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New York Faces Skeptics As It Tries to Get Gunmakers to Adopt Microstamping
Jun 14 2022 // New York is the second state to enact a law intended to force firearms manufacturers to adopt microstamping, a technology in which guns imprint tiny codes on ammunition cartridges as they are fired– creating a unique...
Judge Allows New York’s Lawsuit Against NRA to Move Forward
Jun 13 2022 // The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group’s claims that the...
New York’s NXG Agency Joins Patriot Growth Services
Jun 10 2022 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services announced that NXG Insurance Agency Group in Kingston, New York has joined its agency partnership. The partnership expands Patriot’s reach in New York and broadens NXG’s...
New York Raises Age to Buy Semiautomatic Rifles to 21, Requires Gun Microstamping
Jun 8 2022 // New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state among the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of...
New York Vaccine Privacy Bill Sent to Gov. Hochul
Jun 7 2022 // Privacy advocates are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to affix her signature on a bill that would protect sensitive information gathered from people being vaccinated against COVID-19. Advocates say the unfettered sharing...
New York Senate Joins Assembly in Shuttering Auto Insurance Photo Mandate
Jun 2 2022 // The New York State Senate has passed a measure (S.6028) that seeks to eliminate the photo inspection requirement for drivers wanting to buy comprehensive and collision auto insurance coverage. The Assembly approved a...
New York Lawmakers Weigh Legal Protections for Abortion Services
Jun 2 2022 // New York would expand legal protections for people seeking and providing abortions in the state under a legislation package that lawmakers began debating Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for New York to...
Victim of New York Subway Shooting Sues Gunmaker Glock and Parent Company
Jun 1 2022 // Glock Inc. and its parent company were sued by a New York City woman who was seriously injured when she was seriously wounded by a gunman who opened fire aboard a crowded morning rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn last...
Sarah Palin Loses Bid to Disqualify Judge from NY Times Defamation Trial
Jun 1 2022 // Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost her bid to have the judge who oversaw her unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against the New York Times disqualify himself and order a new trial. The...
New York City Firms’ Return-to-Office Plans Face Persistent COVID Headwinds
May 27 2022 // Efforts by financial firms and others to bring workers back to Manhattan offices more than two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic face persistent headwinds, consultants said, with commuters still worrying...
Federal Judge Upholds New York Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Industry
May 26 2022 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to...
New York Opens New Window for Adult Sex Abuse Survivors to Sue
May 26 2022 // Adult sexual assault survivors who missed legal deadlines to sue their abusers would get a second chance to file lawsuits under a bill that received final approval Monday from New York’s Legislature. Once it becomes...
New York City to Pay $7M to Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1996 Killing
May 25 2022 // New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Comptroller Brad Lander said Monday. Grant Williams was exonerated last July in the 1996 shooting of...
New York City Area Traffic Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels
May 25 2022 // Traffic at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s bridges and tunnels has returned to pre-pandemic levels, partly due to changes in traveling habits, the agency’s Executive Director Rick Cotton...
YES and No: New York’s Yankees Network Sues Insurer to Recover COVID Losses
May 23 2022 // Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES), the broadcasting company for the New York Yankees, New York Nets and other area sports teams, is suing its insurer, Hartford Fire Insurance Co., for denying its claims for...
Global Supply Stress Worsened in April, NY Fed’s Index Shows
May 19 2022 // Stress on global supply chains worsened in April as coronavirus lockdown measures in China and the war in Ukraine lengthened delivery times, and air freight costs between the United States and Asia rose, the New York...
New York Accuses Amazon of Discriminating Against Pregnant and Disabled Workers
May 18 2022 // The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers at its worksites, Governor Kathy Hochul said on...
Court Says Federal Law Preempts, Tosses New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety
May 11 2022 // A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of failing to adequately protect thousands of workers at two New York City facilities against...
New York City to Settle Lawsuit Over Wrongful Murder Conviction for $10.5M
May 9 2022 // New York City will pay $10.5 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who spent 24 years in prison on a murder conviction that was overturned after a witness who had placed him at the crime scene...
New York City Launches $4M Traffic Safety Campaign
May 5 2022 // New York City is launching a $4 million campaign to counter rising traffic accidents and curb dangerous driving behaviors like speeding that have occurred at higher rates since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
