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#1 New York Central Park Managers Support Eliminating Horse-Drawn Carriages
Aug 27 2025 // For more than 150 years, horse-drawn carriages have been trotting through Manhattan’s Central Park, weathering the arrival of the automobile, years of criticism from animal rights activists and even a mayoral...
#2 New York Executives Blast State Over Regulatory ‘Black Hole’
Sep 18 2025 // At a recent roundtable with New York executives, Heather Briccetti Mulligan remembers the frustration of a businessman who compared trying to file a permit for a $200 million construction project with ordering a pizza. The...
#3 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...
#4 Judge Throws Out Trump’s $15B Lawsuit Against New York Times
Sep 22 2025 // A federal judge on Friday threw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a “decidedly improper and impermissible” effort to...
#5 Trump $464 Million NY Civil Fraud Penalty Vacated on Appeal
Aug 21 2025 // A New York appeals court struck down a $464 million fraud fine against President Donald Trump and his company, handing him a victory over the state’s attorney general. In a decision issued Thursday, the Manhattan...
#6 Court Upholds New York’s Gun Restrictions, Including Times Square and Subway Bans
Sep 22 2025 // No guns for Elmo, Spider-Man or anyone else in New York’s Times Square — and don’t try sneaking them into the subway, either. That is the decision last Friday from a federal appeals court effectively...
#7 Trump Sues The New York Times for Defamation and Libel, Seeks $15 Billion
Sep 16 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump sued the New York Times, four of its reporters, and publisher Penguin Random House for at least $15 billion on Monday, claiming defamation and libel, and citing reputational damage, a Florida...
#8 New Jersey Seeks Limits on Nonessential Helicopter Flights Citing Fatal NY Crash
Sep 2 2025 // New Jersey’s governor is asking federal officials to impose restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights in his state after a New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair in April, killing six...
#9 New York Financial Services Regulator Harris to Depart
Sep 30 2025 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Superintendent Adrienne Harris will be leaving the Department of Financial Services (DFS). Hochul is appointing Kaitlin Asrow as acting superintendent of DFS effective October...
#10 Trump Restores $187M Funding Cuts for New York Counterterrorism
Oct 6 2025 // President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New York’s law enforcement and counterterrorism operations, following bipartisan outcry from...
#11 New York Attorney General Settles Lead Paint Complaint Against Major Buffalo Landlord
Sep 8 2025 // New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a resolution of her office’s lawsuit to protect Buffalo children and families from lead poisoning in their homes. An agreement filed Friday in Erie County Supreme...
#12 New York Unveils Rules to Ban Addictive Social Media Feeds for Kids
Sep 17 2025 // New York’s attorney general on Monday proposed regulations for its crackdown on addictive social media feeds for children, including rules for verifying a user’s age. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation...
#13 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...
#14 Deadly Crash Raises Questions About Safety of New York’s Helicopter Tours
Apr 14 2025 // A helicopter ride giving a thrilling sweep of Manhattan’s iconic skyline has long been on the to-do list for New York City tourists of means. For several hundred dollars, tour companies fly passengers high above the...
#15 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...
#16 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...
#17 Liberty Mutual Settles With Travelers Over New York Subcontractor Coverage
May 30 2025 // Liberty Mutual reported that it has reached a settlement with Travelers Insurance in a case involving a construction firm being sued by a man who was injured when he fell down an elevator shaft on a construction...
#18 Amazon Sues to Block New York State Labor Law
Sep 25 2025 // Amazon.com sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to block it from enforcing a new law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private sector labor relations. In a...
#19 New York Marijuana Shops Sue State Over Mistaken Openings Too Close to Schools
Aug 19 2025 // A group of marijuana dispensaries in New York sued the state on Friday after cannabis regulators admitted they accidentally allowed pot shops to open too close to schools, putting the future of the businesses in...
#20 After Decades of Abuse Complaints, New York Pediatrician Ordered to Pay $1.6 Billion
Apr 10 2025 // Starting in the 1980s, New York law enforcement and health officials fielded sexual abuse complaints from the young patients of a respected pediatrician who ran his practice out of a basement office in his home on Long...
