Author Archives: Finkelstein & Partners

Driver of Fatal ATV Crash Facing Charges

Early Sunday morning, in Providence, NY, a 33 year old man crashed his all terrain -->

VA Announces Availability of Renewal Funding

by GPD, Veterans Today: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of 1-year -->

Presumption of Herbicide Exposure and Presumption of Disability During Service for Reservists Presumed Exposed to Herbicide

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulation governing individuals presumed to have -->

Vietnam Veterans Are Declared Eligible To Receive Long-Denied Benefits

by Peggy McCarthy:  Five Vietnam War veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were granted upgrades -->

Wait Lists Grow as Many More Veterans Seek Care and Funding Falls Far Short

NY Times: By Richard A. Oppel, Jr. :One year after outrage about long waiting lists -->

E-Cigarette Use Banned in Westchester County

Lawmakers have approved a countywide indoor e-cigarette smoking ban for Westchester County. E- cigarettes, or -->

Fewer Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Being Reported, Few Being Solved

The U.S. Center for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) released its most recent summary of foodborne -->

Tornado Watch vs. Tornado Warning

The word “Tornado” invokes fear in most of us. Just this week the National Weather -->

Plane Skids Off Runway in Buffalo

United Express Flight 3796 skidded 350 feet off of a runway at Buffalo Niagara International -->

June 12th 2015: Ann Bloom celebrates 30th anniversary at Finkelstein and Partners

Ann Bloom celebrated her 30th anniversary as an employee of Personal Injury law firm Finkelstein -->

Disability Payments to Veterans: Letter to the Editor

To the Editor: Re “The Risk of Over-Thanking Our Veterans,” by Ken Harbaugh (Op-Ed, June 1): It -->

Senate passes Heller amendment on veterans records

By STEVE TETREAULT, WASHINGTON — The Senate approved an amendment on Tuesday to prod the Pentagon -->

The Battle to End the VA Backlog: Update May 31st-June 6th

By Chantell Frazier:  On Monday, the VA reported that the disability compensation claims backlog has -->

Attorney Liz Wolff Spreads the Message

Last Friday, Attorney Liz Wolff spoke to hundreds of students at Ballston Spa High School -->

June 5th 2015: News Coverage of Attorney Liz Wolff School Appearance

Once again, we have teamed up with Albany-based TV station WRGB CBS6, to alert teens -->

Brooklyn Law School Publication Features Managing Partner Andrew Finkelstein

Brooklyn Law School’s 2015 Spring Publication features Managing Partner, and BLS alumnus, Andrew Finkelstein. The -->

Fatal School Bus Crash

Last Friday shortly after 8:00 a.m. a garbage truck drifted into oncoming traffic, colliding head -->

May 30th 2015: Brooklyn Law School Publication Features Managing Partner Andrew Finkelstein

Brooklyn Law School’s 2015 Spring Publication features Managing Partner, and BLS alumnus, Andrew Finkelstein. The -->

What Veterans Affairs won’t pay for: Chance for the wounded to have kids

By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux:  VA will not pick up the bill for in vitro fertilization, which -->

DoD Seeks to Eliminate Stigma for Seeking Mental Health Care

By Terri Moon Cronk;DoD News, Defense Media Activity-The Defense Department wants service members to know there’s -->

VA 100 percent disability ratings can be confusing

By Sandy Britt: Veterans are often confused about Department of Veterans Affairs 100 percent disability -->