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On Monday, June 17, 2024 at 10:47:52 AM EDT, rosalia@gothamnetworking.com <rosalia@gothamnetworking.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172"><div>Please see the NPR article below that features comments by Gotham’s very own, 2023 Networker of the Year, <a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com/CrystiFarra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crysti D. Farra, Esq</a>.<br><div><div style="text-indent:0px;"><div style="text-indent:0px;"><div style="text-indent:0px;"><div style="text-indent:0px;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;">Crysti is a member of Gotham’s Membership Committee, Co-Chairs the Manhattan Dinner Group and is also a loyal member of both the LI Women’s Group and the LI Legal Group!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;">In her spare time, Crysti runs her own Law Firm in Lido Beach (<a href="https://www.cdfarra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cdfarra.com/</a>) with a concentration in Social Security Disability & Supplemental Security Income. She works tirelessly to help navigate the complexities of the Social Security Administration while helping to achieve favorable outcomes for her clients. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;">Crysti also diligently provides her expertise, time and exemplary service to pro bono cases for which she was recently awarded recognition from the Nassau Suffolk Law Service, the Suffolk County Pro Bono Foundation and the Suffolk County Bar Association!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;">I’ve heard Crysti mention that she is hopeful in the improvements the recently appointed Commissioner plans to put in place but, until then, we should all be so lucky to have an advocate in our corner such as <a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com/CrystiFarra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crysti D. Farra</a>! 🦸🏼♀️<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-indent:0px;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: block;"><div style="display:inline-block;" data-url="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/08/g-s1-3475/social-security-ssi-asset-limits?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0HJp7j7mDdIADYem1cOCxe0m9708xbn8ayg0yp7oOZ19n5YouDIht_JoM_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172apple-rich-link"><a style="border-radius: 10px; font-family: -apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; display: block; width: 300px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/08/g-s1-3475/social-security-ssi-asset-limits?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0HJp7j7mDdIADYem1cOCxe0m9708xbn8ayg0yp7oOZ19n5YouDIht_JoM_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw" dir="ltr" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E5E6E9;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><img style="width: 300px; max-width: 640px;" alt="jpeg.jpeg" src="cid:supDJAdkNBWINHIK61gM" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-mediaImage" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(229, 230, 233, 1);" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 16px;" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="font-weight: 500; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/08/g-s1-3475/social-security-ssi-asset-limits?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0HJp7j7mDdIADYem1cOCxe0m9708xbn8ayg0yp7oOZ19n5YouDIht_JoM_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw" style="text-decoration:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#272727">These disabled people tried to play by the rules. It cost them their federal benefits</font></a></div><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;" class="ydp830e2e5byiv3078421172lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/08/g-s1-3475/social-security-ssi-asset-limits?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0HJp7j7mDdIADYem1cOCxe0m9708xbn8ayg0yp7oOZ19n5YouDIht_JoM_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw" style="text-decoration:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#808080">npr.org</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;">Regards, </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;">Rosalia Ruberto<br>Administrative Director<br>Gotham Networking<br><a href="mailto:rosalia@gothamnetworking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rosalia@gothamnetworking.com</a><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosalia-ruberto-5978438a/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Let’s connect on LinkedIn HERE!</a><br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.g</a><a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">othamnetworking.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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