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New York Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to $30K Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Sep 28 2022 // A New York bus driver faces sentencing for fraudulently collecting more than $30,000 in workers’ compensation wage indemnity benefits by falsely claiming that she was unable to work as a result of a disability,...

New York Jury Awards Ex-NFL Player Cox $28.5M in Medical Malpractice Case

Sep 27 2022 // A former NFL player has been was awarded $28.5 million by a Manhattan jury ruling in his favor in a medical malpractice lawsuit over surgery that failed to fix his injured ankle, according to the player’s...

Appeals Court Rejects NRA Free Speech Claims Against New York Insurance Regulator

Sep 23 2022 // A federal appeals court has denied the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment claims against a former New York insurance regulator who urged insurance companies to consider the risks of doing business with the...

Cities of Paris and New York Join Climate Litigation Against TotalEnergies

Sep 23 2022 // The cities of Paris and New York have joined a coalition of associations and local authorities that are suing oil major TotalEnergies for failing to adequately fight climate change, the coalition said in a statement on...

New York AG’s Financial Fraud Suit Against Trump Details Insurance Scenarios

Sep 22 2022 // Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used false and misleading statements of financial condition to obtain favorable real estate loans and insurance coverage over the last decade, according to a 222- page civil...

Trump Accuser Plans New Lawsuit Under New York’s Abuse Survivors Law

Sep 22 2022 // A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room intends to file another lawsuit against him under a new New York law letting sexual assault victims sue over attacks that...

New York City Lifts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses

Sep 21 2022 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams is encouraging private businesses to put in place their own vaccine policies after making the private sector vaccine mandate optional.The city has also now made vaccines optional for students...

New York Seeks Program Manager for $6.5M Fund for ‘Clean Tech’ Insurance Products

Sep 19 2022 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $6.5 million program to support insurance innovation for climate-technologies, a new program focused on the research and development of new insurance policies and products that...

New York City, Amazon Partner On ‘Ghost Vehicles’ Crackdown

Sep 19 2022 // As part of a collaboration with New York City, giant retailer Amazon said it will proactively restrict the sale of smokescreen license plate covers and tinted license plate covers to customers with a New York state...

Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks LGBTQ Order at New York’s Yeshiva University

Sep 12 2022 // The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club.The court acted Friday in a brief order signed by Justice Sonia...

New York Revises Compensation Fund, Workers’ Compensation Claims for 9/11 Victims

Sep 12 2022 // Ahead of the 21st anniversary of 9/11, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills into that that seek to support to 9/11 victims and survivors and their families. This new laws target barriers and delays in the...

New York Trial Begins in Bond Insurer Case Over Mortgage-Backed Securities

Sep 8 2022 // Bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc. cannot prove its $2.7 billion case against Bank of America over troubled mortgage-backed securities on evidence that BofA was a “bad actor” before the 2008 financial...

New York Launches $6.5M Fund for ‘Clean Tech’ Insurance Products; Seeks Program Manager

Sep 2 2022 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $6.5 million program to support Insurance Innovation for climate-technologies, a new program focused on the research and development of new insurance policies and products that...

New York Sets ‘Gun Free Zones’ to Restrict Guns; Regulates Concealed Carry Permits

Sep 2 2022 // Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.”The sprawling Manhattan...

Supreme Court Justice Denies Detective’s Bid to Block New York City’s Vaccine Mandate

Sep 1 2022 // U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday denied an appeal from a New York Police Department detective who asked for an emergency injunction to keep the city from firing him over its mandate that municipal...

Program Manager McNeil, New York Cannabis Industry Form Workers’ Comp Group

Aug 31 2022 // Insurance program manager McNeil & Co. and the Cannabis Association of New York (CANY) are forming a workers’ compensation safety group for the New York cannabis industry.The two said the New York State Insurance...

New York City, Amazon Collaborate on Crackdown on ‘Ghost Vehicles’

Aug 30 2022 // As part of a collaboration with New York City, giant retailer Amazon said it will proactively restrict the sale of smokescreen license plate covers and tinted license plate covers to customers with a New York state...

New York Detective Wants Supreme Court to Block Vaccine Mandate

Aug 29 2022 // A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Lawyers for Detective Anthony Marciano asked the court...

US Pandemic-Era Inflation Mostly Driven by Demand Surge, NY Fed Study Finds

Aug 24 2022 // The majority of US pandemic-era inflation came from a surge in demand, but supply-chain constraints stoked it further, Federal Reserve Bank of New York research shows.About 60% of the inflation seen from 2019 to 2021 was...

After Second Death by Fall in 3 Years, New York Roofer Faces Potential $1.3M Penalty

Aug 24 2022 // A Nanuet, New York roofing and siding contractor with a history of safety violations and penalties now faces an additional $1,343,363 in penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...