ASSOCIATE
LIZA K. BLASZCYK earned her B.A. degree from Albany University. During her time at SUNY Albany, Liza worked at the New York State Senate where she helped write the 2016 Report for the Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction. Liza attended New York Law School, receiving a J.D. degree and is admitted to practice law in New York State Courts. Liza was an executive board member of the New York Law School Moot Court Association, where she wrote the 45th Annual Robert F. Wagner National Employment and Labor Law Competition Fact Pattern, which involved issues regarding COVID-19 and the workplace.
Prior to joining Frazer & Feldman, Liza interned at the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, where she focused on cases regarding child abuse and maltreatment. She also interned at Manhattan Legal Services in the Veterans Justice Department where she provided legal services to active duty and retired service members, including “Military Mondays” where she assisted clients in Social Security Disability Insurance applications. Additionally, Liza was a Legal Intern at Queens Legal Services in the Access to Education Department where she primarily focused on settlement negotiations with the New York City Department of Education.
Since joining Frazer & Feldman, Liza has handled a range of issues including:
Negotiating Collective bargaining agreements for all units (custodians, food service workers, teacher aides, paraprofessionals, teachers, administrators)
Impasse and mediation
Freedom of information law requests and FERPA requests
Grievances
Applications to PERB for confidential/managerial designation
Drafting side letters and stipulations of settlements related to bargaining units
Civil Service Law Section 71 and 72
Workers' compensation
FMLA issues and eligibility
Tenure and probationary questions
Individual employment agreements for non-aligned district employees
Retiree health insurance agreements
Title IX training
Liza is co-chair for the Nassau County Education Law Committee and had a major role in organizing the Nassau-Suffolk Academies of Law Education Law Conference held in March 2026.