Spring is the time of year when we customarily remind our clients and friends to think about their estate plans and we encourage them to take the steps to ensure that their estate planning documents truly reflect their current wishes and needs. This is just as relevant today as it has ever been. While we...
While New York has been grappling with the coronavirus and is focused on this crisis, our legislature passed a new budget. As might be expected, because New York is facing huge deficits, major cuts were put into effect. Unfortunately, one of the programs which was drastically affected and is now facing major changes is Medicaid....
We all know how hard the greater New York metropolitan area has been affected by COVID 19. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been grappling with its spread among residents and staff. They have closed their doors to visitors and instituted other measures that have the affect of isolating residents from each other and...
Perhaps the most tragic outcome of coronavirus is that our loved ones are becoming “facility prisoners” because they are unable to receive visitors and, in some circumstances, are confined to their rooms to prevent the spread of the virus within the facility. Being cut off from family can be disorienting and depressing. And if one...
