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More Than 200 New Speed Cameras Coming to NYC, Long Island School Zones
May 1 2014 // New York City can add 120 speed cameras in school zones under a bill approved by state lawmakers, a boost to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to eliminate pedestrian deaths in the most populous U.S. metropolis. New York...
N.Y. Rep. Grimm Calls 20-Count Indictment Against Him ‘A Political Witch Hunt’
Apr 30 2014 // U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y., 11th District), who as a House Financial Services Committee member was instrumental in adopting the flood insurance relief bill and in advocating for renewal of Terrorism Risk Insurance...
Irish Developer Still Pursuing Tallest U.S. Tower in Chicago
Apr 30 2014 // Garrett Kelleher, the Irish developer trying to restore Chicago’s status as home to the tallest building in the U.S., has one last chance to keep his dream alive. The planned lakefront skyscraper is nothing more than...
N.Y. Assembly OKs Traffic Speed Cameras in NYC, Long Island School Zones
Apr 30 2014 // Hundreds of new traffic speed cameras would be authorized for school zones in New York City and Long Island, N.Y., under legislation passed by the state Assembly on Monday. Speeding drivers caught by the cameras would be...
Former Chubb COO Degnan Nominated as Chairman of Port Authority of N.Y.-N.J.
Apr 30 2014 // John Degnan, a former chief operating officer of Chubb Corp., was nominated for chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, filling a vacancy brought on by the scandal...
Starr’s Greenberg Loses Bid for Jury, Must Face Judge He Criticized
Apr 30 2014 // Former AIG chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg will have to defend himself against claims of accounting fraud in a non-jury trial conducted by a judge he tried to remove for alleged bias. Justice Charles Ramos of...
Willis to Relocate 3,500 Workers after Profit Misses Estimates
Apr 30 2014 // Willis Group Holdings Plc plans to eliminate jobs and relocate 3,500 employees, or about 16 percent of its workforce, after reporting first-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates. The moves will yield $420...
N.Y.’s Four Seasons Restaurant Sued Over Plan to Move Picasso Painting
Apr 28 2014 // New York’s storied Four Seasons restaurant has for decades harbored one of the city’s more unusual artworks: the largest Pablo Picasso painting in the United States. But a plan to move it has touched off a spat...
Ex-CEO Admits to Stealing Millions from Poverty Charity with Insurance Scam
Apr 25 2014 // The politically connected former CEO of a prominent city charity admitted Wednesday he helped steal more than $9 million from the organization in an insurance scheme that authorities linked to campaign...
New York Hospital Bans E-Cigarettes After Fire
Apr 25 2014 // A New York hospital is reinforcing its ban on electronic cigarettes after a patient on oxygen was burned by a fire that erupted while she was puffing on one of the devices. Syracuse Fire Department officials say the exact...
Port Authority Wrestles with World Trade Center Financing
Apr 24 2014 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s failure to agree to a loan guarantee for World Trade Center site developer Larry Silverstein shows agency leaders are wrestling over its direction as they seek to fix...
Judge Denies New York Fed Employee Whistleblower Protection Over Firing
Apr 24 2014 // A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by a former bank examiner who claimed the Fed fired her after she refused to change certain findings about Goldman Sachs Group...
Jones Joins New York Office of Corporate Synergies
Apr 23 2014 // Kenneth Jones has joined insurance broker Corporate Synergies of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, as a senior vice president and producer. Jones will join the company’s New York office. He has several decades of experience in...
GM Ignition Defects Lawsuit in California Awaits Bankruptcy Ruling
Apr 23 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. in California over ignition-switch defects linked to 13 deaths was put on hold until a bankruptcy judge in New York rules on whether some compensation claims can be brought without...
Report: Superstorm Sandy’s Fallout Tough on Small Businesses
Apr 23 2014 // When suburban New York delicatessen owner P.J. Whelan heard the findings of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York poll released Monday on Superstorm Sandy’s effect on small businesses, he began nodding in...
Exxon Denied Appeal of Jury Award Over MTBE in New York City Water
Apr 22 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.’s appeal of a $105 million jury verdict it was ordered to pay for contaminating underground water in New York City with a gasoline additive. The Irving, Texas-based...
NYC Mayor Pledges to Reform Maligned Sandy Rebuilding Program
Apr 21 2014 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a sweeping report on April 17 that examined New York City’s recovery progress from Superstorm Sandy and promised to reform a much-maligned program that was supposed to...
N.Y. to Start Licensing Title Insurance Agents
Apr 21 2014 // New York’s new budget gives state financial regulators authority to issue licenses to title insurance agents for the first time. Sponsors say the measure is intended to protect consumers and lower costs for New York...
Group Urges N.Y. to Review Auto Insurance Rate Factors
Apr 21 2014 // A consumer advocacy group is urging New York regulators and legislators to undertake a thorough review of rate-making practices by auto insurers in New York. The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) said that...
San Francisco Considers Ending Ban Renting Homes
Apr 17 2014 // San Francisco lawmakers are considering making it legal for city residents to rent out their homes on sites such as Airbnb, but only if they have liability insurance and meet other requirements, a newspaper...
