Latest New York Headlines
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New York Names InnSure to Manage Clean Tech Insurance Innovation Project
Apr 19 2023 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the nonprofit InnSure will administer the state’s $6.5 million insurance innovation fund that includes grants to encourage the development of new insurance policies and...
Robot Dog. Stolen Car Tracker. Security Cone. New York Police Go High-Tech
Apr 14 2023 // New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago. The new devices, which also include a...
Latest E-Bike Fire in New York City Kills 2 Children
Apr 13 2023 // An electric bicycle powered by a lithium ion battery is being blamed for a fatal fire on Monday in New York City that killed two children, marking the latest in a string of e-bike-related fires in the city. FDNY Chief of...
Patriot Growth Acquires Petschauer Insurance of New York
Apr 6 2023 // National insurance network Patriot Growth Insurance Services has added Petschauer Insurance to its organization. Based in Garden City, New York, Petschauer offers property/casualty, employee benefits, life and disability...
2 Killed in Construction Trench Accident at New York’s JFK Airport
Apr 5 2023 // Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the two...
EEOC Civil Rights Suit Accuses New York Pizzeria of Harassing Transgender Cook
Apr 3 2023 // T C Wheelers, Inc., which operates T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, violated federal law when management and employees harassed an employee because of his gender identity, the Equal Employment...
North Korean Hackers Posed as NY Times, Voice of America Staff
Mar 29 2023 // Suspected North Korean hackers are posing as journalists and trying to gather intelligence about international officials’ approach to nuclear security policy and Kim Jong Un’s government, according to new...
New York Surgeon Gets 36 Months in Jail for Role in $31 Million Trip-and-Fall Scam
Mar 27 2023 // A New York-licensed pain management doctor has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to obtain fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall...
TikTok, Transit Agencies Face Wrongful Death Suit Over New York Teenager’s Death
Mar 23 2023 // Chinese company ByteDance and its popular social media platform TikTok are facing a wrongful death suit in New York over the 2022 death of a teenager. The suit alleges that TikTok sent thousands of unsolicited suicidal...
Teen Driver in Crash in New York That Killed 5 Children Had No License
Mar 22 2023 // The 16-year-old driver in a crash that killed five young people did not have a driver’s license or permit and may have fallen asleep or become distracted before the SUV veered off a New York highway, officials said...
New York City Targets E-Bike Users With Safety Plan and Lithium Battery Regulations
Mar 22 2023 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed several bills into law to further regulate lithium-ion batteries sold in the city and strengthen fire safety related to the batteries used in e-scooters and e-bikes. Adams also...
New York Senate Passes Bill Requiring Insurance Disclosure on Pipeline Projects
Mar 20 2023 // The New York Senate has unanimously approved legislation that requires the disclosure of insurance information on permit applications for the construction of pipelines traversing any freshwater wetlands in the state. The...
Court Order Restricts Sale of ‘Ghost Gun’ Parts in New York
Mar 13 2023 // The New York attorney general has won an order that stops gun companies from selling or distributing unfinished or unserialized gun parts used to assemble untraceable “ghost guns” to New York consumers. U.S....
New York State, City Lawmakers Look to Curb Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
Mar 9 2023 // Lawmakers in Albany and New York City are pushing measures they hope will curb incidents of lithium-ion battery fires, which have risen in the past few years. They include measures requiring that all batteries and chargers...
New York City Launches Parametric Flood Program With Insurance, Tech Firms
Mar 8 2023 // Insurer Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, and the data technology firm ICEYE have teamed up with New York City government agencies to develop a pilot parametric flood recovery assistance...
Show Must Go On for Broadway Theaters’ Covid Loss Claim, Federal Judge Rules
Mar 8 2023 // A New York federal judge has refused to lower the curtain on a Covid-19 business loss claim by the owner of five Broadway theaters because the entertainment insurance policy language is ambiguous as to whether the theater...
1 Dead, 9 Hurt in Stampede at Rap Concert in New York
Mar 8 2023 // Apparently false fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, sent a crowd surging toward the exits, killing one person and injuring nine others, police said. The injuries at Sunday night’s concert...
NY Fed Says Supply Chain Pressures Normalized in February
Mar 7 2023 // Global supply chains have “returned to normal,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Monday, with pressures dropping to the lowest since before the COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into procurement...
New York EMS Workers Settle Suit With City Over Media Interviews
Mar 3 2023 // Four New York City ambulance workers who said they were disciplined for speaking to the media during the harrowing, early months of the COVID-19 pandemic have reached a settlement in their free speech lawsuit against the...
New York City Agrees to $6M Settlement Over Police Response to George Floyd Protests
Mar 2 2023 // About 320 people arrested during a George Floyd protest in the Bronx on June 4, 2020, and who claim the police used excessive force and violated their civil rights, will each receive about $21,500 under a settlement...
