Kobe Accident Photos Shows Need for Camera Use Policy
On November 30, 2020, the family of a woman and child killed in the helicopter crash which also...
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Topic: Policy
What Happened to the Money? NYS Comptroller Finding of Inadequate Oversight is a Lesson for VFD Boards
A fire department in Erie County has been cited by the New York State Comptroller for mishandling...
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Important Supreme Court Decision Today on Age Discrimination and Fire Districts
The United States Supreme Court today ruled that the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act...
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Arrest Highlights the Need for Financial Controls
This past Friday the State Comptroller’s Office announced that the former Treasurer of an...
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How To Be An Easy Target for a Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Since 1958 the Bay Shore Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance (BSBRA), a volunteer non-profit...
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Two Percent Money – Lawful and For a Good Cause
There has been a lot of publicity lately about the money flowing into volunteer fire departments...
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Protecting the Department’s Logo
Every fire department is particularly proud of its distinctive logo. The department puts the logo...
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Can a Department Sponsor a Raffle for another Charitable Organization that Can’t?
I was recently asked if a fire/EMS department (to preserve anonymity, it could be either, and it...
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Epilogue – Wiscasset FF’s Can Wash Their Own Cars at the Fire House
Someone asked me what was the result of the Town of Wiscasset, Maine referendum on permitting...
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Presentation on Social and Digital Media to the Westchester County Assn. of Fire Districts
Yesterday evening I gave a presentation to the Westchester County Association of Fire Districts,...
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The Legal Argument for Banning Alcohol from the Fire House
This may not be a very popular proposal, but perhaps it’s time for alcohol to be banned from...
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Another Firefighter Is Under Investigation For Racist Comments On His Personal Facebook Page
The photo is of the Facebook page of a Mount Vernon NY firefighter, praising the Dallas shooter...
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Meet David
David Menken is an attorney in the Yonkers, New York office of Smith Buss & Jacobs, LLP. David specializes in corporate law particularly as it relates to New York State volunteer fire and emergency medical services departments. He is a firefighter and EMT with the Bedford Village Fire Department (formerly President, now Vice President) and also serves as a Bedford Town Justice.