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Sarah Palin, New York Times to Face Off in Defamation Retrial
Apr 11 2025 // Sarah Palin and the New York Times are headed back to a courtroom where the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate will try convincing a second jury the newspaper defamed her in an editorial...
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...
Fire Kills a New York Cat Sanctuary Founder and 100+ Rescued Felines
Apr 3 2025 // A fire burned down a cat shelter in suburban New York, killing its founder and more than 100 of the felines he rescued and sparking a rescue operation for dozens of cats still roaming the destroyed property. As many as 150...
$90 Million Settlement Reached Over Deadly 2018 New York Helicopter Crash
Apr 1 2025 // Relatives of a man who died when a sightseeing helicopter crashed and sank in a New York City river have settled a lawsuit for $90 million, agreeing to reduce a jury award in order to foreclose appeals and end the...
Fake Construction Site Injuries Reaching New Heights in New York City, Suit Says
Mar 31 2025 // Contractors insurance groups say worker injuries are being faked at an unprecedented rate across New York’s construction sites in hopes of receiving workers’ compensation benefits and liability insurance...
Auto Insurer Root to Pay New York $975K Over Data Breach
Mar 24 2025 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured $975,000 in penalties from auto insurance company Root over a data breach that the state says exposed the personal information of about 45,000 New Yorkers. Root does not...
Survivor Advocates Criticize New York Top Court’s Dismissal of Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Mar 20 2025 // A lawsuit against New York alleging sexual abuse decades ago was tossed out by the state’s top court Tuesday because it lacked specific information, drawing criticism from advocates concerned about setting...
New York Financial Services Regulator Launches New Platform, Boosts Staffing
Mar 19 2025 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has launched the DFS Connect platform, a portal that will centralize the department’s interactions with regulated entities and consumers. According to DFS...
New York Sues National General and Allstate Over Data Breaches
Mar 11 2025 // New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against National General and its parent Allstate Insurance Co. alleging they have failed to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. The suit by...
New York Fines Three Dozen Auto Insurers $20M for Slow Reporting on Policies. Insurers Say There’s More to the Story
Mar 10 2025 // The New York State Department of Financial Services in February issued more than $20 million in fines against three dozen auto insurers – for failing to timely report new and terminated auto insurance policies. But...
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...
