Joseph Napoli (Attorney)

Earlier this month, the New York Nail Salon (NYC) Workers Association organized a speak-out protesting on-going abuses against salon workers in front of New York City chain Envy Nails’s Bronx location. Around 40 women showed up and spoke out against the injustices they face as salon workers, single mothers, and immigrants. They told stories of… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/nyc-nail-salon-workers-changes-in-an-abusive-industry/

When you board an airplane, what rights do you have, and what rules can the airline impose? Latisha Rowe said that an American Airlines crew told her to cover her strapless romper, or she could not fly from Jamaica to Miami. Dr. Rowe, who wrapped herself in a blanket to board the plane, later took… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/appropriate-airline-attire-and-passenger-rights/

Incoming New York City Housing Authority Director Gregory Russ faces a number of challenges, including serious problems with lead poisoning which have existed since at least 2012. Over 400,000 people live in NYCHA’s 176,000 units, making this Authority by far the largest such organization in the country. For now, Russ and Bart Schwartz, whom a… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/new-nycha-head-faces-daunting-problems/

JUUL is in danger of being fined after the US Food and Drug administration sent a warning letter to the company on Monday addressing the company’s marketing tactics. The company, who is currently the leading manufacturer of e-cigarettes, markets their product as a safer alternative to smoking, a claim that when made without evidence that… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/pressure-increases-on-vaping-companies-after-recent-deaths/

Twenty-two people were hospitalized after a two-story wooden deck collapsed in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday. The debris from the decks trapped and injured a number of people, including children and an infant. As of Sunday, two victims remain hospitalized. The incident occurred at around 6 p.m. at an older condominium building on the 200… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/twenty-two-injured-in-new-jersey-deck-collapse/

Unless you have been living under a rock or have been lost to civilization for the last few years, you have at least heard of the Me Too Movement and have likely heard at least some of the scandals that have been brought to light. But what is this movement really about? What are its goals?… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/the-metoo-movement-from-a-mans-perspective/

Napoli Shkolnik PLLC Files Groundbreaking Class Action Lawsuit Against United Behavioral Health on Behalf of Providers Filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the class action complaint alleges that the nation’s largest health insurer, United Behavioral Health, wrongfully denied mental health and substance use disorder claims by putting profits… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/huge-class-action-filed-against-united-behavioral-health/

Traumatic brain injury can include a range of injuries to the head and brain including the most common type of injury- a concussion. Brain injuries can come from any number of causes such as falls, impacts, blunt trauma to the head, or a violent attack. Unfortunately, almost all causes for a concussion of other TBI… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/traumatic-brain-injuries-football-season-and-brain-health/

You Are What You Eat High sodium and low potassium diets may contribute to teenage depression, according to a new study. This finding may impact both patients and providers. Such a diet indicates many processed foods and few fresh fruits and vegetables. Researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham found a conclusive link between depression and… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/fast-food-teens-and-depression/

While forecasting tools have come a long way and we have much better methods for predicting hurricane paths, which keep improving year after year, people are still at great risk from the ferocity of tropical storms and hurricanes. One major risk is due to the fact that people continue to build along the coastline in… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/hurrican-preparedness-tips-facts-to-dos/

If you have been online, watched the TV, read the newspaper, or been out and about in your local community at all over the last few years, you have likely at least heard of the MeToo Movement. Taking the world by storm a few years ago, the undertones of this movement have been building for… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/the-metoo-movement-a-womans-perspective/