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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...
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...
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...
New York Financial Firm Invests $37.4 Million in New Jersey MGA Leap
Sep 18 2025 // Syracuse, New York based financial services firm Community Financial System, Inc. is expanding its commitment to insurance by investing $37.4 million in the insurance business of Leap Holdings, Inc. Leap’s wholly...
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...
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...
People Moves: PIA New York Elects Officers; Bartow Elected President
Sep 15 2025 // Dix Hill, New York insurance agent Jason Bartow, AAI, CPIA, TRA, has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State (PIANY). Bartow is commercial lines executive vice president of Eugene A....
People Moves: Blumhagen Joins Willis as Producer for Upstate New York
Sep 12 2025 // Insurance broker Willis has appointed Steve Blumhagen as a producer in the Upstate New York market. Based in the Buffalo office, Blumhagen will report directly to David Lofstrom, Northeast Deputy Leader – New England,...
New York State Drought Watch Now in Effect in 50 Counties
Sep 11 2025 // The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced a drought watch is being expanded by 30 counties, bringing the total to 50 counties under a watch across the state. Governor Kathy Hochul said the...
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...
NY Fed Finds Modest Impact of AI on Jobs Even as Usage Increases
Sep 5 2025 // Use of artificial intelligence among businesses jumped in the last year and is expected to continue to grow, yet few firms have cut jobs as a result so far, according to a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. Around...
Forklift Error at New York Beauty Products Warehouse Spurs Chemical Leak and Fire
Sep 4 2025 // A chemical leak and fire at a suburban New York beauty products warehouse Tuesday may have been caused by a forklift mishap, officials said, warning neighbors to stay indoors. Commuter trains were temporarily stalled in...
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...
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...
Tour Bus Rollover Kills 5 on Highway in Western New York
Aug 25 2025 // A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 people aboard crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said. The driver...
Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Aug 22 2025 // Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at a site in New York City have filed lawsuits against two construction management firms they allege should be held responsible for the...
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...
Court Says Immunity Shields Former New York AG From Malicious Prosecution Claims
Aug 21 2025 // A federal judge has dismissed a case brought by a former New York City Council member alleging that a former New York State attorney general wrongly prosecuted him. The dismissal rested on the grounds that the former state...
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...
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...
