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Reasons to Move to Clifton Park Serviced Offices

Do you own your own office space? Maybe you have a lease on office space and you're tired of paying so much for your offices. In many cases, companies find that owning and leasing offices leads to more of a hassle than they bargained for. The good news is that you do have other options available to your business. It is possible to move your business into serviced Clifton Park commercial property for rent, which offers many great benefits. These offices offer you furnished office space that will fit your company's needs, complete with receptionist, computer systems, and more. If you're not sure if this option is for you, here are just some of the big reasons you should consider moving to fully serviced Clifton Park offices for rent.

The Cost of Equipment and Office Space is Draining Your Finances

If you have found that the cost of equipment and office space is draining your finances, moving to serviced offices may be a great choice for your business. Whether you already are running an established business or you have just started a new business, you will find that these office options provide a cost effective and unique solution for the needs your company has. Why continue to let the cost of office space drain your budget? You don't want to lead your business into financial disaster. Going with offices that are serviced allow you to cut costs while still having everything you need to run a good office for your company.

You Don't Have Time to Worry About Managing a New Space

Many company owners find themselves so busy that they can't even think about worrying about managing new spaces. If this is your problem, then serviced offices can be a great option for you. Moving to an office that is serviced is easy. You don't have to worry about managing or even furnishing the new space for your office. You simply pay a single fee for the space and that will cover the rental fees for the office. Not only will your payment cover your rent, but it also takes care of your furnishings, equipment, internet connection, telephone, and even electricity. This makes it a lot easier to manage your office and to manage your finances as well.

Your Company Can't Afford to Furnish an Office

Maybe your company just doesn't have the money needed to furnish an office. It can be expensive to purchase office furniture and equipment. The great things about serviced offices is that they come fully furnished. You don't have to worry about purchasing expensive furniture and you won't even need to worry about moving around office equipment because everything will already be in the office for you. Usually these offices come with phones, filing cabinets, shelves, chairs, desks, and more. Often the computers, fax machines, and copier machines are also included as well.

You Don't Want a Long Lease

Some businesses today don't want a long lease on their office space. Many leases require you to sign the lease for up to 10 years. However, if you need larger space during this time, you are stuck with the lease that you already signed. When you choose serviced offices, you don't have to worry about a long lease. You can move into the office and have a short lease, which means that you can downgrade or upgrade as needed, depending on the current requirements and needs you have for your business.

Also read: Clifton Park Office Rentals Broker - Why You Need One?

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Negotiating Clifton Park Office Space Rent With A Landlord

When searching for the perfect Clifton Park office space for rent for your business, it is best to do comparison shopping before deciding. This way, you get an idea of available commercial spaces based on their location, size, amenities, accessibility and others factors for your consideration.

After determining what your business needs in a Clifton Park commercial property for rent, you can then start negotiating with the landowners for the lowest possible monthly due they can give you. Contrary to popular belief, rates can be negotiated by tenants, sometimes, even if it's already in the middle of the contract. Keep in mind that there is no contract with an owner unless a tenant agrees to it.

All you have to do is get to know the whole picture and be familiar with terms and rates of nearby spaces available before negotiating. Remember, landlords are more likely to open negotiations with existing tenants than to entertain new occupants. One of the best tools that a tenant can have is information and knowledge about the market and terms of the contract that he or she signs.

Find out the lowest possible leasing rate in your area and use it as leverage when negotiating and save it as back-up unit should your landlord fail to give the rate you are asking. Once the landlord sees that you are not serious about moving out, he or she will not be obligated to give you the best deal in the area.

As much as possible, never talk directly to the landlord when negotiating for a commercial space and instead ask the help of commercial real estate agents or brokers to do the talking for you. Not only will it make negotiations easier for you, being "represented" also makes your business appear valuable.

This also allows you to have good relationship with your landlord. After rough negotiations and settling on an agreement, as business owner, you will continue to deal with the landlord from time to time and should the landlord develop negative feelings toward the agent, you will be spared of the discomfort.

Document everything that has been settled and agreed upon and discuss any clarifications before signing the document. This way, any miscommunication or misunderstanding will be avoided in the future and save you significant time and effort.

Putting up a business is giant leap and requires a lot of patience and money. Invest in the right properties and never settle on half-cooked deals.

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Improve Your Business With the Right Clifton Park Office Rentals

Business office space has the capability to run you upwards of a thousand dollars (and sometimes more!) each month just to maintain access to office space on a daily basis. Being able to make use of a Clifton Park office space for rent when you need as opposed to having to lease the space long-term is something that can save you literally thousands of dollars throughout the year within your company.

If you do not need to make use of the office space each day, you may want to consider avoiding a lease and renting a meeting and conference room or office space only when you need it. For example, if you need to spend an afternoon training your sales team, renting a conference room for the day can be a cost-effective option.

Choosing to Clifton Park commercial space for rent as it is needed rather than as a long-term endeavor also gives you the opportunity to rent space in different parts of the city in order to accommodate employees or clients when necessary.

Even if you do already use business office space for daily workflow, you may find a few reasons to rent a separate meeting and conference room from time to time. Following are some of the most common:

Office Parties

You may find that the meeting and conference room you use on a daily basis for business purposes is simply not large enough to house all of your employees and their families at the same time when it comes to hosting holiday celebrations and other company functions.

Renting an additional space within your same building or in a more centralized location can accommodate everyone effectively, and may even give you the space you need to incorporate a dance floor and other activities to enjoy.

Seminars

Holding seminars for employees, clients, or members of the public can provide you with an outlet to share information that is important for your business or your community, and renting a conference room is one of the best ways to get everyone together in the same space for hours of lectures, educational sessions, or entertainment venues.

Hiring Events

If you run a factory, a fleet business, or a sales company, you may have a need to hire multiple employees at once in order to fill up your teams during the busy times of the year. Renting an office space for a day or two will give you a convenient way to allow people to easily apply for available positions in person, so you can handle interviews and even hiring on the spot if you need to.

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Please join us as we remember all those who were impacted by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. We will never forget. #neverforget 🇺🇸

📷 (c) Dorice Arden; 9/11 Memorial, Haverstraw.

Francis Joseph Trombino: The Rockland Brinks Robbery Survivor Who Perished in the 9/11 Attacks

Francis J Trombino- known by many as simply ‘Joe,’ was a Korean war vet and truck driver who had been with Brinks since the late 1960s and lived most of his life in Clifton, NJ. He was killed on the morning of September 11th, 2001 when two World Trade Center towers collapsed.

But that sunny September morning was not the first time Trombino had crossed paths with terrorists. In 1993, his armoured truck had left the WTC complex a few hours before Islamic terrorist Ramzi Yousef drove an explosives-laden rental van into the underground parking garage and set the fuse.

However, before either of the Islamist attacks on the World Trade Center site, Trombino survived a deadly ambush and robbery from Weather Underground and black sepratist gunmen nearly 20 years before the 9/11 attacks.

As Trombino and fellow guard Peter Paige were picking up money from Nanuet Mall in Rockland County, NY, in October 1981 when masked gunmen burst from a nearby van and opened fire with shotguns and an M-16 rifle, killing Paige instantly. Trombino was able to get off a round before being struck in the shoulder, arm and upper body multiple times.


After swapping vehicles, the domestic terrorists would then try and shoot their way through a roadblock set up by police in West Nyack, NY, killing two police officers and wounding another before trying to flee on foot or carjack motorists.

Trombino’s injuries would require multiple surgeries. He nearly lost his arm in the gunfight. Brinks reassigned him as a driver where he would continue to work for another 19 years. According to family, Joe hardly complained about the surgeries and therapy, telling them that ‘These things are a part of life’.

