All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2023 // A fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop early Tuesday spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others, authorities said.City fire officials said the blaze was reported shortly...
Jun 20 2023 // Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she wants the state to have regulatory authority over boats that operate in caves and similar waterways following a fatal tour boat accident in an underground water tunnel off the Erie...
Jun 20 2023 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired substantially all the insurance assets of Bryant Asset Protection, Inc. of Slingerlands, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BAP...
Jun 20 2023 // Federal officials report they have charged two construction company owners with submitting fraudulent bonds in connection with storm recovery and reconstruction projects in New York.Rawinder Dhillon and Amninder Singh...
Jun 19 2023 // Two companies that sell top brands of household weedkiller will pay $6.9 million for allegedly making false and misleading claims regarding the safety of their products as part of a settlement with the New York attorney...
Jun 19 2023 // John Kuhn is now senior vice president, management liability and head of large public at Ascot.Based in the New York office, Kuhn will lead the development and execution of Ascot’s large public directors and officers...
Jun 16 2023 // Gambling giant MGM Resorts International says it did nothing wrong in its dealings with a New York City man who accuses it of preying on his gambling addiction with repeated cash bonuses intended to keep him gambling.In...
Jun 16 2023 // New York’s highest court ruled that a state regulation requiring the installation of electronic logging devices in commercial motor vehicles does not violate the state constitution’s prohibition against...
Jun 15 2023 // The New York author who won a $5 million sexual abuse trial against Donald Trump was allowed to expand an earlier defamation lawsuit to add remarks he made about her on a CNN town hall and seek at least $10 million more in...
Jun 15 2023 // Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have...
Jun 14 2023 // he New York author who won a $5 million sexual abuse trial against Donald Trump was allowed to expand an earlier defamation lawsuit to add remarks he made about her on a CNN town hall and seek at least $10 million more in...
Jun 14 2023 // New Yorkers who commit crimes could have their records automatically sealed if they stay out of trouble for a certain number of years after they have finished serving their sentences under a bill passed by state lawmakers...
Jun 13 2023 // One person was killed and multiple people were sent to local hospitals after a boat capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city...
Jun 13 2023 // New York lawmakers have again overwhelmingly passed legislation to overhaul the state’s 1847 law that governs damages that can be awarded in wrongful death cases.But it’s unclear whether the latest version of...
Jun 9 2023 // The SEC’s new lawsuit against Coinbase Global Inc. appears best positioned among cryptocurrency cases to let the US Supreme Court finally decide if digital assets count as securities.The crypto tokens traded by...
Jun 9 2023 // New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal...
Jun 8 2023 // Just as a trial was to begin, it was revealed Tuesday that Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records. The actor had insisted through...
Jun 7 2023 // New York City has joined other municipalities in suing carmakers Hyundai and Kia for not having immobilizer anti-theft technology in some of their vehicles, which the municipalities claim has resulted in record car thefts...
Jun 6 2023 // A judicial panel on Monday transferred antitrust litigation against Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed by state attorneys general back to a federal court in Texas, citing a law passed by Congress in December.The decision...
Jun 6 2023 // Zervos Retires as Regional Vice President – Underwriting Safety National has announced that Dennis Zervos is retiring as regional vice president – underwriting on June 2. Zervos has spent over 30 years in the industry,...