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New York City Reports 4th Person Has Died After Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Aug 18 2025 // A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, health officials disclosed Thursday as they revealed that some cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria are...
People Moves: Chieppo Joins Mechanic Group; Foster Named Chair of NY Workers’ Comp Board
Aug 18 2025 // The Mechanic Group Appoints Chieppo Practice Leader Candace Chieppo The Mechanic Group, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG) headquartered in Pearl River, New York, appointed Candace Chieppo as practice leader....
Aon’s NFP Acquires New York’s Pilot Benefits Group
Aug 14 2025 // Insurance broker NFP, an Aon company, announced it has acquired Pilot Benefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits broker in Melville, New York. Josh Senders and Ben Senders, principals at Pilot, will join NFP as senior vice...
New York AG Sues Zelle, Claims Lax Security Led to $1 Billion Consumer Fraud Losses
Aug 14 2025 // Zelle was sued on Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the electronic payment platform’s refusal to adopt critical safety features enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion from...
TWFG Insurance Acquires New York’s Angers & Litz Associates
Aug 13 2025 // Texas-based TWFG Insurance has expanded its national footprint with the acquisition of Angers & Litz Associates, Inc., a personal and commercial lines insurance agency based in Schenectady, New York. Angers & Litz...
No Major Impact Reported as Small Earthquake Shakes New Jersey-New York Area
Aug 4 2025 // A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 3.0. It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights, less than 8 miles (13...
NY and NJ Flash Flood Threats Recede as Weather Stabilizes
Aug 1 2025 // Thunderstorms disrupted New York City transit and inundated roads just as workers started their the home-bound commute Thursday, but conditions were improving into the night and Friday morning commuters can likely expect...
Two Men Charged with Staging Car Crashes for Insurance Money in New York City
Aug 1 2025 // Two Brooklyn men have been charged with staging three automobile accidents and then seeking insurance payouts from Allstate Insurance Co. for damages and purported injuries. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced...
Uber Says New York City Courier Rule ‘Singles Out’ Immigrant Workers
Aug 1 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is pushing back on a new NYC proposal requiring delivery app workers to display company-issued identification numbers on reflective vests, saying it “singles out” immigrant workers for...
New York Court Blocks Suit Against Social Media Giants Over Buffalo Racial Massacre
Jul 28 2025 // Social media companies cannot be sued for their alleged roles in a racially-motivated mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo in 2022, according to a New York court that said to allow the lawsuit would “result in...
Man Charged With Arson Over Fires That Damaged 11 NY Police Vehicles
Jul 23 2025 // A man with a history of arrests at pro-Palestinian protests was charged Monday with setting fire to 11 New York City police vehicles last month. Jakhi McCray, 21, of Brooklyn pleaded not guilty to arson in U.S. District...
DuPont Agrees to $27M Settlement in Polluted Water Lawsuit in Upstate New York
Jul 14 2025 // HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Chemical maker DuPont has agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve a nearly decade-long lawsuit over the contamination of an upstate New York village’s water supply. The deal was...
Gun Makers Lose Appeal of New York Law Making Them Potentially Liable for Shootings
Jul 11 2025 // A New York state law holding gun manufacturers potentially liable when their weapons are used in deadly shootings was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. The ruling Thursday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Racketeering Suit Alleges NY Insurance Fraud Scheme by Lawyers, Medical Providers
Jul 7 2025 // A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud...
Retailers Sue New York to Block Algorithmic Pricing Law
Jul 3 2025 // New York state was sued on Wednesday by the National Retail Federation over a new law requiring retailers to tell customers when their personal data are being used to set prices, known as surveillance pricing. The...
Former Lawmaker Lindsay Launches New York Insurance Agency
Jun 27 2025 // An insurance law professional and former state legislator has launched his own insurance brokerage in Tarrytown, New York. William Lindsay III has opened Tri Pack Insurance Services, which promises to offer “highly...
Visa Defeats New York Man’s Proposed Class Action Over Gift Card Scam
Jun 26 2025 // Visa defeated a proposed class action lawsuit on Monday by consumers who accused the world’s largest card payments network of failing to warn that its prepaid “Vanilla” gift cards were susceptible to...
32 New York Counties in Emergency; Storms Take Lives of 2 Young Sisters, Woman
Jun 23 2025 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Sunday, June 22, declared a state of emergency in 32 counties in response to severe weather. Three deaths in the town of Kirkland have been attributed to the severe thunderstorms that hit...
Musk’s X Sues New York to Halt Reports on Handling of Problematic Posts
Jun 23 2025 // Elon Musk ‘s X sued Tuesday to try to stop New York from requiring reports on how social media platforms handle problematic posts — a regulatory approach that the company successfully challenged in California. New...
Racketeering Suit Alleges NY Insurance Fraud Scheme by Lawyers, Medical Providers
Jun 19 2025 // A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud...