Joe Trombino was about a year away from retirement on the morning of September 11th. According to co-workers, he stayed in the underground garage with his truck when the planes hit, calling the Brinks dispatcher and inquiring about the whereabouts of the guards who had gone into the WTC buildings to make a pickup (they had managed to escape but had no means of communication). Trombino told the Brinks office in his last phone call that water was starting to seep in and the walls were starting to crumble around him. —Not Another New England Sports Blog, 2011

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This Day In Music: 3 Jan 1976

Bob Dylan's song Hurricane peaks at number 33.

Bob Dylan's protest song "Hurricane", is about boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's incarceration. It compiles racist and profiling acts against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a wrongful trial and conviction.

Carter was the fourth of seven children born in Clifton, New Jersey. He later admitted to having a strained relationship with his strict disciplinarian father; at the age of eleven, he was sentenced to a juvenile reformatory for assault, having stabbed a man he claimed had attempted to sexually assault him. In 1954, Carter escaped from the reformatory and enlisted in the United States Army. He was sent to West Germany a few months after finishing infantry basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Carter began boxing for the Army while in Germany. After four courts-martial, he was discharged in 1956 as unfit for service. He returned home to New Jersey shortly after his discharge, was convicted of two muggings, and was sentenced to prison.

After his release from prison in September 1961, Carter became a professional boxer. His aggressive style and punching power (resulting in many early-round knockouts) drew attention, establishing him as a crowd favourite and earning him the nickname "Hurricane". After he defeated a number of middleweight contenders, the boxing world took notice. The Ring first listed him as one of its "Top 10" middleweight contenders in July 1963. At the end of 1965, they ranked him as the number five middleweight.

On June 17, 1966, at around 2:30 a.m., two men entered the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and began shooting. The bartender, James Oliver, and a customer, Fred Nauyoks, were both killed on the spot. A month later, Hazel Tanis died in a hospital after suffering multiple wounds from shotgun pellets; a third customer, Willie Marins, survived the attack despite a head wound that caused him to lose sight in one eye. When questioned, both admitted to police that the shooters were black males, but neither identified Carter or John Artis.

A police cruiser stopped Carter and Artis in a rental car, returning from a night out at the Nite Spot, a nearby bar; Carter was in the back, with Artis driving and a third man, John Royster, in the passenger seat, ten minutes after the murders, around 2:40 a.m. Carter, a well-known and controversial local figure, was recognised by the cops, but he was let go. Minutes later, the same officers asked two eyewitnesses outside the bar, Patricia "Patty" Valentine and Al Bello, for a description of the getaway car.

Later, Bello admitted that he was in the area as a lookout while an accomplice, Arthur Bradley, broke into a nearby warehouse. He claimed at the time that he discovered the bodies while entering the bar to buy cigarettes; it later emerged that he used the opportunity to empty the cash register and ran into the police as he exited. He testified at the trial that he was approaching the Lafayette when two black males, one with a shotgun and the other with a pistol, appeared around the corner. He fled, and they boarded a white car that was double-parked near the Lafayette.

Valentine, who lived above the bar and heard the shots, reported seeing two black men leave the bar and get into a white car, as did Bello. They described it as white with "a geometric design, sort of a butterfly type design in the back of the car," and New York state licence plates with a blue background and orange lettering.

Valentine initially stated that the car had rear lights that lit up completely like butterflies; however, at the retrial in 1976, she changed this to an accurate description of Carter's car, which had conventional taillights with aluminium decoration in the shape of a butterfly. This was consistent with Bello's account; the prosecution later claimed that the confusion was caused by the defense's misreading of a court transcript.

Carter was being driven home by Artis after dropping off Royster; they were stopped again at 3:00 AM and told to follow the police to the station, where they were arrested. However, differences in the descriptions given by Valentine and Bello, the physical characteristics of the attackers provided by the two survivors, a lack of forensic evidence, and the police timeline all played a role in the conviction being overturned in 1985.

The victims were shot with a.32-caliber pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun, according to forensics, though the weapons were never found. While gun residue tests were commonly used, DeSimone, the lead detective, later claimed he didn't have time to bring in an expert. He did arrange for an expert to conduct lie detector tests, which they passed; however, a second report, claiming they failed, was discovered in 1976. They were released after 17 hours of interrogation. Carter and Artis voluntarily appeared in front of a grand jury, which determined there was no case to answer.

However, after the police discovered why he was in the area and his theft from the cash register, Bello changed his story several months later. He positively identified Artis as one of the attackers, while Bradley now claimed Carter was the other; as a result, the two were arrested and charged. Bello later claimed that in exchange, he was promised the $10,500 reward for finding the killers, which was never paid.

When Carter and Artis were arrested, the rental car was impounded and kept by police; five days later, a detective reported that when he searched it again, he discovered two unfired rounds, one.32 calibre and the other from a 12-gauge. The.32 round was brass rather than copper, and the shotgun shell was an older model with a different wad and colour than those found on the victims.

When asked to explain these discrepancies during the trial, the prosecution produced a second report, allegedly lodged 75 minutes after the murders, which recorded the two rounds. They were unable to explain why the police released the men despite having that evidence, or why the standard 'bag and tag' procedure was not followed. They also contended that because the spent rounds recovered at the scene were a mix, the fact that the two rounds did not match was irrelevant; what mattered was that they were the same calibre as those used in the shootings.

Carter's attorneys filed a writ of habeas corpus petition in federal court in 1985. Later that year, Judge Haddon Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the writ, stating that the prosecution was "based on an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure," and overturned the convictions. Carter, 48, was released without bail in November 1985.

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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted of murder and later released following a petition of habeas corpus after serving almost 20 years in prison.

In 1966, Carter, and his cousin, John Artis, were arrested for a triple homicide committed at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. Shortly after the killings at 2:30 am, a car containing Carter, Artis, and a third acquaintance was stopped by police outside the bar on their way home from a nearby nightclub. They were allowed on their way, but after dropping off the third man, Carter and Aris were stopped passing the bar a second time 45 minutes later, and arrested.

The victims were all white, and the incident took place during a period of high racial tensions, putting pressure on the police to close the case. Carter, who had a history of violence, and Artis were interrogated for 17 hours, released, then re-arrested weeks later. In 1967, they were convicted of all three murders, and given life sentences, served in Rahway State Prison; a retrial in 1976 confirmed their sentences, but was overturned in 1985. An attempt by prosecutors to try the case a third time was rejected by the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Carter's autobiography, titled The Sixteenth Round, written while he was in prison, was published in 1975 by Warner Books. The story inspired the 1975 Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and the 1999 film The Hurricane (with Denzel Washington playing Carter). From 1993 to 2005, Carter served as executive director of Innocence Canada.

In 2019, the case was the focus of a 13-part BBC podcast series, the 'Hurricane Tapes'. This used interviews with survivors, case notes from the original investigations, and 40 hours of tapes recorded with Carter by author Ken Klonsky for his 2011 book 'The Eye of the Hurricane."

Early life

Carter was born in Clifton, New Jersey, the fourth of seven children. He later admitted to a troubled relationship with his father, a strict disciplinarian; at the age of eleven, he was sentenced to a juvenile reformatory for assault, having stabbed a man, who he claimed had tried to sexually assault him. Carter escaped from the reformatory in 1954 and joined the United States Army. A few months after completing infantry basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he was sent to West Germany. While in Germany, Carter began to box for the Army. He was later discharged in 1956 as unfit for service, after four courts-martial. Shortly after his discharge, he returned home to New Jersey, was convicted of two muggings and sent to prison.

