Why are you lawyers so expensive?


Nancy Chemtob. New York divorce lawyer. Her splits embrace excessive varieties Mary-Kate Olsen, Tory Burch, Bobby Flay.

“I additionally dumped my very own husband. It was not enjoyable. We had difficulties. And I paid my very own divorce lawyer. The ex hasn’t married once more.

“He’s now residing with somebody. I remarried and I’ve a superb one now.”

Why are you attorneys so costly?

“All we now have to promote is our time. In the event you spent $100,000 in Bergdorf, would you then inform them you need to now get free stuff?

“We’re costly as a result of time is all we now have to promote. Each shopper thinks they overpaid.

“A psychiatrist despatched me his finest pals. Stated they’re hopeless. I spent one yr of litigation with them and so they’re now again collectively.

“Their household couldn’t do it, their psychiatrist couldn’t and I did it.

“With same-sex divorces and divvying up identical issues purchased and worn, we simply put all in a listing and appraise it.

“If a Birkin bag’s price $10,000, whoever will get it will get $10,000 of their column.

“We appraise the belongings then distribute them and mainly flip cash as to who goes first.

“Some shoppers suppose they’re essential, and I’ve fired a number of.

“Two stated, ‘You’ll be able to’t fireplace me,’ and I stated, ‘Sure, I can.’

“I cost you an identical as anyone who’s paying by bank card and has debt. Hear, each single shopper thinks they overpaid.”

Ethical fight


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New York remains to be coping with surging crime in 2023.
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Extra legislation.

As soon as, New York values subjected those that fostered dysfunction, vandalism and damaged home windows to obtain punishment.

Rockefeller drug legal guidelines demanded caging lawbreakers.

Not now.

Now instructed outdated methods are “too conservative” and the brand new societal, partisan methods get based mostly on private coverage agenda.

It’s affecting our metropolis.

Musician offers grads crescendo

Jazz at Lincoln Heart. Wynton Marsalis, given a U of Michigan honorary diploma, gave Saturday’s graduation handle.

He instructed the grads “keep away from processed meals and ignore paper-thin celebrities.”

He additionally warned about synthetic intelligence. Saying, “You translate the long run to the previous. AI is just not going to go to the lavatory for you.”

How doo-doo within the lavatory denotes a boo-boo, who is aware of.

Fare fortunes


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Tocqueville has loads of attention-grabbing dishes on its menu.
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Tocqueville restaurant in Union Sq.. East meets West.

Japanese omakase and French-American sensibility. Like jumbo poached white asparagus with eggs mimosa and caviar, aged Acquerello carnaroli risotto with peas, spring onions, crimson cow Parmesan, Hudson Valley foie gras plus no matter’s brouillade of pheasant egg with chives and Royal Ossetra caviar.

Some days they even serve up a psychic.

Again in ‘Time’

Mr. Sopher from Utah writes requesting assist in rereleasing Eddie Fisher’s oldie TV present “Coke Time.”

Says it had good company like Diahann Carroll, Patti Web page, Teresa Brewer, Florence Henderson.

If anybody is aware of get this finished to assist Mr. Sopher and forwards me the data, I’ll fortunately ship it to wherever Utah is.


So this little woman requested, “Mom, do all fairy tales start with ‘As soon as upon a time’?”

And her mother replied, “No, honey. Most start with ‘If I’m elected.’ ”

Solely in New York, youngsters, solely in New York.