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New York City And Northeast Brace for Flooding Rains From Weekend Storm
Oct 10 2025 // New York City and the Northeast are in the crosshairs of a massive coastal storm that’s poised to bring high winds, surging tides and heavy rain throughout the region starting Sunday. Drenching rain and strong winds...
New York City Sues Social Media Firms For Allegedly Addicting Children
Oct 9 2025 // New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media. Wednesday’s 327-page...
New York Judge Upholds Transgender Athlete Ban on Long Island
Oct 8 2025 // A New York judge on Monday upheld a Long Island county’s law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities. In a decision in a suit brought by a roller...
Fire at Ford Supplier in New York to Disrupt Business for Months, WSJ Reports
Oct 7 2025 // A fire that broke out at Novelis’ New York plant in Oswego will disrupt business at Ford and other automakers for months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Ford, the biggest user of the plant’s...
Trump Restores $187M Funding Cuts for New York Counterterrorism
Oct 6 2025 // President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New York’s law enforcement and counterterrorism operations, following bipartisan outcry from...
Two Delta Jets Collide While Taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
Oct 3 2025 // Two Delta Air Lines Inc. regional jets collided at low speed while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, causing minor injuries to one flight attendant and prompting regulators to open an...
Tampa-Based Professional Insurance Services Merges With New York’s Lawley
Oct 2 2025 // Lawley, a family owned insurance brokerage and benefits firm, has expanded into Florida through a merger with Tampa-based Professional Insurance Services. It’s the first Florida location for the Buffalo, New...
New York Financial Services Regulator Harris to Depart
Sep 30 2025 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Superintendent Adrienne Harris will be leaving the Department of Financial Services (DFS). Hochul is appointing Kaitlin Asrow as acting superintendent of DFS effective October...
ALKEME Insurance Acquires New York’s Alliance Brokerage
Sep 26 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance announced it has acquired Alliance Brokerage Corp., a Melville, New York-based property/casualty agency. The acquisition strengthens ALKEME’s presence on the East Coast and adds...
Amazon Sues to Block New York State Labor Law
Sep 25 2025 // Amazon.com sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to block it from enforcing a new law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private sector labor relations. In a...
ALKEME Acquires New York City Real Estate Specialist Gotham Brokerage
Sep 24 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance reports it has acquired Gotham Brokerage Co., a New York City insurance agency specializing in insurance for condos, co-ops, and apartments with a concentration in the high-value real...
Judge Throws Out Trump’s $15B Lawsuit Against New York Times
Sep 22 2025 // A federal judge on Friday threw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a “decidedly improper and impermissible” effort to...
Court Upholds New York’s Gun Restrictions, Including Times Square and Subway Bans
Sep 22 2025 // No guns for Elmo, Spider-Man or anyone else in New York’s Times Square — and don’t try sneaking them into the subway, either. That is the decision last Friday from a federal appeals court effectively...
New York Executives Blast State Over Regulatory ‘Black Hole’
Sep 18 2025 // At a recent roundtable with New York executives, Heather Briccetti Mulligan remembers the frustration of a businessman who compared trying to file a permit for a $200 million construction project with ordering a pizza. The...
New York Financial Firm Invests $37.4 Million in New Jersey MGA Leap
Sep 18 2025 // Syracuse, New York based financial services firm Community Financial System, Inc. is expanding its commitment to insurance by investing $37.4 million in the insurance business of Leap Holdings, Inc. Leap’s wholly...
New York Unveils Rules to Ban Addictive Social Media Feeds for Kids
Sep 17 2025 // New York’s attorney general on Monday proposed regulations for its crackdown on addictive social media feeds for children, including rules for verifying a user’s age. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation...
Trump Sues The New York Times for Defamation and Libel, Seeks $15 Billion
Sep 16 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump sued the New York Times, four of its reporters, and publisher Penguin Random House for at least $15 billion on Monday, claiming defamation and libel, and citing reputational damage, a Florida...
People Moves: PIA New York Elects Officers; Bartow Elected President
Sep 15 2025 // Dix Hill, New York insurance agent Jason Bartow, AAI, CPIA, TRA, has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State (PIANY). Bartow is commercial lines executive vice president of Eugene A....
People Moves: Blumhagen Joins Willis as Producer for Upstate New York
Sep 12 2025 // Insurance broker Willis has appointed Steve Blumhagen as a producer in the Upstate New York market. Based in the Buffalo office, Blumhagen will report directly to David Lofstrom, Northeast Deputy Leader – New England,...
New York State Drought Watch Now in Effect in 50 Counties
Sep 11 2025 // The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced a drought watch is being expanded by 30 counties, bringing the total to 50 counties under a watch across the state. Governor Kathy Hochul said the...