Boxing career

After his release from prison in September 1961, Carter became a professional boxer. At 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), Carter was shorter than the average middleweight, but he fought all of his professional career at 155–160 lb (70–72.6 kg). His aggressive style and punching power (resulting in many early-round knockouts) drew attention, establishing him as a crowd favorite and earning him the nickname "Hurricane." After he defeated a number of middleweight contenders—such as Florentino Fernandez, Holley Mims, Gomeo Brennan, and George Benton—the boxing world took notice. The Ring first listed him as one of its "Top 10" middleweight contenders in July 1963. At the end of 1965, they ranked him as the number five middleweight.

He fought six times in 1963, winning four bouts and losing two. He remained ranked in the lower part of the top 10 until December 20, when he surprised the boxing world by flooring past and future world champion Emile Griffith twice in the first round and scoring a technical knockout. That win resulted in The Ring's ranking of Carter as the number three contender for Joey Giardello's world middleweight title. Carter won two more fights (one a decision over future heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis) in 1964, before meeting Giardello in Philadelphia for a 15-round championship match on December 14. Carter landed a few solid rights to the head in the fourth that left Giardello staggering, but was unable to follow them up, and Giardello took control of the fight in the fifth round. The judges awarded Giardello a unanimous decision.

After that fight, Carter's ranking in The Ring began to decline. He fought nine times in 1965, winning five but losing three of four against contenders Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Dick Tiger, and Harry Scott. Tiger, in particular, floored Carter three times in their match. "It was", Carter said, "the worst beating that I took in my life—inside or outside the ring". During his visit to London (to fight Scott) Carter was involved in an incident in which a shot was fired in his hotel room.

Carter's career record in boxing was 27 wins, 12 losses, and one draw in 40 fights, with 19 total knockouts (8 KOs and 11 TKOs). He received an honorary championship title belt from the World Boxing Council in 1993 (as did Joey Giardello at the same banquet) and was later inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.

Arrest and Conviction

At approximately 2:30 a.m. on June 17, 1966, two men entered the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and began shooting. The bartender, James Oliver, and a customer, Fred Nauyoks, were killed immediately. Hazel Tanis died in hospital a month later, having suffered multiple wounds from shotgun pellets; a third customer, Willie Marins, survived the attack, despite a head wound that cost him the sight in one eye. When questioned, both told police the shooters had been black males, though neither identified Carter or John Artis.

Ten minutes after the murder, around 2:40 am, a police cruiser stopped Carter and Artis in a rental car, returning from a night out at the Nite Spot, a nearby bar; he was in the back, with Artis driving, and a third man, John Royster, in the passenger seat. The police recognised Carter, a well-known and controversial local figure, but let him go. Minutes later, the same officers solicited a description of the getaway car from two eyewitnesses outside the bar, Pauline Valentine and Al Bello.

Bello later admitted he was in the area acting as look-out, while an accomplice, Arthur Bradley, broke into a nearby warehouse. At the time, he claimed to have discovered the bodies when he entered the bar to buy cigarettes; it also transpired he took the opportunity to empty the cash register, and ran into the police as he came out. At the trial, he testified he was approaching the Lafayette when two black males, one with a shotgun, the other a pistol, came around the corner. He ran from them, and they got into a white car that was double-parked near the Lafayette.

Valentine lived above the bar, and heard the shots; like Bello, she reported seeing two black men leave the bar, then get into a white car. They reportedly described it as white, with "a geometric design, sort of a butterfly type design in the back of the car", and New York state license plates, with blue background and orange lettering. Another neighbor, Ronald Ruggiero, also heard the shots, and said that, from his window, he saw Alfred Bello running west on Lafayette Street toward 16th Street. He then heard the screech of tires and saw a white car shoot past, heading west, with two black males in the front seat.

Valentine initially stated the car had rear lights which lit up completely like butterflies; at the retrial in 1975, she changed this to an accurate description of Carter's car, which had conventional tail-lights with aluminum decoration in a butterfly shape. This aligned with that provided by Mello; the prosecution later suggested the confusion was the result of a misreading of a court transcript by the defense.

Having dropped off Royster, Carter was now being driven home by Artis; they were stopped again at 3:00 am, and ordered to follow the police to the station, where they were arrested. However, variances in descriptions given by Valentine and Bello, the physical characteristics of the attackers provided by the two survivors, lack of forensic evidence, and the time line provided by the police were key factors in the conviction being over-turned in 1985.

Forensics later established the victims were shot by a .32 caliber pistol, and a 12-gauge shotgun, although the weapons themselves have never been found. There was no forensic evidence linking Carter or Artis to the murders; while gun residue tests were commonly used, DeSimone, the lead detective, later claimed he had no time to bring in an expert. He did arrange for an expert to conduct lie detector tests, which they passed; in 1976, a second report was discovered, claiming they failed. After 17 hours of interrogation, they were released. Carter and Artis voluntarily appeared before a grand jury, which found there was no case to answer.

However, several months later, Bello changed his story, after the police discovered why he was in the area, and his theft from the cash register. He positively identified Artis as one of the attackers, while Bradley now came forward to claim Carter was the other; based on this, the two were arrested and indicted. Bello later claimed in return, he was promised the $10,500 reward offered for catching the killers, which was never paid.

The rental car had been impounded when Carter and Artis were arrested, and retained by the police; five days after their release, a detective reported that on 'searching it again', he discovered two unfired rounds, one .32 caliber, the other from a 12 gauge. Neither matched those retrieved from the victims; the .32 round was brass, rather than copper, while the shotgun shell was an older model, with a different wad and color.

Asked to account for these differences at the trial, the prosecution produced a second report, allegedly lodged 75 minutes after the murders which recorded the two rounds. They were unable to explain why, having that evidence, the police released the men, or why standard 'bag and tag' procedure not followed. They also argued since the expended rounds retrieved at the scene were also a mixture, the fact the two rounds did not match was meaningless; what did matter was they were the same caliber as those used in the shootings.

The defense, led by Raymond A. Brown, focused on inconsistencies in the evidence given by eyewitnesses Marins and Bello. He also produced witnesses who confirmed Carter and Artis were still in the Nite Spot at the time of the shootings. The all-white jury convicted both men of first degree murder, with a recommendation of mercy, which meant they avoided the death sentence. Judge Samuel Larner imposed two consecutive and one concurrent life sentence on Carter, and three concurrent life sentences on Artis.

Retrial and Release

In 1974, Bello and Bradley withdrew their identifications of Carter and Artis, and these recantations were used as the basis for a motion for a new trial. Judge Samuel Larner denied the motion on December 11, saying they "lacked the ring of truth."

Despite Larner's ruling, Madison Avenue advertising executive George Lois organized a campaign on Carter's behalf, which led to increasing public support for a retrial or pardon. Muhammad Ali lent his support to the campaign (including publicly wishing Carter good luck on his appeal during the airing of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on September 7, 1973). Bob Dylan co-wrote (with Jacques Levy) and performed a song called "Hurricane" (1975), which declared that Carter was innocent. On December 7, 1975, Dylan performed the song at a concert at Trenton State Prison, where Carter was temporarily an inmate.

However, during the hearing on the recantations, defense attorneys also argued that Bello and Bradley had lied during the 1967 trial, telling the jurors that they had made only certain narrow, limited deals with prosecutors in exchange for their trial testimony. A detective taped one interrogation of Bello in 1966, and when it was played during the recantation hearing, defense attorneys argued that the tape revealed promises beyond what Bello had testified to. If so, prosecutors had either had a Brady obligation to disclose this additional exculpatory evidence, or a duty to disclose the fact that their witnesses had lied on the stand.

