All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2023 // Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises...
Aug 2 2023 // The driver of a stolen vehicle struck several pedestrians near Grand Central Station in Manhattan on Tuesday, causing 10 non-life-threatening injuries, according to police and fire department officials.The incident, which...
Jul 31 2023 // As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan thoroughfare Wednesday, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past...
Jul 31 2023 // Local officials said Friday there`s no immediate sign of health or safety risks from a northern New York solar farm battery fire that burned overnight and may persist for some time.The blaze near the tiny village of...
Jul 28 2023 // The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke quickly killed four people asleep in...
Jul 28 2023 // Heat searing enough to knock out mobile phones. Wildfire smoke that turns the skies an apocalyptic orange. Flash floods submerging towns in upstate New York and Vermont.This grim procession of recent disasters is being...
Jul 27 2023 // Allen Joins BroGue Insurance & Financial ServicesBroGue Insurance & Financial Services, headquartered in Bangor, Maine, hired Elaine Allen as a personal lines account manager. Allen started her insurance career...
Jul 27 2023 // A towering construction crane caught fire high above the West Side of Manhattan on Wednesday morning, causing its long arm to snap off, smash against a nearby building and plummet to the street as people ran for their...
Jul 27 2023 // The collapse of a New York City garage in April was caused by the negligence of the owners of the building, according to State Farm, which is suing them to recover $1.5 million in payments to the garage’s customers...
Jul 26 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies has acquired Castle Rock Capacity, a property/casualty insurance broker with a specialty in the construction, real estate and development industries.Headquartered in New...
Jul 21 2023 // New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept...
Jul 21 2023 // A Rochester, New York technology firm has been charged with allegedly violating federal law by ending its interview with and failing to hire a qualified applicant for an engineering role because he is deaf.According to a...
Jul 19 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 100 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse.The diocese, like others in the state, is...
Jul 18 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Promotes Burbine to SVP, Sales LeaderFred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Bill Burbine to senior vice president, sales leader. Burbine’s insurance career began...
Jul 17 2023 // Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late...
Jul 17 2023 // A cluster of severe thunderstorms pounded the US Northeast including New York City on Sunday, unleashing deadly flooding in Pennsylvania, halting operations at several airports, and prompting tornado watches across New...
Jul 17 2023 // “If there were aspects of the design or construction of this vessel that were kept from the passengers or it was knowingly operated despite information that it was not suitable for this dive, that would absolutely go...
Jul 17 2023 // Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the expansion of its Cyber team with a series of appointments and promotions.Matthew McCabe has been appointed managing director of cyber broking. He is...
Jul 17 2023 // World Insurance Associates, Bryant Asset Protection, B. R. Alexander & Co., The Mogil OrganizationInsurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC recently completed three acquisitions in the Northeast U.S. region....
Jul 14 2023 // A New York state appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of the Child Victims Act (CVA) which granted a one year extension of the state’s statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring...