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#1 New York Governor Hochul Vows to Tackle Insurance Affordability, Litigation and Fraud

Jan 14 2026 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agenda aimed at making New York more affordable that includes fighting auto insurance fraud and mandating property insurance discounts for mitigation efforts.In her 2026 State of...

#2 New York Regulates Consumer Litigation Financing

Jan 7 2026 // New York State has a new law that regulates the industry that provides consumers with funds for living expenses while their legal cases are in process in exchange for a share of any settlement or judgment.Under such...

#3 Judge Green Lights New York’s Driver’s License Law, Rejecting Trump Challenge

Dec 29 2025 // A federal judge gave a green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from giving people driver’s licenses without having them...

#4 Trump Prosecutor Targeting NY’s Letitia James Is Disqualified

Jan 9 2026 // Another Trump administration effort to punish a political opponent is in legal limbo after a federal judge disqualified the US attorney in Albany, New York, investigating state Attorney General Letitia James.John Sarcone,...

#5 New York State Police Report 37-Vehicle Pileup on I-81 Near Syracuse

Jan 15 2026 // On Thursday January 15, at about 2:20 p.m., New York State Police responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash on I-81 southbound, south of Exit 73 in the town of LaFayette, a rural community about 15 moles south of...

#6 Alliant Named Broker for New York MTA’s $2 Billion Subway Project

Dec 23 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services reported that it was chosen by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as the insurance broker for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway project, a $2 billion project that was...

#7 New York-Based Lawley Acquires Neighboring Witkin Scott Associates

Jan 5 2026 // Upstate New York-based independent agency Lawley announced that Witkin Scott Associates has joined its organization effective January 1, 2026.As part of this partnership, all associates of Witkin Scott will join Lawley and...

#8 $182M Settlement Reached in 2015 New York Train Crossing Crash That Killed 6

Jan 15 2026 // A more than $182 million settlement has been reached with victims of a deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing.The majority of the settlement with Metro-North Railroad goes to the...

#9 New York AG Demands Instacart Hand Over Information About Price Tests

Jan 12 2026 // New York Attorney General Letitia James demanded information from Instacart on Thursday, saying it may have violated the state’s law requiring online retailers to disclose when they use consumers’ information...

#10 New York Times Reporter Sues Google, xAI, OpenAI Over Chatbot Training

Dec 24 2025 // An investigative reporter best known for exposing fraud at Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos sued Elon Musk’s xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms and Perplexity on Monday for using copyrighted...

#11 Marshall+Sterling Acquires New York’s Sidle Insurance

Jan 14 2026 // New York-based national insurance agency Marshall+Sterling announced it has acquired Sidle Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Montour Falls, New York.Serving individuals, families, and businesses in the...

#12 Orsted’s NY Wind Project Challenges US Suspension of Lease

Jan 8 2026 // Orsted A/S filed a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s order to halt construction of its offshore wind project near New York.In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, Orsted’s...

#13 Federal Judge Allows Equinor to Restart New York Offshore Wind Project

Jan 16 2026 // A federal judge on Thursday cleared Norwegian offshore wind developer Equinor to resume work on its New York Empire Wind project, which President Donald Trump’s administration halted along with four other projects...