Larner denied this second argument as well, but the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held that the evidence of various deals made between the prosecution and witnesses Bello and Bradley should have been disclosed to the defense before or during the 1967 trial as this could have "affected the jury's evaluation of the credibility" of the eyewitnesses. "The defendants' right to a fair trial was substantially prejudiced", said Justice Mark Sullivan. The court set aside the original convictions and granted Carter and Artis a new trial.

Despite the difficulties of prosecuting a ten-year-old case, Prosecutor Burrell Ives Humphreys decided to try Carter and Artis again. To ensure, as best he could, that he did not use perjured testimony to obtain a conviction, Humphreys had Bello polygraphed—once by Leonard H. Harrelson and a second time by Richard Arther, both well-known and respected experts in the field. Both men concluded that Bello was telling the truth when he said that he had seen Carter outside the Lafayette immediately after the murders.

However, Harrelson also reported orally that Bello had been inside the bar shortly before and at the time of the shooting, a conclusion that contradicted Bello's 1967 trial testimony wherein he had said that he had been on the street at the time of the shooting. Despite this oral report, Harrelson's subsequent written report stated that Bello's 1967 testimony had been truthful.

Second conviction and appeal

During the new trial in 1976, Alfred Bello repeated his 1967 testimony, identifying Carter and Artis as the two armed men he had seen outside the Lafayette Grill. Bradley refused to cooperate with prosecutors, and neither prosecution nor defense called him as a witness.

The defense responded with testimony from multiple witnesses who identified Carter at the locations he claimed to be at when the murders happened. Investigator Fred Hogan, whose efforts had led to the recantations of Bello and Bradley, appeared as a defense witness. Hogan was asked on cross examinations whether any bribes or inducements were offered to Bello to secure his recantation, which Hogan denied. His original handwritten notes on his conversations with Bello were entered into evidence. The defense also pointed out the inconsistencies in the testimony of Patricia Valentine, and read the 1967 testimony of William Marins, who had died in 1973, noting that his descriptions of the shooters were drastically different from Artis and Carter's actual appearances.

The court also heard testimony from a Carter associate that Passaic County prosecutors had tried to pressure her into testifying against Carter. Prosecutors denied the charge. After deliberating for almost nine hours, the jury again found Carter and Artis guilty of the murders. Judge Leopizzi re-imposed the same sentences on both men: a double life sentence for Carter, a single life sentence for Artis.

Artis was paroled in 1981. Carter's attorneys continued to appeal. In 1982, the Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed his convictions (4–3). Although the justices felt that the prosecutors should have disclosed Harrelson's oral opinion (about Bello's location at the time of the murders) to the defense, only a minority thought this was material. The majority thus concluded that the prosecution had not withheld information the Brady disclosure law required them to provide to the defense.

According to bail bondswoman Carolyn Kelley, in 1975–1976 she helped raise funds to win a second trial for Carter, which resulted in his release on bail in March 1976. On a fund-raising trip the following month, Kelley said the boxer beat her severely over a disputed hotel bill. The Philadelphia Daily News reported the alleged beating in a front-page story several weeks later, and celebrity support for Carter quickly eroded, though Carter denied the accusation and there was insufficient evidence for legal prosecution. Mae Thelma Basket, whom Carter had married in 1963, divorced him after their second child was born, because she found out that he had been unfaithful to her.

Federal court action

In 1985, Carter's attorneys filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. Later that year, Judge Haddon Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the writ, noting that the prosecution had been "predicated upon an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure," and set aside the convictions. Carter, 48 years old, was freed without bail in November 1985.

Prosecutors appealed Sarokin's ruling to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and filed a motion with the court to return Carter to prison pending the outcome of the appeal. The court denied this motion and eventually upheld Sarokin's opinion, affirming his Brady analysis without commenting on his other rationale.

The prosecutors appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case.

Prosecutors therefore could have tried Carter (and Artis) a third time, but decided not to, and filed a motion to dismiss the original indictments. "It is just not legally feasible to sustain a prosecution, and not practical after almost 22 years to be trying anyone," said New Jersey Attorney General W. Cary Edwards. Acting Passaic County Prosecutor John P. Goceljak said several factors made a retrial impossible, including Bello's "current unreliability" as a witness and the unavailability of other witnesses. Goceljak also doubted whether the prosecution could reintroduce the racially motivated crime theory due to the federal court rulings. A judge granted the motion to dismiss, bringing an end to the legal proceedings.

Post emancipation

Carter lived in Toronto, Ontario, where he became a Canadian citizen, and was executive director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) from 1993 until 2005. Carter resigned when the AIDWYC declined to support Carter's protest of the appointment (to a judgeship) of Susan MacLean, who was the prosecutor of Canadian Guy Paul Morin, who served over eighteen months in prison for rape and murder until exonerated by DNA evidence.

Carter's second marriage was to Lisa Peters. The couple separated later.

In 1996, Carter, then 59, was arrested when Toronto police mistakenly identified him as a suspect in his thirties believed to have sold drugs to an undercover officer. He was released after the police realized their error.

Carter often served as a motivational speaker. On October 14, 2005, he received two honorary Doctorates of Law, one from York University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and one from Griffith University (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), in recognition of his work with AIDWYC and the Innocence Project. Carter received the Abolition Award from Death Penalty Focus in 1996.

Prostate cancer and death

In March 2012, while attending the International Justice Conference in Burswood, Western Australia, Carter revealed that he had terminal prostate cancer. At the time, doctors gave him between three and six months to live. Beginning shortly after that time, John Artis lived with and cared for Carter, and on April 20, 2014, he confirmed that Carter had succumbed to his illness. He was afterwards cremated and his ashes were scattered in part over Cape Cod and in part at a horse farm in Kentucky.

In the months leading up to his death, Carter worked for the exoneration of David McCallum, a Brooklyn man who has been incarcerated since 1985 on charges of murder. Two months before his death, Carter published "Hurricane Carter's Dying Wish," an opinion piece in the New York Daily News, in which he asked for an independent review of McCallum's conviction. "I request only that McCallum be granted a full hearing by the Brooklyn conviction integrity unit, now under the auspices of the new district attorney, Ken Thompson. Knowing what I do, I am certain that when the facts are brought to light, Thompson will recommend his immediate release ... Just as my own verdict 'was predicated on racism rather than reason and on concealment rather than disclosure,' as Sarokin wrote, so too was McCallum's," Carter wrote. On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, McCallum was exonerated.

In popular culture

Carter's story inspired:

The 1975 Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" proclaimed that Carter was innocent. Carter appeared as himself in Dylan's 1978 movie Renaldo and Clara. In the 2019 film Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, Dylan talked about his involvement with the Carter case and Carter was also interviewed in the film, describing his relationship with Dylan.

Norman Jewison's 1999 feature film The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington in the lead role. The film is about Rubin Carter's accusation, trials, and time spent in prison. Carter later discussed at a lecture how he fell in love with Washington's portrayal of him during auditions for The Hurricane, noting that boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler and actors Wesley Snipes and Samuel L. Jackson all vied for the role. Washington was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance at the 72nd Academy Awards.

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When I moved to Boston 3 years ago, I got a text within my first 48 hours saying Kate and Daniel had booked a trip to visit the following weekend.  The weekend of their visit, I distinctly remember Dan telling me he was interested in applying to University of Pittsburgh because of their study abroad program in Cape Town, South Africa.  And then 3 years later he was attending that program through Pitt and I booked a flight to visit!

