All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. has appointed Eddie Dunn as director, Military and Veteran Affairs.In this role, Dunn will support the U.S. Veterans Talent Initiative that Marsh & McLennan announced last...
May 1 2014 // A CSX Corp. crude train derailed in Lynchburg, Virginia, Wednesday, sparking a fire in at least three tank cars, spilling oil into a river and forcing a partial evacuation of the city’s downtown.No injuries were...
May 1 2014 // New York City can add 120 speed cameras in school zones under a bill approved by state lawmakers, a boost to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to eliminate pedestrian deaths in the most populous U.S. metropolis.New York...
Apr 30 2014 // U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y., 11th District), who as a House Financial Services Committee member was instrumental in adopting the flood insurance relief bill and in advocating for renewal of Terrorism Risk Insurance...
Apr 30 2014 // Garrett Kelleher, the Irish developer trying to restore Chicago’s status as home to the tallest building in the U.S., has one last chance to keep his dream alive.The planned lakefront skyscraper is nothing more than...
Apr 30 2014 // Hundreds of new traffic speed cameras would be authorized for school zones in New York City and Long Island, N.Y., under legislation passed by the state Assembly on Monday.Speeding drivers caught by the cameras would be...
Apr 30 2014 // John Degnan, a former chief operating officer of Chubb Corp., was nominated for chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, filling a vacancy brought on by the scandal...
Apr 30 2014 // Former AIG chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg will have to defend himself against claims of accounting fraud in a non-jury trial conducted by a judge he tried to remove for alleged bias.Justice Charles Ramos of New...
Apr 30 2014 // Willis Group Holdings Plc plans to eliminate jobs and relocate 3,500 employees, or about 16 percent of its workforce, after reporting first-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates.The moves will yield $420...
Apr 28 2014 // New York’s storied Four Seasons restaurant has for decades harbored one of the city’s more unusual artworks: the largest Pablo Picasso painting in the United States. But a plan to move it has touched off a spat...
Apr 25 2014 // The politically connected former CEO of a prominent city charity admitted Wednesday he helped steal more than $9 million from the organization in an insurance scheme that authorities linked to campaign...
Apr 25 2014 // A New York hospital is reinforcing its ban on electronic cigarettes after a patient on oxygen was burned by a fire that erupted while she was puffing on one of the devices.Syracuse Fire Department officials say the exact...
Apr 24 2014 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s failure to agree to a loan guarantee for World Trade Center site developer Larry Silverstein shows agency leaders are wrestling over its direction as they seek to fix...
Apr 24 2014 // A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by a former bank examiner who claimed the Fed fired her after she refused to change certain findings about Goldman Sachs Group...
Apr 23 2014 // Kenneth Jones has joined insurance broker Corporate Synergies of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, as a senior vice president and producer. Jones will join the company’s New York office. He has several decades of experience in...
Apr 23 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. in California over ignition-switch defects linked to 13 deaths was put on hold until a bankruptcy judge in New York rules on whether some compensation claims can be brought without...
Apr 23 2014 // When suburban New York delicatessen owner P.J. Whelan heard the findings of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York poll released Monday on Superstorm Sandy’s effect on small businesses, he began nodding in...
Apr 22 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.’s appeal of a $105 million jury verdict it was ordered to pay for contaminating underground water in New York City with a gasoline additive.The Irving, Texas-based...
Apr 21 2014 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a sweeping report on April 17 that examined New York City’s recovery progress from Superstorm Sandy and promised to reform a much-maligned program that was supposed to...
Apr 21 2014 // New York’s new budget gives state financial regulators authority to issue licenses to title insurance agents for the first time. Sponsors say the measure is intended to protect consumers and lower costs for New York...