Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Julia J. Martin and Joshua S. Werbeck have been elected by its members to serve on the firm's Board of Managers. Julia Martin joined the firm in 2009 and is a member of the firm's Brownfield Practice Group. She was elected as a Member of the Read More »
As schools and colleges break for summer and vacation season gets into full swing, short-term rentals – offered on popular platforms like Airbnb and VRBO – are often a prime topic of discussion. Short-term rentals are not new. But they are consistently the subject of debate of local municipalities – some residents preferring the extra Read More »
Autumn Burgin Claire Xu Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to welcome Autumn Burgin and Claire Xu to the firm’s Summer Associate program. Autumn Burgin is entering her final year at Syracuse University College of Law and will work primarily in the firm's Syracuse office. At Syracuse, Autumn is her class Vice President in the Student Read More »
Joshua Werbeck Syracuse, NY – Bousquet Holstein Attorney Joshua Werbeck will present to the NYS Bar Association Real Property Law Section Summer Meeting in Philadelphia on Friday, July 22, 2022. Josh will be speaking about New York State's new remote online notarization law, which allows notaries to complete notarization of documents using audio-visual technology and other Read More »
Diana G. Rogatch Rachel B. Wadsworth Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to welcome Diana G. Rogatch and Rachel B. Wadsworth to the firm. Diana Rogatch has joined the firm's Brownfield Practice Group. She successfully passed the Uniform Bar Examination in April 2022, and she is currently admitted to practice law in Colorado. She will be Read More »
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") recently updated the USCIS Policy Manual to explain how officers should determine whether a potential O-1B beneficiary should be evaluated as someone with extraordinary ability in the arts ("O-1B Arts") or extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry ("O-1B MPTV"). While the visa category is the same, Read More »
This has already been an eventful year for stakeholders interested in the New York Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP). The recently enacted NYS budget included a ten-year extension of the tax credits under the BCP, as detailed in our recent alert. NYSDEC first announced in May 2017 (and then every year since) that it would issue Read More »
Amendments also include a $50K BCP program fee, other changes April 13, 2022 On Saturday, April 9, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a ten-year extension of the tax incentives for the Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) as part of the 2022-23 NYS Budget ("Budget"). The BCP's incentives were to sunset for Read More »
On November 8, 2021, Governor Hochul signed Senate Bill S2628, which requires employers to notify employees when the employer is monitoring or otherwise intercepting the employee's electronic communications. These new notice requirements become effective on May 7, 2022. Requirements S2628 amends § 52-c of the New York Civil Rights Law (the "Amendment") to include the Read More »
On January 21, 2022, the Biden Administration announced several agency actions to attract and retain international science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent. Attracting STEM talent is one of the administration's key strategies for U.S. technological and economic global competitiveness. The administration set forth new policies to provide clearer and more predictable pathways for international Read More »