Articles by John Kekis and Michael Hill

Cleanup From Deadly Thunderstorms Gets Underway in Eastern States

Residents of this rural central New York town on Wednesday picked through debris from homes battered by a deadly tornado, and utility crews worked to restore power in several Eastern states hit by severe storms. In all, five people died …

Congress Raises Anxiety, Anger Levels of Disaster Victims

For disaster victims rebuilding their homes, towns and lives, the anxiety is matched only by anger at Congress for entangling their future in a political battle over government spending. A sharply divided Congress has repeatedly rejected a deal that included …

Insurance Agency Sued by New York AG over Old Oil Spill on its Land

Donald Forsythe and Fred Wilder, founders of Wilder-Forsythe Inc. insurance agency, picked an awful location to sell insurance. The small office building they bought in 1974 in the far-northern New York city of Ogdensburg sits on land, formerly a gas …

N.Y. Insurance Chief Dinallo Keeps Putting Out Fires

A hard-charging former prosecutor tries to set Wall Street right from his perch as a state official. His activist agenda brings populist praise, but also concerns he might overreach. Eliot Spitzer as New York attorney general in 2002, right? No, …

Spitzer Redux: N.Y.’s Insurance Chief Dinallo Strikes Familiar Chord

A hard-charging former prosecutor tries to set Wall Street right from his perch as a state official. His activist agenda brings populist praise, but also concerns he might overreach. Eliot Spitzer as New York attorney general in 2002, right? No, …