A universal vaccine mandate comes to New York employers courtesy of New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Compliance in Your Office
Effective this week, in accordance with the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s December 13, 2021 Order, all private employers with employees or workplaces…
On January 1, 2022, an expansion of prevailing wage law in New York will become effective. The new law will significantly increase the universe of construction projects subject to prevailing wage requirements.
In brief, when a project is subject to prevailing wage requirements, workers must be paid set hourly wage rates and hourly benefit amounts…
On May 31, 2020, following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s issuance of Executive Order 202.35 on Friday, May 26, 2020, New York’s Empire State Development (“ESD”) updated its guidelines for construction projects across the state.
Construction is a Phase One industry, and while certain parts of the State have already entered Phase One of recovery/reopening, New…
As the hours count down before the laws governing New York City’s rent-regulated apartments are due to expire, the New York Senate and Assembly have come to an agreement on permanent and far-reaching reforms which affect nearly 1 million rent regulated units. Deemed the strongest tenant protections in the history of rent regulation, this controversial…
In an Advisory Opinion issued near the end of 2016, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has determined that the transfer of real property in New York State from an “exchange accommodation titleholder” to a taxpayer in connection with a so-called “reverse” like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code…