Dan is my childhood neighbor and 5 years younger.  So I had to mentally prepare to be around kids that were barely 21 years old...AND tackle it as my first semi-solo trip.  Not to mention I was able to use credit card points and fly for FREE!

Itinerary:

Wednesday, November 29th 2017:  My flight departed Boston in the evening and I arrived at my layover destination in the AM.  With a 9 hour layover in Munich, I ventured outside the airport to the Christkindlmarkt in the city center.  With a full belly of sausage, one (ok two) gluhwein, and new cashmere scarf to keep me warm during the snowfall, I headed back to the airport nice and tired.  Topping off with more hefeweizen (best type of beer to drink solo!) at the airport, I at least boarded verrrry sleepy for my 12 hour flight to Cape Town.

Friday: FINALLY arrived in South Africa around lunch time!  Since Dan’s semester had just ended, the school let us stay there for a crazy affordable price.  Would have been good to know that before we booked the airbnb in CBD...(theme with 21 y/o’s lol).  A couple dead cockroaches in the kitchen and no central wifi BUT I had an incredible view of table mountain from my bedroom window.  We spent most of this day booking tours / airbnb’s for the rest of the trip.

Saturday: We went to the Woodstock Market in the late morning.  Half is local food vendors and the other half is local artists selling jewelry, household goods, clothes, you name it!  Oh yeah and there was a DJ in the center right next to an aperol spritz station.  I mean...what could be more perfect?!? Started with an amazing pour over and some stuff avocado.  Then moved on to a spritz while I bought some awesome jewelry and a vegan leather clutch.  I could have stayed here alllll day!  And i probably spent less then $30 USD total.  Then we headed to the central business district (CBD) to check out the Company’s Gardens.  It is a beautiful public with a really awesome natural irrigation system for their vegetation.  AND super cool mega sized whicker baskets as swings and tree houses.  We grabbed fresh Juice on Long Street and ordered flights to try from brewery Beerhouse.  A quick freshen up and we grabbed dinner on the waterfront meet up with some of his friend’s.

Sunday: Dan was super sweet in arranging a day to hang to check out the newly finished Zeitz Contemporary Museum of Art!  It’s superrrr sick - a restored grain factory turned into museum.  Concrete was cast around the old silos, which created a traditional deceiving form on the exterior.  While the interior is just the reverse - a HUGE curvilinear entrance with a skeleton of a pterodactyl very Game of Thrones like in the center.  A guy who worked in Dan’s study abroad office was a recent architecture grade from the University of Cape Town - so he joined us on our day of touring architecture!  In fact, he is the one that told me there was a bit of an uproar of a British architect being selected for Africa’s first contemporary art museum.  The attention to detail and design was immaculate in the city - makes it hard to believe there were no African-based architecture offices that couldn’t have tackled the challenge... We then checked out the watershed project.  It’s an old industrial boat storage facility turned host for local artist vendors on the ground floor and communal “we work” style offices on teh second floor.  Once again, a SUPER cool space!!!  (BTW - this will be the theme of my architecture comments for this trip).  The enclosed food market next door was a perfect stop for lunch.  After walking around the waterfront some more, we made our way over to Camp’s Bay to watch the sunset.  This area reminded me a lot of Southern California w/o the prices plus mountains in the background.  Truly it was the most stunning sunsets I have ever enjoyed (and wth a spritz too!).  Quite possibly my favorite day in Cape Town of the trip!!

Monday: It was a big weekend of activities for Dan so he slept in while I wandered around a bit on my own!  Started with trying the world’s strongest cup of coffee at Haas Coffee (great I would only need one cup this morning!).  Then went to the District Six Museum - which is a museum dedicated to the district segregated and then bull-dozed down during apartheid.  Really heartbreaking but an excellent intro to how it has only been 50 years since this epidemic happened!  To put into perspective, my parents were born before this happened (sorry for the age exposure mom and dad)! I then grabbed lunch and took the scenic route from the V/A Waterfront allll the way down to Clifton Beach.  Stunning views, beautiful weather, and a good opportunity to see what South Africa’s non-working people are doing along the water at this time of day.  They consisted of surfers, mothers and sitters pushing kids in strollers, LOTS of people running or roller blading, and a handful of “lookers” that suddenly stop what they are doing when you walk by.  The beach is tucked between a bunch of wealthy homes in a pretty private location.  A great spot to water-color the ocean crashing into seals on the rocks beyond!  After much relaxing, I headed home for a quick change before Dan and I headed to hike Lion’s Head at sunset.  An easy hike but the views are stunninggggg.  Ended the evening with take-out of a Cape Town quintessential BFA (bacon feta avocado) pizza.

Tuesday: Walked to grab coffee in the nearby neighborhood of Rondebosch and then took a car to the beautiful, traditional Bo-Kaap neighborhood!  Vividly painted stucco buildings line the streets and are very well preserved amongst the expanding urbanism surrounds.  We took a cooking class with Cape Malay cuisine.  The culture descends from Southeast Asian, but brought to Cape Town through the Dutch Indian Trade Company.  So the cuisine has a interested blend of all three cultures - deep curry flavors with just enough spice for white people to tolerate LOL.  Great day learning more about the history and making amazing, brand-new dishes!  With very full bellies and a very strong sun overhead, we noodled to Camp’s Bay beach with a handful of Dan’s classmates.  They were a bit of a handful and we had to lay on every piece of clothing so it wouldn’t get swept up in the immense ocean wind, but the views were stunning!  We ended the night with trivia at a local bar.  Luckily we had a couple South Africans on our team, so they were able to help us answer “what is the most played African song in foreign films.”

Wednesday: Dan and I headed to CBD to pick up a rental car for our trip outside of the city!  We drove along swerve-y, cliffy edge road from Camps Bay, down through Hout Bay, down to the Cape of Good Hope!  It’s basically a national park with...wild baboons roaming around!  We went to the lighthouse at the Cape Peninsula and it was so windy I was scared to take my phone out in case it would fly away!  Awesome perspective of the peninsula if you had a strong enough grip of the railing surrounding you!!  I did a bit of hiking around the rocky cliffs while Dan and his friend Allie took lots of selfies around the water.  We then checked into out ocean-front apartment  in St. James that was so. freaking. BEAUTIFUL!  Unreal views, unreal price, unreal sunsets/sunrises.  Even got to see whales breaching form the balcony!!  We finished the day by grabbing dinner and drinks from the great restaurant Tiger’s Milk in Muizenberg.

Thursday: I started with a sunrise run along a beautiful ocean-front path that went right by all the morning surfers in Muizenberg and the super man-made formed but naturally resourced ocean pools in St. James.  We then hopped in the car for a morning snorkeling with seals, to only find the currents and wind were too strong. :(  Instead we headed to check out the legendary warm-weather penguins at Boulders Beach.  I grabbed some coffee, and a meat/cheese delicious hot-pocket style snack for lunch, and we headed the immaculate Noordhoek Beach.  Bright white sand, turquoise water with minimal waves - never seen a more beautiful beach!  So stunning and barren, for some very strange reason...maybe the large number of horse flies?  LOL despite getting swarmed it was so hard to not want to get swallowed up in the beautiful vista.  Even if I did leave with over twenty bites on my legs alone.  We headed home and while those two napped, I walked down to check out the shopping in Kalk Bay.  Also shops and the store owners were all super friendly - one woman’s husband photographs architecture professionally!  After stirring them awake we headed to Muizenberg to watch the surfers at sunset and check out the infamous painted beach shacks. We bounced around at a couple out door bars before ending up at the great Tiger’s Milk.

