Smack in the middle of two of the biggest retail days of the year, local shops in Bayside celebrated Small Business Saturday. The Bayside Village Business Improvement District [BID], consisting of over 200 businesses including shoe outfitters, flower shops and bookstores, celebrated its retail diversity on Saturday, November 24 with a block party and gift [...]
Those with an aversion to crowds and lines are opting to stay home and score deals with a simple mouse click. Cyber Monday, coined in the mid-00s, quickly became one of the biggest online shopping days for retailers, offering the option of avoiding the angry mobs that grow outside of stores just hours after finishing [...]
By Ronald A. Fatoullah, Esq. and Debby Rosenfeld, Esq. The annual gift tax exclusion will increase from $13,000 to $14,000 effective January 1, 2013. In other words, an individual will be able to gift $14,000 per person (a couple may give $28,000) per recipient every calendar year without any gift tax ramifications whatsoever. Therefore, a [...]
Writing in the days after Sandy I simply could not avoid thinking how this event may affect real estate business for years to come. Although the condo building where I live was spared any damage (floor waters stopped 10 feet from our garage before they started to recede), the Murano on Borden Avenue was hit [...]
Dr. Sang I. Pak of the Hemorrhoid Treatment Center is a fellowship-trained minimally invasive abdominal surgeon with over a decade of experience as a board certified general surgeon. As an expert in laparoscopy, the field of surgical operations performed on the abdomen and pelvis, Dr. Pak treats a variety of surgical problems involving the gallbladder, [...]
With some of their shops damaged or destroyed by Superstorm Sandy and unsure where to go for help, business owners were finally able to find out what options are available to them. Several agencies set up camp at Resorts World New York City on Friday, November 16 to help owners of south Queens get the [...]
Podiatry & Wound Care Hyperbaric Center has been at 46-04 31st Avenue, Long Island City for the last two years. At the facility, Dr. Mary Andrea and her staff provide both hyperbaric oxygen therapy as well as an array of podiatric services — all with friendly, patient-focused care. Originally located in Parkway Hospital, Dr. Mary [...]
The Windsor School is a college preparatory private secondary school offering grades 6-12. Founded in 1968, the Windsor School is registered by the New York State Education Department, accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and Authorized by the United States Department of Immigration to accept international students. The Windsor School [...]
Talk about some good exposure. Crystal Window & Door Systems, located at 31-10 Whitestone Expressway, will continue to be featured in this fall’s season of A&E’s “Flipping Boston.” The recent deal represents a continued relationship between Crystal and A&E home renovation shows, the company having supplied individual projects for previous seasons of “Flipping Boston” as [...]
As businesses still struggle to rebuild following Sandy, the New York Bankers Association (NYBA) and the New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC) have created a $10 million small business emergency fund providing immediate financial assistance for those affected by the superstorm, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. “The banking industry understands that the quick recovery of [...]
