All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2024 // Global insurance broker NFP announced it has acquired certain assets of EBA Services LLC, which does business as AnchorGroup, an employee benefits brokerage and consultancy located in Skaneateles, New...
Nov 21 2024 // A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New...
Nov 20 2024 // Prosecutors report that a New York insurance broker has admitted his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country,U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that...
Nov 20 2024 // The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that the First Amendment cannot shield the show’s creators from a lawsuit alleging that the...
Nov 19 2024 // New York City has issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low.Dry conditions across the...
Nov 19 2024 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Standard and Preferred Insurance Co. of Kew Gardens, New York. The outlook assigned...
Nov 19 2024 // A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and...
Nov 18 2024 // A voluntary evacuation of homes over the weekend helped New York firefighters continue their progress in containing a state park wildfire near the New Jersey border.The state requested that residents in about 165 homes in...
Nov 18 2024 // Sotheby’s Inc. agreed to pay $6.25 million to settle a New York state lawsuit that accused it of advising wealthy clients they could avoid sales taxes by falsely claiming they were buying art for resale purposes.New...
Nov 15 2024 // Wildfires that are raging across New York and New Jersey highlight a new threat to one of the world’s most affluent regions.Climate change is regarded by scientists as the pre-eminent factor driving long-term changes...
Nov 15 2024 // A federal judge set an April retrial date on Tuesday for Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times, even as lawyers on both sides for the first time said they hope to engage in talks to settle the...
Nov 14 2024 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a statewide burn ban is in effect until November 30 due to an increased fire risk as the state continues to experience drought conditions and a record number of outdoor fires.Also,...
Nov 14 2024 // Amtrak service in parts of the Northeast was disrupted or delayed Tuesday after a fire broke out near a train route in New York City.Amtrak said initial reports indicated a brush fire stemming from a transformer at an...
Nov 13 2024 // Sarah Palin and the New York Times have explored trying to settle the former Alaska governor and Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate’s closely watched defamation case against the newspaper, their lawyers said...
Nov 12 2024 // Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than...
Nov 12 2024 // New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has...
Nov 6 2024 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Monday that up to $20 million is available for eligible homeowners in flood-prone areas to make proactive flood mitigation and energy-efficiency improvements to their homes. The...
Nov 5 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $877,834 in back wages and fringe benefits from three Long Island contractors for 36 employees who were underpaid for their work on two New York projects funded by the U.S....
Nov 4 2024 // PepsiCo won the dismissal of New York’s lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state’s attorney general,...
Nov 1 2024 // Jaywalking — that time-honored practice of crossing the street outside of the crosswalk or against the traffic light — is now legal in New York City.Legislation passed by the City Council last month officially became...