New York State Legislature Passes the “Medical Aid in Dying” Act in June 2025, now waiting for the New York Governor to make it the law. In June 2025, the New York State legislature passed the “Medical Aid in Dying”
Click here to listen to the recording. The Stony Brook University Foundation invited David R. Okrent, Esq., CPA, to be the featured speaker for its March 2025 webinar on “Elder Law and Estate Planning.” Invites were limited to its Alumni and Friends.
Update: On April 9, 2025, parties to a federal lawsuit against New York State’s Department of Health filed a joint proposed preliminary injunction, approved by the judge on April 10, 2025, extending the date for transition to May 15, 2025
On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) This Act was passed by a large bipartisan majority in both the House and Senate.
In April of 2024, the New York Executive and the New York Legislature released and enacted Article VII budget language bills changing, in addition to many other changes, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (“CDPAP/CDPAS”) under the New York State
We are happy to announce that the Firm’s Managing Attorney, David R. Okrent, Esq., CPA, has been appointed to the New York State Coordinating Council for Services Related to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias by New York State Governor Kathy
The NY Governor’s 2024-2025 budget contained a new section of the Real Property Law in New York, Section 424 authorizing Transfer-On-Death Deed(s) for New York real property (See Governor’s budget, Art. VII, Part O, sec. 12). This new section creates
On Friday, April 19, 2024, and Saturday, April 20, 2024, the New York Executive and the New York Legislature released and enacted the remaining Article VII budget language bills. Many issues that were on the table did not make it
