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Lakes to Locks Passage, Inc. held a virtual Annual Meeting on September 28, 2020, where the Board voted to elect Randall Beach as President of the Board. Beach had previously served as 1st Vice-President, he replaces Edward Bartholomew of the Warren County Economic Development Corporation, who passed away in July. A native of Plattsburgh and now a resident of Schenectady, Randall is a partner at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP where he has practiced in the areas of real estate [...]
Read More ›Commercial Real Estate (In Distress): Where Are We Now?
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Commercial Real Estate (In Distress): Where Are We Now?Attorneys Tim Morrison, Will Nolan and Dan Hubbell will review Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive orders restricting commercial real estate evictions and foreclosures, and provide guidance with respect to potential alternatives to judicial action. Among other topics, the seminar will include a discussion of commercial lease amendments, loan amendments, work-outs, and pre-litigation strategy. Join us for this [...]
Read More ›Bruce Wagner Teaches Judicial Education to Matrimonial Judges
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Bruce J. Wagner, Chair of our Matrimonial & Family Law Department, presented a two-hour “Matrimonial Update” during the Fall 2020 Judicial Seminars presented by the New York State Judicial Institute, through its virtual education program for Supreme Court Justices and Family Court Judges. Mr. Wagner has been a speaker for continuing education programs offered by the Judicial Institute and Office of Court Administration to judges, support magistrates and court attorneys for over [...]
Read More ›ALBANY, N.Y. – Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP, the largest and most well-respected law firm in the Capital Region, is pleased to congratulate four of its partners who have been named Lawyers of the Year in the 27th edition of Best Lawyers in America. The designation is based on extremely high feedback among peers in the legal profession, as only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with the distinguished award.Best Lawyers was created to serve as a valuable [...]
Read More ›Katherine Herlihy Chosen as an Albany 40 Under 40 Rising Star by City & State New York
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Congratulations to Katherine Herlihy as she is named one of City & State New York's "Albany 40 Under 40 Rising Stars.” Each year, City & State honors 40 talented individuals under the age of 40 who work in New York State government, politics, and advocacy. Rising Star members have already distinguished themselves in the eyes of their colleagues and are on their way to amassing many more noteworthy accomplishments. Katherine is a key member of Whiteman Osterman [...]
Read More ›With immigration matters figuring so prominently in the news, one might wonder, how did we get here? Many of us might think that things were always difficult, that legal entry always involved a formalized process, and that our own ancestors surely did things “the right way” after the formation of the sovereign United States of America.There were no bars to U.S. immigration until 1875, when the first exclusionary law barred convicts and prostitutes from entry. In the decades that [...]
Read More ›USCIS Issues New “Notice to Appear” Policy, With Significant Impacts on Applicants for Immigration Benefits
- Category: Articles Immigration
On July 5, 2018, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published new guidance regarding its procedures and policies for issuing Notices to Appear (NTA). An NTA is a charging document that is issued to foreign nationals, placing them in removal proceedings and directing them to appear before an immigration judge. The Department of Homeland Security has long relied upon its enforcement arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to handle the issuance of NTAs in most cases. [...]
Read More ›USCIS Updates Procedures on Issuance of Requests for Evidence and Notices of Intent to Deny
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On July 13, 2018, USCIS issued a policy memorandum, providing guidance to adjudicators regarding the discretion to deny an application, petition, or other benefit request without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) if required evidence is not submitted with the initial petition/application package, or if the evidence in the record does not establish eligibility for the benefit sought. This guidance is effective September 11, 2018.This policy memo [...]
Read More ›“Not in my front yard!” is the battle cry for residents and battleground for municipalities across New York, as they prepare for the deployment of the next generation of wireless infrastructure 5G technology. Cellular services providers, with the assistance of federal law and FCC orders, have opted to deploy the latest technology - small cells and DAS systems - in municipal rights-of-way, much to the chagrin, in many cases, of local leaders and residents. By one [...]
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