Friday: Another sunrise run and yoga on the deck.  I grabbed coffee at the super cute shop blonde + beard in Muizenberg, then we jumped in the car to head back to Cape Town.  We moved into a different university student housing buildling upon our return...and this is the point where I decided it was worth spending the money for a nice apartment not in the college area of the city.  We went to a natural watering hole only known to locals/students.  Amazing views of table mountain and the water was super clean and hella refreshing.  We grabbed dinner at an Indian restaurant close by then headed to drinks at Yours Truly on Kloof Street.  My. Favorite. Bar. HANDS DOWN!  Different DJ each level, awesome craft brews and cocktails, beautiful string lights and plants climbing up the terraces, super funky furniture, and people rocking all different trendy outfits.  Dan’s friends felt out of place but I freaking loved it!!  Finally I caved with how much they were itching to leave, and we grabbed Italian food down the block.  We then stopped at their favorite 21 y/o hangout sgt pepper on Long Street and I hung on the smoker’s deck with Dan while his friends had a couple items stolen from them on the sweaty dance floor.

Saturday: Time for our wine tour!  $60 for a round-trip bus to the infamous wine town of Stellenbosch. Tasting #1 included an array of cheese.  Tasting #2 was in a beautiful outdoor garden.  Tasting #3 tour of a cute farm where we tried wine from the syringe!  Plus a fullll traditional braai (barbeque).  Tasting #4 tiny little private winery.  Tasting #5 pairing with Chocolate!  Best part was bonding with everyone else on our tour!!  An american couple on grad school holiday, an older couple with one descendent of Upper Saint Clair, super cool British couple my age, older British couple who have travel to 80% of the world, and a British dad with his daughter about my age who works in an art gallery.  Great convos about how crazy Trump is but it humanized the U.S. to not be this great country anymore, to why haven’t I signed up to do bungee jumping yet, to you are crazy for staying with a bunch of 21 y/o’s up until now!  Left with lots of souvenirs and great memories!!  Brought my stuff to my new adorable apartment downtown and crashed during the sunset while watching elf on Netflix.

Sunday: Headed out solo to grab coffee/breakfast and then check out the Castle of Good Hope.  Strangely enough there was a cross fit competition taking place in the main courtyard, so that was a bit entertaining to peak at in between taking in all the history.  It was a dutch fort along the East India Trate Route to Indonesia - but more specifically acted as the home base during teh British invasions.  Free tours are given by of the military museum and the inter-workings of the castle which turned out to be very light and engaging!  I think picked Dan up and we went to the Kirstenbosch botanical gardens.  Amazing variety of wildlife here and a good chance to hang with Dan one-on-one.  We went to Moju Market and drove by a crowd letting out for the Springbok Rugby game.  Now those fans where some crazy costumes!  The market was superrrr lekker (va bene in Afrikaan).  There was a station for trendy oysters, a “salad bae” stand, local wines shop, curry shop - everything plus an elevated ocean view.  Awesome way to fuel up before Dan and I conquered a Table Mountain hike the next day.

Monday: I grabbed breakfast at the adorable Skinny Legs cafe and then coffee and beans at Origin Coffee Roastery.  Both make my mouth water thinking about them (and their beautiful interiors too!).  Then when to meet Dan at Kirstenbosch, where the beginning of our hike up Table Mountain began.  Started pretty steep, up wooden ladders in woodsy areas.  At the top we stumbled upon a completely barren water source.  It looked to be a collection spot for a small reservoir.  The water was unnaturally a rainbow gradient and was in a bit of a small canyon - making it seem like people were going to jump out at any moment like the hunger games.  We randomly heard a siren here too, making us jumping in our pants even more!  We then continued along the top of table which is mostly huge boulders - but it started to get windier.  We soon found that it was too windy at the top for the gondola to take us down!  So we had to bare the exposed edge by foot!  This was seriously soooo hard because any time we would hear a huge wind gust coming, we would have to duck and hold onto any possible branch around us.  Took a while it felt such a  rush of accomplishment as we ate at an Indian buffet afterwards!

Friday: Last day!  My flight was leaving in the evening, so i tried to squeeze in as much as I could!  Morning at Clifton Beach then lunch of mussels and a glass of chenin blanc at the waterfront with Dan.  Was able to do a little shopping at the artist in the waterfront too - most sold awesome sustainable home goods too!  Probably did the most shopping / consuming of good food/drink this trip - but thats because it was all my style, amazing flavors, accessible, and reallllly affordable!  I’m already counting this as one of my top 3 favorite cities and I can’t wait to go back and visit!!!

What brought me excitement:

Design Aesthetic: Yes the city is BUMPING with architecture, both new and old.  Now this may sound crazy, but when i walked into a basic enterprise office in the CBD, something struck me.  I followed the datum of the square floor tile, that then aligned with the line of small stair landing, that then aligned with the rectangular wall base, that then aligned wth the curtainwall mullion.  MY JOB IS TO ALIGN FINISHES FOR A MUSEUM!  How do these simple alignments just happen in the least design conscious interior spaces?! Still blows my mind the attention to detail and craft the culture just exudes.  And it is oh so clear in every interior of every store, restaurant, coffee shop, boutique, refurbished space.  Really inspiring as someone in the design field!!  Nothing boujee or over the top either, all very minimalist, modern, simple, earthy designs - amazing!

Cultural Blend: My first day at the beach, there were a bunch of middle school age kids that all playing soccer together.  A girl in a hijab kicking a ball to a blonde haired boy kicking to a black boy .  The integration of the future generation was so heart-warming to see it made my eyes ACTUALLY well up!  I’m not kidding too!!  It’s location is an ideal spot for not just europeans on holiday, but a great stretch of immigrants from the middle east and asian as well!  I can’t wait to come back in just 5 years and see how progressive it will be!!

What left me uneasy:

White Guilt: Learning how recent apartheid and many racist epidemics had occurred, it really left a sinking feeling in my stomach.  I felt guilt vacationing here because I didn’t want any locals (no matter their ethnicity) to feel like I was taken advantage of their home.  I didn’t want it to seem like I had some money to spend so I was creating a larger economic divide and taking anything away from the locals.  It was probably the biggest guilt I have ever felt, even though it wasn’t me personally who had done those hurtful injustices.  But it is up to me to stand up for those that are still getting hurt today.  It certainly empowered me to not bat an eye and turn a shoulder when something is happening you don’t believe in.

Water Crisis:  At first I was wondering why toilet’s in the student housing were never flushed!  Then i realized it was to preserve water.  They were in a serious crisis and I didn’t fully understand it still we were at our airbnb in St. James.  I remember standing at the sink washing my hands, looking straight ahead at the 180 degree ocean view.  After drying my hands, I stepped on the balcony to take in the view even more.  A line of people about 100′ away caught my eye and I realized they were waiting at a public water source.  The government has shut down water to certain neighborhoods - unfairly.  These people weren’t stumbling out of overcrowded buses - they were coming with buckets out of private cars in nice clothes.  I felt sooooo guilty that I had a water source right here yet these people are waiting for this small spigot down the street.  Would the airbnb host downstairs be pissed if set a couple of buckets of water outside for these people?  But also, how could the host bat an eyelash and not be wanting to do the same thing?  This tore at my gut throughout this entire trip.

