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Report Cites Increase in Worker Fatalities Across New York
Mar 7 2025 // New York State experienced 74 worker deaths in 2023, a 48% increase over 2022’s 50 deaths, according to an annual report by an occupational safety nonprofit. The report by the New York Committee for Occupational...
Title Insurance Could Finally Come to New York Under Governor’s Budget Amendment
Feb 26 2025 // New York this year could become the 50th U.S. state to accept title insurance, after Gov. Kathy Hochul quietly submitted a single paragraph in her 2026 budget amendments last week. The proposed change “adds a...
New York Dads Forgo $1.6 Billion in Paid State Leave, Study Says
Feb 26 2025 // New fathers are more likely to be eligible for state paid parental leave programs but less likely to take the time off, leaving as much as $1.6 billion on the table annually in New York alone, according to a new report. An...
DoorDash to Pay $16.8 Million in Back Pay to New York Couriers
Feb 25 2025 // DoorDash Inc., the biggest food-delivery firm in the US by market share, agreed to pay New York couriers $16.8 million in back pay to resolve a state investigation into its payment practices. DoorDash used customer tips to...
New York Sues Vape Distributors for Fueling Teen Epidemic
Feb 21 2025 // New York sued several large e-cigarette manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday, saying they fueled a youth vaping epidemic by selling products with cartoonish packaging and flavors such as Baja Slushie,...
New York’s Top Court Weighs Child Victim Act Lawsuit Standards
Feb 14 2025 // Lawyers sparred before New York’s top court Wednesday over how specific a man alleging sexual abuse decades ago needs to be in his lawsuit against the state in a case that’s being watched by advocates concerned...
Bill Aims to Drive Down New York City Taxi Drivers’ Insurance Costs. But Will It?
Feb 11 2025 // The New York City Council’s transportation committee heard testimony Monday on a proposal to lower the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance coverage requirement for for-hire drivers from $200,000 to $50,000 per...
22 States Sue Over New York Fund to Pay for Climate Change Damage
Feb 11 2025 // Twenty-two states sued New York on Thursday, contending that a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed...
New York City Live Poultry Markets Ordered Shut Due to Avian Flu
Feb 10 2025 // Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens and other fowl Friday after seven cases of avian flu were detected and state officials ordered markets in the metropolitan area to close for a...
New York Shields Doctors Who Prescribe Abortion Pills
Feb 6 2025 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor...
VIDEO: Uber Backed New York Ad Targets ‘Hidden Tax’ Driving Up Insurance Costs
Feb 5 2025 // A group calling for reforms to lower insurance costs across New York has launched its first ad. The ad from newly-formed Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) blames “special interests in Albany” along with...
New York Recovers $11 Million in Stolen Cars and Parts, Lost Titles
Feb 3 2025 // The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles said it helped consumers recover more than $11 million in stolen vehicles, stolen parts, services and lost titles, in 2024. According to the DMV, it recovered 303 stolen...
Uber Alleges Fraud Scheme by New York Groups Faking Car-Crash Injuries
Jan 31 2025 // Ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. filed a racketeering lawsuit against a group of law firms, doctors and pain-management clinics it claims staged fake car accidents and performed unnecessary surgeries to take...
PayPal Pays $2 Million Cybersecurity Settlement to New York Regulator
Jan 27 2025 // PayPal, Inc. will pay a $2 million penalty to New York State for violations of the state’s financial services industry cybersecurity regulation. The failures on December 2022 led to sensitive customer information,...
New York Obtains $1.065B Judgment Against Accused Predatory Lender
Jan 24 2025 // New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Wednesday her office obtained a $1.065 billion judgment against Yellowstone Capital, a cash advance provider accused of predatory lending, as part of a settlement that gives...
Citigroup Must Face New York Lawsuit Over Handling of Fraud Scams
Jan 22 2025 // A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Citigroup’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James claiming it failed to protect customers from online scammers and refused to reimburse customers who...
New York Proposes Plan to Stabilize Broken Taxi Insurance Market
Jan 22 2025 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed measures to stabilize the city’s taxi and rideshare insurance industry, which is reeling from the insolvency of its largest provider American Transit Insurance Co. Two of the...
New York, New England Surplus Lines Insurance Groups Merge
Jan 21 2025 // The Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association (PIWA) and the New England Surplus Lines Association have merged. The combined organization will operate under the PIWA name and serve excess-and-surplus wholesalers...
Extreme Cold From NY to Texas Threatens to Topple Records
Jan 16 2025 // A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central US this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records. Frigid conditions...
New York City Lawsuit Against Exxon, BP, Shell Over Climate Change Dismissed
Jan 16 2025 // A judge has dismissed New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell liable for misleading the public about their products, and their commitment to renewable energy and fighting climate change. In...
