Partners Erin M. O'Grady-Parent and Lisa L. Hutchinson will present a Legal Update at the Long Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Fall Conference on October 4, 2019. The conference will be held at the Melville Marriott located in Melville, New York. For more informati...
Partner Kathy A. Ahearn will be presenting a Legal Update on October 4, 2019 at the New York State Association of School Business Officials Fall Leadership Conference. The conference will be held at the Mirror Lake Inn located in Lake Placid, New York.
Associate Frank G. Barile will present on the topic of IEPs at the National Business Institute IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop on September 20, 2019. The workshop will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1389 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12206.
Associate Frank G. Barile will present on the topic of IEPs at the National Business Institute IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop on September 20, 2019. The workshop will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1389 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12206. See more details here
On June 13, 2019, the Governor signed into law legislation (S.2994A/A.2371) removing non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements for students. This means that all schoolchildren must now be vaccinated as required in the Public Health Law, even if their parents have religious obje...
Partner Erin O'Grady-Parent will present at the 2019 Summer Law Conference sponsored by NYSSBA on July 23, 2019 at NYSSBA's Headquarters in Latham, New York. The topic of Erin's presentation is “APPR – The Final Frontier?” For more information regarding the conference, please visit www.nyssb...
Partner Erin O'Grady-Parent will present at the 2019 Summer Law Conference sponsored by NYSSBA on July 25, 2019 at the Huntington Hilton Long Island in Melville, New York. The topic of Erin's presentation is “APPR – The Final Frontier?” For more information regarding the conference, please vis...
On March 30, 2019, Partner Erin O'Grady-Parent was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Council of School Attorneys of the National School Boards Association (COSA). COSA supports school attorneys in their representation of public school boards by providing leadership in...
Partner Christopher F. Mestecky and Associate Anthony J. Fasano authored an article entitled, “Social Media and Discovery: One Year after Forman” for the April 2019 issue of the Nassau Lawyer publication. Click to View Article
Partners Richard Guercio and Gary Steffanetta will be co-presenting “Navigating Teacher and Principal Probationary Appointments and Tenure” at the 100th Annual NYSSBA Convention in Rochester, New York which runs from October 24-26, 2019. View Event
Partner Richard Guercio will present at the 2019 Summer Law Conference sponsored by NYSSBA on July 25, 2019 at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, New York. Richard will be speaking on “How to Properly Handle Employee Mental Health and Substance Abuse”. View Event
Partner Gary L. Steffanetta will co-chair the Long Island Chapter, Labor and Employment Relations Association's (LI LERA) Annual Spring Conference on May 2, 2019 at the Tam O'Shanter Club in Glen Head, N.Y. View Event
The final State Budget contains many substantive changes in law that affect school districts, including among other things, changes to APPR, new rules regarding retirement reserve funds and contracts with school resource officers. Guercio & Guercio clients may read our preliminary analysis of th...
Partners Christopher Mestecky and Christopher Shishko will be presenting a Legal Update for the Suffolk County Chapter of the NYS Association of School Business Officials at the Irish Coffee Pub in East Islip, New York on May 17, 2019. View Event
Partner Kathy Ahearn will be presenting a Legal Update at the NYS Association of School Business Officials Education Summit & Expo on June 3, 2019 in Saratoga Springs, New York. If you would like more information regarding the conference, please visit www.asbonewyork.org. View Event
Partner Erin O'Grady-Parent will be presenting with Lawrence J. Tenebaum, Esq. on Seniority and Tenure at the New York State Association of School Attorneys 19th Annual School Attorney Law Conference on May 31, 2019. The conference will be held at The Sagamore Hotel located in Bolton Landing, Ne...
Partner Erin O'Grady-Parent will be part of a panel discussion on Alternative Revenue Streams at the New York State Association of School Business Officials Annual Education Summit & Expo on June 3, 2019 in Saratoga Springs, New York. If you would like more information about the conference, plea...
Partner Erin O'Grady-Parent and Associate Gregory A. Gillen will be presenting “Impact of ‘Legal' Marijuana In The Workplace” at the NYS Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs 42nd Annual Conference which runs from July 14-17, 2019. The conference will be held at Embassy Suites, 86 Con...
Associates Anthony J. Fasano, Esq. and Gregory A. Gillen, Esq. and will be presenting “Impact of ‘Legal' Marijuana In The Workplace” at the NYS Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs 42nd Annual Conference which runs from July 14-17, 2019. The conference will be held at Embassy Suites, 86...
Effective June 30, 2019, Suffolk County employers with at least four employees will be prohibited from inquiring about a job applicant's wage or salary history during the hiring process. The Restricting Information on Salaries and Earnings Act (“RISE Act”) amends Section 528-7 of the Suffolk C...
The Governor recently signed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which amends the New York State Human Rights Law to explicitly prohibit discrimination in employment based on gender identity or expression, including transgender status. The law will become effective on February ...
Partners Kathy Ahearn, Erin O'Grady-Parent, Christopher Mestecky and Christopher Shishko will be presenting at our Food for Thought Breakfast Seminar on April 5, 2019 at the Desmond Hotel located in Albany, New York. Our topics for discussion will be “Drilling Down: Construction Projects in Sch...
Recently enacted legislation amends Article 23-B of the Education Law to expand the categories of employees that are required to report allegations of child abuse in an educational setting. The legislation also updates the training requirements under the law (Ch. 363 of the Laws of 2018). The ch...
Partners Kathy Ahearn, Erin O'Grady-Parent, Christopher Mestecky and Christopher Shishko will be presenting at our Food for Thought Breakfast Seminar on April 5, 2019 at the Desmond Hotel located in Albany, New York. Our topics for discussion will be “Drilling Down: Construction Projects in Sch...
Partner Kathy Ahearn will participate in a panel discussion on “Political Discourse in Public Schools – Complex Issues without Simple Rules” at the NYS Bar Association Law, Youth & Citizenship conference on November 16, 2018 in Albany, New York. Click here to see more details.
