassau Sheriff’s Department officer has filed a $100-million suit against the department and the county, saying he was denied the right to take a leave of absence… View Entire Article
Officer Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Nassau County
A Nassau County Sheriff’s officer has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the county for not allowing him to take time off to care for his sick wife and child. Officer… View Entire Article
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East Meadow Bars Boy’s Service Dog Despite Order
Despite a state order in his favor, a hearing-impaired Westbury teenager was barred Tuesday morning from bringing his service dog to school.
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Update on John Cave Jr.
Breaking news on a story Disability Nation first covered over a year ago. Despite a state order in his favor, a hearing-impaired Westbury teenager was barred Tuesday from bringing his service dog to school. John Cave, 15, his mother, his twin sister and a family attorney were met at the entrance of W. Tresper Clarke High School in East Meadow by principal Timothy Voels, who refused to allow the dog inside the school.
Rejecting Ruling, School Bars Student. Again.
The principal of the W. Tresper Clarke High School in East Meadow, New York, had a decision to make. He could do what most people would have done, and accepted the ruling of the New York State Division of Human Rights, and allowed 15 year old John Cave, accompanied by his service dog “Simba”, to attend school, or not.
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State Says Deaf Student May Take Service Dog to School
More than a year after the East Meadow School District in Nassau County barred a deaf high school student from taking his service dog to school, a state official ruled on Monday that the district had violated the state’s Human Rights Law.
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New York State Div. of Human Rights v. East Meadow Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 10115533 (N.Y. Div. H.R. Mar. 10, 2008)
New York’s Commissioner of the Division of Human Rights (DHR) has ruled that a school district’s refusal to allow a hearing impaired student to bring his service dog to school violates the state’s Human Rights Law (HRL)
