All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2023 // A report by the New York State Inspector General alleges “egregious” abuse of a workers’ compensation loss wage benefit provision by state corrections and institution safety officers.The report blames a...
May 24 2023 // When federal enforcers alleged in 2015 that New York surgeon Feng Qin had performed scores of medically unnecessary cardiac procedures on elderly patients, they decided not to pursue a time-consuming criminal case.Instead,...
May 23 2023 // Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the NortheastLockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso as its financial institutions practice leader in the Northeast. Caruso is...
May 23 2023 // A settlement in New York in a wage theft case has resulted in two dairy farm workers receiving nearly $150,000 in back wages.The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) said its investigators found that Lewis County...
May 23 2023 // Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work...
May 22 2023 // Insurance broker Lockton promoted five key leaders into global roles.Troy Cook will continue in his role as chief financial officer and will also lead all finance and legal associates globally. After serving as an...
May 22 2023 // Spectator Safety, Natural Catastrophes, Rising Costs Top Concerns TodayAs theater shows and live events return to full force this year coming off pent-up demand, underwriters are placing extra scrutiny on safety, resulting...
May 19 2023 // A limousine service manager was convicted of manslaughter Wednesday in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York, one of the deadliest U.S. road wrecks in two decades.Jurors reached their verdict during their second...
May 18 2023 // The operator of a limousine company who has been accused of acting recklessly and causing the deaths of 20 people, is not to blame for the 2018 upstate New York crash, because he tried his best to repair and maintain the...
May 17 2023 // A wrongful death suit has been filed on behalf of victims’ relatives, survivors and others affected by the 2022 racially-motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo where 10 people were killed, all of them...
May 16 2023 // An owner of Broadway theaters and Pacific Indemnity Insurance Co. have voluntarily agreed to end their remaining litigation over COVID-19 coverage claims.Under the stipulation filed May 11, each party will bear its own...
May 15 2023 // A fire that killed a mother and two daughters in New York City was apparently sparked by homemade vape dispensers that the father of the family was assembling to sell, officials said.The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m....
May 15 2023 // New York’s attorney general sued a gun accessory manufacturer Thursday for selling a lock that can be easily removed to attach high-capacity magazines, which are illegal in the state.The white gunman who massacred 10...
May 11 2023 // New York officials reported they have secured $615,000 from three companies that supplied millions of fake public comments to influence a 2017 proceeding by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal net...
May 10 2023 // Nearly three months ago, Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their vehicles, caused by a security flaw that was exposed on TikTok and other social media sites.So far, it...
May 10 2023 // A federal jury in New York found Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll and then defaming her by calling her a liar, the first verdict against him in a string of legal cases that threaten to...
May 10 2023 // A limousine company operator on trial for a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was portrayed by a prosecutor Monday as directly responsible for the deaths, while a defense lawyer argued he was simply in the...
May 9 2023 // Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced two indictments of a certified public accountant for defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) of more than $10 million in workers’ compensation...
May 8 2023 // The New York jury hearing an advice columnist’s claims that she was raped by Donald Trump could begin deliberations as soon as Tuesday, and it will have wide latitude in deciding the truthfulness of the allegations...
May 8 2023 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the nonprofit InnSure will administer the state’s $6.5 million insurance innovation fund that includes grants to encourage the development of new insurance policies and...