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Notes on New York law and Brooklyn civic life from Michael L. Walker, with links to the original reporting.

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Nov 03, 2021Brooklyn

Brooklyn On Election Day

Not surprisingly the Democrats fared well across the board in Brooklyn and with Eric Adams winning New York City Mayoral race but the republicans added 4…

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Nov 01, 2021Immigration

House Bill Could Fast Track High-Skilled Immigrants

The new bill put forth in the House will add more employment based green cards but also make it possible for high-skilled immigrants to gain citizenship…

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Oct 28, 2021Real Estate

Brooklyn’s Tallest Skyscraper At Full Height

The 93 story, 1,066 foot skyscraper at 9 DeKalb – named “Brooklyn Tower” – is officially done climbing as of today and is scraping some sky in downtown…

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Oct 27, 2021Real Estate

Scaling A Skyscraper

The liability waiver must be a doozy. From the New York activities nobody needs to do department…

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Oct 26, 2021Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s Mysterious Ballot Proposals

Along with the upcoming Mayoral election, Brooklyn has some other proposals on the ballot not many may be aware of having to deal with…voting rights! One…

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Oct 25, 2021Employment Law

COVID City Worker Legal Quagmire Wrinkle

As city workers protest New York Mayor Bill de Blasio goes from vaccine or else to vaccine or else but you get 500 bucks. Not so fast says some union…

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