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Email Phishing Scam Targets New York Financial Services Firms, DFS Warns
Jan 26 2026 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) is alerting firms and individuals it regulates to use caution before responding to emails from senders falsely claiming to represent DFS. DFS said it recently...
Texas Faces Freeze While Weekend Snow Risks Rise in New York
Jan 21 2026 // A massive winter storm will sweep across a huge swath of the US starting Friday, freezing Texas before roaring up the East Coast, where New York City and Boston are seeing a strong chance of heavy snow by Sunday. Air...
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...
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...
$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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NY Times Asks Judge to Dismiss Trump’s ‘Implausible’ Defamation Suit
Dec 18 2025 // The New York Times asked a judge to once again dismiss President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit, arguing the complaint is based on “implausible allegations” that cannot overcome First...
New York Says It Follows Federal Rules on Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Dec 17 2025 // New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary...
New York Says Cab, Rideshare Insurance Rates to Rise 25%
Dec 16 2025 // New York officials have told rideshare companies, driver representatives and others in the for-hire vehicle industry that insurance policy rates will rise by an average 25% over the next three years, according to people...
New York Workers’ Comp Board to Require Video for All Testifying in Virtual Hearings
Dec 9 2025 // Beginning February 2, 2026, all claimants and lay witnesses testifying in virtual hearings before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board will be required to appear and testify by video with their faces fully...
Archdiocese of New York Pledges $300M to Mediate Clergy Sex Abuse Claims
Dec 9 2025 // The Archdiocese of New York announced it is establishing a $300 million fund that it intends to use to pay for a global settlement of most of the 1,300 lawsuits it still faces from victims of clergy sexual abuse. The...