Safety: Cape Town is a very walkable, and even bikable city!  Unfortunately i didn’t realize how much I had to worry about safety even during the day.  I do look like the native Afrikaan, as many people spoke it to me before I spoke English back.  However, I think the economic divide is still too much for there to not be some animosity between the various parties.  It made me feel a little limited, that I couldn’t safely take the public train to the beach or rent a bike along the coast - all things I take for granted in my day to day life.

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What actually can be a furnished office anyway? A furnished office, or possibly a furnished office rental, is essentially an office unit that you can rent which can be serviced and managed on your behalf by way of a company that specializes in such services. These furnished offices are less expensive than common offices that businesses or entrepreneurs have got to lease as these offices tend to be offered at more flexible rental terms, contrary to conventional offices that have to be bought or leased for the long-term.

Not only that, but a serviced Clifton Park office space for rent also has each of the furnishings and equipment a business would need to conduct its business. From fax machines, computers, office desks, to executive chairs, a serviced office for rent has each of them. The average furnished office rental even offers the essential IT infrastructure to match the equipment a company might need, for example high-speed connection to the web and dedicated phone lines.

Furthermore, a serviced office space for rent Clifton Park NY also can give a user full permission to access its facilities. Aside from the executive suite a businessman may regularly use throughout his stay, he is able to likewise use meeting rooms that can be available to use for as little as 10 minutes to a whole day. Not only that, but a serviced office for rent also can provide you with the utilization of receptionist services who are able to handle the calls and messages for your company, freeing you to focus on the more core elements of your company.

The reward this concept brings is often pretty immense and significant. For starters, acquiring a serviced office means that you won't be forced to pay for your usual overhead costs linked to finding a conventional workplace. These expenses, for example equipment and lease expenses usually need a big chunk beyond a company's budget, money that could have been useful for the more operational components of your company.

Another advantage this presents is definitely the opportunity of having your working environment located within one of the many prime financial districts of the country. These serviced offices tend to be found in the financial centers of countries, which mean that you can be located where you need to be to become effective.

So in the case you're seeking an outstanding place where you can establish the presence of your company, or desire a location to start up your business, then think about using serviced Clifton Park offices for rent, which provide effective business solutions for the enterprising individual.

Also read: Clifton Park Office Rentals - Making The Very Best Selection

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Modular Office - Perfect Home Office by Atrium Properties

 Who needs a Modular Office?

Are you a small business owner who is working out of your home? If so, then a modular office may be the answer to all of your business needs. Many people who operate home-based businesses find themselves running out of space in a short period of time. No matter the type of business you operate, you likely have a variety of office equipment that even though small in size can engulf a small space very quickly. This will leave feeling cramped and unable to concentrate on your work. The answer to all of your space problems may very well be a Modular Home Office at Clifton Park office leasing.

 A Modular Office Answers All of Your Home Office Needs

 Often times, a home business owner will consider adding an additional room onto their home to add space to their office. You can save both time and money by investing in a modular office. In most cases, a modular office can be set up in as little as one to four hours and be completely operational. These offices can be equipped with electricity that will allow you to run all of your needed office equipment and can even be equipped with heat or air so you can be comfortable in the different climates of the seasons. Additionally, the materials that the walls are made of, are fireproof that provides added protection in the event of a fire.

 If you have children or live in a busy household, a modular office has you covered. The walls of a modular office are built to drown out many sounds; therefore, you will be able to work without the constant interruption of noise. Furthermore, if later you decide you need more space, unlike a home addition, a modular office can be expanded, moved, or reconfigured whenever you feel necessary.

 Conforming to your specifications

 With a modular office, you will have the ability to specify the features you want within your office. For example, you will be able to determine the size of the office; this will allow you to determine how much space you need. Of course, remember that you will have the ability to expand the size later if you find it a requirement. Furthermore, you can choose the wall and roof colour you want in most instances, making your modular office fit with the surroundings you desire for your home office.

 Many modular office manufactures have a variety of different wall types and structures you can choose from as well. It is important that you fully convey the specifications you have within a modular office and investigate all options with the company you choose to go with. It is equally as important, to find a reputable and established Modular Office manufacturer or supplier. By doing so, you can ensure that you have the best quality and service for your time and money.

 Opting for a modular office is a great investment for any person who is looking to expand their own home office, needs more space, or simply desires new surroundings.

When you are ready to find a commercial space, we will be happy to help you. Contact us today so that we can get you settled into your new commercial space! https://atriumproperties.net/

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Why Rent an Office Space Clifton Park NY is The Right Call?

When you are the one in charge of your small business it can mean that you have to pay close attention to all of the decisions that you make. In order for you to be able to really feel like you are on the right path it can prove useful to take a look at how the professionals are able to survive and thrive. One thing that you might not realize that you need in the earlier days of your startup is Clifton Park office space for rent. There are many benefits that come with this service.

Check Your Budget

In the first few months of your business being functional you probably are going to be more than concerned with certain aspects. The budget, for example, is going to cause you a lot of stress as you try to find a balance in money that works for you and your business. While it might be daunting at times to approach your budget it is also important to know the difference between a frivolous waste of cash and a wise investment for the future of your company.

Looking for Clifton Park offices for rent, is a good move to make because you are able to sink some money into your company in an important way. Though it might seem like an expense that you can do without your business is actually more likely to see success when you have a centralized space to hold meetings and work with your staff. Instead of considering this option and writing it off as unnecessary you are going to want to think about everything it can bring to the table and how you'll benefit from the choice overall.

Walk the Walk

Another thing to keep in mind in regards to this service is appearances. Though it might seem shallow there are plenty of people out there who hold the look of your business in high regard. This means that you are going to want to impress these people as they usually are the investors with the most money or the ones who are going to do you right if you align with their beliefs. Having a look that illustrates how professional you are is a great way to get your message across.

The exciting part about discovering office space for rent Clifton Park NY, is that it gives you a chance to show off just how much you care about how others perceive your company. If you are just starting out then you might be working from your home or some other kind of small place. This might not be where you want to bring your clients, as it can look terribly unprofessional, but having a rental office to utilize can allow you the ideal spot to go.

Make the Best Choice

When you are running an office you want to be sure that you are always thinking about what the best choice will be for your business. Do your research and see how you can take advantage of a service that allows you Clifton Park office rentals. Once you look into this you will easily be able to see how your company can benefit.

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Francis Joseph Trombino: The Rockland Brinks Robbery Survivor Who Perished in the 9/11 Attacks

Francis J Trombino- known by many as simply ‘Joe,’ was a Korean war vet and truck driver who had been with Brinks since the late 1960s and lived most of his life in Clifton, NJ. He was killed on the morning of September 11th, 2001 when two World Trade Center towers collapsed.

But that sunny September morning was not the first time Trombino had crossed paths with terrorists. In 1993, his armoured truck had left the WTC complex a few hours before Islamic terrorist Ramzi Yousef drove an explosives-laden rental van into the underground parking garage and set the fuse.

However, before either of the Islamist attacks on the World Trade Center site, Trombino survived a deadly ambush and robbery from Weather Underground and black sepratist gunmen nearly 20 years before the 9/11 attacks.

As Trombino and fellow guard Peter Paige were picking up money from Nanuet Mall in Rockland County, NY, in October 1981 when masked gunmen burst from a nearby van and opened fire with shotguns and an M-16 rifle, killing Paige instantly. Trombino was able to get off a round before being struck in the shoulder, arm and upper body multiple times.


After swapping vehicles, the domestic terrorists would then try and shoot their way through a roadblock set up by police in West Nyack, NY, killing two police officers and wounding another before trying to flee on foot or carjack motorists.

