All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 16 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a lawsuit filed on...
Sep 16 2020 // The parent of Dunkin’ Donuts on Tuesday agreed to upgrade its security protocols and pay $650,000 in fines and costs to settle a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general claiming it ignored cyber attacks that...
Sep 15 2020 // A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the way for New York state to collect about $200 million from drug manufacturers and distributors by imposing a surcharge on them to defray the costs of combating the opioid...
Sep 11 2020 // New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept. 30 at 25% capacity with temperature checks for customers and other restrictions, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.Cuomo said all customers will undergo...
Sep 11 2020 // Preferred Mutual Insurance Company has hired Michelle Raue as senior vice president of claims.In this role, Raue will be responsible for building the vision and executing the strategy to deliver an innovative and...
Sep 11 2020 // As evidence grew this spring that the drug remdesivir was helping COVID-19 patients, some Wall Street investors bet on analysts’ estimates that its maker, Gilead Sciences Inc., could charge up to $10,000 for the...
Sep 10 2020 // Global law firm Clyde & Co has hired insurance lawyer Marc Voses as a partner in New York to further enhance its U.S. and global insurance practices.Voses joins from Goldberg Segalla, where he was chair of the...
Sep 10 2020 // Century 21 Stores, an iconic New York off-price department store chain, filed for bankruptcy with plans to shut down, becoming the latest victim of the retail industry carnage that’s accelerated during the...
Sep 9 2020 // Duracell, the battery unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., sued the maker of Energizer batteries on Tuesday, accusing it falsely advertising that its Energizer MAX batteries last up to 50% longer than...
Sep 9 2020 // A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that narrowed the definition of “joint employer,” and which the attorneys general of 17 states and Washington, D.C. said would eliminate...
Sep 7 2020 // Aon, Wills Towers WatsonShareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon intends to...
Sep 7 2020 // The Hartford has appointed Amy Stepnowski to the positions of chief investment officer of The Hartford and president of Hartford Investment Management Co. (HIMCO), effective Aug. 1.She succeeds Brion Johnson, who will...
Sep 2 2020 // Marine insurer Skuld has appointed Åse Naaman Jensen as senior vice president and head of Skuld New York, succeeding Charles B. Anderson. To ensure a smooth transition, Naaman Jensen will work in parallel with Anderson...
Sep 1 2020 // Four people suffered serious burns when a fire pit exploded in the wealthy Hamptons area of New York’s Long Island, police said. The explosion happened just before 7 p.m. Saturday at a house in Bridgehampton, the...
Sep 1 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), acquired Countywide Insurance Agency of Jefferson Valley, N.Y., on July 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Countywide Insurance Agency provides insurance products for...
Aug 31 2020 // A federal judge on Friday rejected the New York Times’ bid to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit over a 2017 editorial she said falsely linked her to a mass shooting.U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in...
Aug 28 2020 // Electric moped sharing company Revel on Thursday said it was returning to the streets of New York City with a new safety protocol, a month after it voluntarily suspended operations in the city following a string of deadly...
Aug 28 2020 // The owner of the stretched limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York repeatedly changed the listed number of seats in the vehicle and took other steps to avoid safety regulations, according to...
Aug 24 2020 // When a 26-year-old Uber driver walked into a California deeds office two years ago, it was the real-estate equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tsunami half a world away.Hired by an elderly Chinese...
Aug 24 2020 // “This announcement means that California’s world-class earthquake early warning system will be a standard function on every Android phone — giving millions precious seconds to drop, cover and hold on when...