New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said yesterday that 90 percent of Long Island utility customers were without electricity after Sandy ravaged the New York City metropolitan area. He also says hundreds of lives were saved by New York City police, …
New York City has agreed to pay $17,500 to a Brooklyn family of a toddler scorched by playground equipment. The family of Paula Spolar had charged that irresponsible design at the Brooklyn Bridge Park resulted in their 1-year-old daughter suffering …
A local commerce association is calling on the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board to fully implement the workers’ comp reforms that were enacted in 2007. The group says the Board’s delay in fully carrying out the reforms has led …
A popular Brooklyn, N.Y., nightclub called “Amnesia” has been shut down because it apparently forgot to provide workers’ comp insurance for its staff, according to authorities. Brooklyn Daily, a local newspaper, reported this month that a stop-work order was issued …
The workers’ compensation reforms enacted in New York in 2007 are beginning to achieve some of their objectives, according to a new study. The latest study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) shows that, in particular, the reforms are …
A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved a $71.5 million settlement on Tuesday between former partners of Dewey & LeBoeuf and the estate of the law firm whose demise in May constituted the largest law-firm bankruptcy in U.S. history. The settlement requires …
A New York court recently ruled that a workers’ comp insurer can take a credit against its claimant’s third-party civil settlement money. The case involves Beth V., who was employed at a juvenile detention center. While working as a youth …
New York City saw a rise in the citywide traffic fatality figure for the last fiscal year that ended June 30. What could be causing this increase? The city’s transportation commissioner suggests pedestrians distracted with their smartphones and iPhones could …
New York City transportation officials want passengers to watch out for bicyclists when opening taxi doors.They’re expanding a safety campaign called “LOOK!”
The latest management report from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shows there were 291 citywide traffic fatalities for the fiscal year that ended June 30. It’s up 23.3 percent from the year before when there were 236 traffic fatalities. …