Trombino’s injuries would require multiple surgeries. He nearly lost his arm in the gunfight. Brinks reassigned him as a driver where he would continue to work for another 19 years. According to family, Joe hardly complained about the surgeries and therapy, telling them that ‘These things are a part of life’.

Joe Trombino was about a year away from retirement on the morning of September 11th. According to co-workers, he stayed in the underground garage with his truck when the planes hit, calling the Brinks dispatcher and inquiring about the whereabouts of the guards who had gone into the WTC buildings to make a pickup (they had managed to escape but had no means of communication). Trombino told the Brinks office in his last phone call that water was starting to seep in and the walls were starting to crumble around him. —Not Another New England Sports Blog, 2011

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Key Points to Negotiating Your Clifton Park Office Leasing

1) Be Ready, Willing and Able to Walk Away

The biggest mistake many tenants make is not developing legitimate alternatives to their first choice, whether a new space or a lease renewal. If a landlord believes you're not willing to switch to a different property, you lose your negotiating leverage.

2) Start the Process Early

Time should be your ally, not your enemy during negotiations. Landlords know that the managers of other buildings can take six to eight months to create a space plan, get construction pricing, agree on a rental rate, prepare a lease document and ready the space for occupancy. If you wait too long before asking for a renewal proposal, you're telling the landlord that you're not considering any other options.

3) Know the Whole Picture Before You Start Negotiations

Is the building being sold? Is the largest tenant moving out? How much free rent did the last tenant get? Does the building have HVAC or parking problems? What is the landlord's financial situation? Candid, complete answers may not be forthcoming from the landlord or his broker. Expert research can make sure that what you don't know won't hurt you.

4) Make Landlords Compete For Your Business

The key to a successful negotiation is creating competition between your current landlord and other landlords in the area. You should have an experienced adviser providing the proper market research, lease comparables and the negotiating skill to use that information to create leverage for you.

5) It's In Your Best Interest To Have A Representative Negotiate For You

Unless you're a real estate professional, it's not a good idea to negotiate a Clifton Park office space for lease deal directly with the landlord's broker. An experienced tenant representative will help ensure that you receive the best possible rates, terms, incentives and lease clause protections. Remember, the landlord's representative negotiates leases every day; you may do it once every 3 to 4 years!

6) Hiring A Tenant's Representative Doesn't Cost You More Money, But It Can Save You Money

Occasionally a landlord will "try to save you some money" by discouraging you from engaging a tenant representative. Don't be fooled. He's not doing this out of the goodness of his heart. He knows that without a tenant representative you're more likely to be in the dark about market rates and terms, and less likely to shop the market, or consider other alternatives. That means more money in the landlords pocket.

7) Make Sure You Are Comparing Apples To Apples

Business owners who are not experienced with commercial real estate often find it difficult to perform a true "apples to apples" comparison of different facility choices. Lease terms such as full service gross, modified gross, triple net, tenant improvement allowances, rental abatement, escalations, base years, operating expense stops and loss and load factors can obscure the true amount you're paying and make legitimate comparisons difficult. A good tenant representative will sort through all this for you.

Also read: Saving Money on Clifton Park Office Leasing While Projecting a Professional Image

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Getting Helpful Information About Commercial Real Estate by Atrium Properties

There are a host of services out there that can help you find commercial real estate, but you need to be careful of some of this information. Outdated information is practically useless in today's market. Read this article and find out the latest up-to-the-minute information and advice on commercial real estate.

 Make business cards. Pass these out to everyone you meet. You never know when someone may call you with advice, a tip on a house for sale, or even to ask you to represent them as their investor. Business cards are a simple way to get your name into the real estate world.

 Obtain and study information about the number and types of businesses surrounding each commercial property that you are considering, based upon the underlying type of business that will likely occupy the property. A deli or restaurant space might not be your best option if there are dozens of established eateries within a five-mile radius.

 Understand what is going on in the geographic market before deciding to buy. Pay attention to new investments being made in an area. A property may be almost worthless now, but if a big retail center is being built, or a major tenant is moving into town, that property could skyrocket in value.

 When negotiating a commercial real estate lease, you should steer away from getting person guaranty. If you can't prevent getting person guaranty, you should make sure it expires before the first lease term ends when a lease extension option occurs. In addition, it should only have a fixed dollar amount.

 You should be in no rush to complete a commercial real estate deal as they can take a long time to complete. You should take extra time when deciding on a location to buy as well! It's a big purchase and should not be rushed into with emotions at the controls.

 When it comes to a loan for your commercial property, don't put all your eggs in one basket. It is best to get quotes from at least four different lenders and decide from there. You want to get the best rate or deal you can and that is the best way to find it.

 To make sure you get the most out of a commercial real estate investment, don't only consider apartments. There are a wide variety of commercial properties to invest in, from office buildings to trailer parks, and it's best to consider lots of options so that you can get the best deal available.

 Many beginning investors do not know this interesting piece of knowledge, but they can receive local help for their commercial real estate investment ventures. You can contact your local small business administration and take use of services that they may have for first time investors, as well as for small business owners.

 As we mentioned above, be very cautious that you're not using outdated information to help guide your decision. The real estate market constantly changes, and for every change in the residential market, the commercial market changes tenfold. Read and use these current tips wisely to help you make the best decision possible.

 We at Atrium Properties guarantee that our facilities will meet all of your business needs. With state of the art building designs and beautiful landscaping, our Clifton Park office leasing rentals are second to none.

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Renting Commercial Property - Atrium Properties

When renting commercial property, you need to know what you can do and what you cannot do with the property. Commercial property is usually office space or warehousing and storage. Renting commercial property such as an office or a storefront may require some remodeling if it does not meet your needs, you can discuss this with the property owner, who usually agrees as long as it adds value to the property.

 Just as with renting a home, apartment or a mobile home, you will have a lease to sign, with rules and regulations specifically designed to protect the property, property owner and you as the tenant. The condition of the property will be noted and you must leave the property in the same condition or better when vacating the premises. Renting an apartment and a commercial property are different as to the condition, if you rent a warehouse, you might not realize that backing into a supporting beam at a high speed and leaving a mark or some evidence of the mishap can be considered damage.

 Things that happen in commercial building may be accidental or unavoidable, but you can be held liable for the damage. You need to discuss all aspects of renting commercial property before you move into it. Because of the damage clause being so general in a commercial rental, you need to document every little detail right down to the condition of the floor. If you see lift truck skid marks, you need to document this before you start using the building.

 When you vacate the premises, you can do a walk through with the property owner to explain any issues he or she may have about the condition. If all goes well, you can expect to have a security deposit returned to you with thirty days. If there are any discrepancies, you can then look back at the lease agreement with the noted damages that already exit to see if they are indeed new damages or older damages done before you rented the property. This is why it is so important to keep proper documentation as to prior damages before renting.

 Commercial properties are easier to rent than say a house or an apartment. They are usually found everywhere and property owners need to fill the vacancies. However, you still need to protect yourself. Not many offices are going to need a lot of work to accommodate you, but if you do need to make some additions, you should talk with the property owner before doing any of this work. You should also find out if you could add more telephone lines if needed and maybe a few partitions if that is how your office needs to be.

 If you take the time to look for the right place to rent, you will find that there are some nice commercial spaces with some affordable rent prices. You can sign yearly leases or may even a two or three year lease depending on your profession and need.

 We have the Capital Region covered, with Albany NY area commercial real estate in Clifton Park, featuring office spaces, and more. If you’re interested in Clifton Park offices for rent in NY commercial real estate, we can help you.

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