Latest New York Headlines
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US Bans Drones Over Infrastructure Sites in New York, New Jersey
Dec 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York. A frenzy of concern about drones in New Jersey and...
Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Case Settled in New York
Dec 19 2024 // US authorities have reached a settlement to resolve a whistleblower case alleging that a New York state health insurer systematically defrauded the federal Medicare program by exaggerating how sick members were in order to...
Troubled New York Taxi Insurer Sues 180 Providers in Huge No-Fault Fraud Case
Dec 17 2024 // New York’s largest taxi insurer that is facing serious financial and regulatory challenges has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $450 million against medical providers it alleges have been part of a huge fraud scheme...
Suburban New York Police Force Cited for Illegal Arrests, Strip Searches
Dec 16 2024 // A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice...
New York in State of Emergency As It Faces Another Major ‘Lake Effect’ Snowstorm
Dec 13 2024 // New York State declared a state of emergency for portions of Western New York, Finger Lakes, Central New York and North Country regions as forecasts call for those areas to receive multiple feet of lake effect snow. Areas...
New York Court Rules NRA Must Undertake Reforms, Former Execs Must Pay Damages
Dec 13 2024 // The National Rifle Association (NRA) must reform its operations to conform with New York’s not-for-profit law and two of its former executives must pay the NRA $6.35 million in damages plus interest. That is the...
New York Considers Making Property Insurers Cover Taxi Claims Losses
Dec 12 2024 // New York is considering asking property and casualty insurers to cover the claims of insolvent taxi insurer American Transit Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the plans. That measure is one of several...
Contractors on New York Public and Certain Private Projects Must Register With State
Dec 11 2024 // New York has a new law on the books requiring contractors and subcontractors who submit bids or perform construction work on public projects or certain private projects to register with the state. The New York State...
New York Expands Workers’ Compensation For Mental Health to All Workers
Dec 9 2024 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2025, allows...
Parts of New York, Pennsylvania Buried by Up to 4 Feet of ‘Lake-Effect’ Snow
Dec 2 2024 // The governors of New York and Pennsylvania have declared disaster emergencies in areas hit with as much as three and four feet of “lake-effect” snow from a fierce winter storm. New York Governor Hochul declared...
New York High Court Upholds Uber Arbitration Mandate For Previously-Filed Injury Case
Nov 26 2024 // In a 5-2 decision, New York State’s high court this week upheld Uber’s “clickwrap” agreement requiring arbitration of all disputes in a case of a passenger who was injured by another vehicle after...
New York Fines GEICO $9.75M, Travelers $1.5M Over Auto Insurance Cyber Breaches
Nov 25 2024 // Two auto insurers will pay fines totaling $11.3 million for data breaches of online insurance quoting systems that New York officials say compromised personal information of an estimated 120,000 customers in total. New...
NFP Acquires AnchorGroup in Upstate New York
Nov 22 2024 // Global insurance broker NFP announced it has acquired certain assets of EBA Services LLC, which does business as AnchorGroup, an employee benefits brokerage and consultancy located in Skaneateles, New...
Second Teen Charged in New Jersey Forest Fire; New York Hopes Rain Douses Blaze
Nov 21 2024 // A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New...
New York Insurance Broker Caught in $38 Million Nursing Home Tax Fraud Scheme
Nov 20 2024 // Prosecutors report that a New York insurance broker has admitted his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that...
Judge Weighs ‘Real Housewives of New York’ Cast Member’s Abuse Allegations
Nov 20 2024 // The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that the First Amendment cannot shield the show’s creators from a lawsuit alleging that the...
New York City Issues First Drought Warning in 22 Years
Nov 19 2024 // New York City has issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low. Dry conditions across the...
AM Best Assigns Ratings to New York Healthcare Workers’ Compensation Carrier
Nov 19 2024 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Standard and Preferred Insurance Co. of Kew Gardens, New York. The outlook assigned...
Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law
Nov 19 2024 // A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and...
Voluntary Evacuations Help Firefighters Contain New York State Forest Wildfire
Nov 18 2024 // A voluntary evacuation of homes over the weekend helped New York firefighters continue their progress in containing a state park wildfire near the New Jersey border. The state requested that residents in about 165 homes in...
