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Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say
Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say The US Department of Labor is suing a former New York restaurant owner for allegedly retaliating against employees who filed a class action lawsuit over wage theft. David Ip, the former owner and operator of Ichiban restaurant in Albany, tried to intimidate three workers and prevent them from participating in the lawsuit, the department alleges in a suit filed Thursday, Aug. 25 in federal court in Albany. The lawsuit claims that Ip shared personal and other sensitive information about the three workers with a Rensselaer County sheriff’s deputy who worked for his security business when off d…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Gambino Captain From Scarsdale Sentenced For Racketeering, Must Pay $1M Gambino Captain From Scarsdale Sentenced For Racketeering, Must Pay $1M
Gambino Captain From Scarsdale Sentenced For Racketeering, Must Pay $1M A high-ranking member of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra living lavishly in Westchester will spend time behind bars and pay a million dollars for his role in a racketeering conspiracy. Scarsdale resident Andrew Campos, age 51, was sentenced in federal court to 37 months in prison for the conspiracy. The court also ordered him to pay $1 million in restitution and a $15,000 fine. In January 2021, Campos pleaded guilty and admitted to participating in various acts of wire fraud and money laundering. US Attorney Breon Peace said that Campos and his co-conspirators carried …

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by Zak Failla
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Roofing Contractor In Hudson Valley Cited By Feds For Exposing Workers To Falls Roofing Contractor In Hudson Valley Cited By Feds For Exposing Workers To Falls
Roofing Contractor In Hudson Valley Cited By Feds For Exposing Workers To Falls Three federal safety inspections at an area condominium complex confirmed a Hudson Valley roofing contractor repeatedly exposed residential roof workers to potentially deadly falls from heights of 18 to 20 feet, according to federal officials. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) identified nine willful violations in its inspections of ALJ Home Improvement Inc. at Rockland County work sites in Suffern during the month of May, officials said. The violations included employees working without required fall protection as they removed sheathing and p…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: Three Hudson Valley Healthcare Facilities Cited By Feds For Violations COVID-19: Three Hudson Valley Healthcare Facilities Cited By Feds For Violations
Covid-19: Three Hudson Valley Healthcare Facilities Cited By Feds For Violations Three healthcare facilities in the Hudson Valley were among 112 that have been cited for violations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic in March through Thursday, Oct. 15, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 112 establishments for violations relating to their response to the virus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $1,603,544.  OSHA said that the inspections resulted in violations for failure to: Implement a written respiratory protection program; Provide a medical evaluation, respirator…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Former Restaurant Site Eyed For New Hotel In Westchester Former Restaurant Site Eyed For New Hotel In Westchester
Former Restaurant Site Eyed For New Hotel In Westchester The owner of the Broadway Diner on South Broadway in Yonkers -- which previously filed for bankruptcy protection -- now wants is to convert one of his two restaurants into a hotel.  The Yonkers diner owners also operated the Executive Diner at 26 Saw Mill River Road (Route 9A) in Hawthorne As reported here by Daily Voice, the American Diner Group filed a Chapter 11 petition in federal Bankruptcy Court. Representatives for the Broadway Diner at 590 S. Broadway have proposed converting the 0.34-acre property into a hotel. An application for a land-use change to the city's zoning board is expe…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Two Westchester Diners File For Bankruptcy Two Westchester Diners File For Bankruptcy
Two Westchester Diners File For Bankruptcy American Diner Group, Inc., which owns two popular eateries in Hawthorne and Yonkers, has filed for federal bankruptcy protection, according to multiple sources.  The family-owned diners claim they were forced to file for bankruptcy because of an $837,000 U.S. Department of Labor judgment that was assessed last year for paying workers less than they had earned. American Classic Broadway Diner in Yonkers and American Classic Executive Diner in Hawthorne filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on May 2 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains. “It is the debtor’s intention to immediately seek med…

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by Jon Craig