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New York City Firms’ Return-to-Office Plans Face Persistent COVID Headwinds
May 27 2022 // Efforts by financial firms and others to bring workers back to Manhattan offices more than two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic face persistent headwinds, consultants said, with commuters still worrying...
Federal Judge Upholds New York Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Industry
May 26 2022 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to...
New York Opens New Window for Adult Sex Abuse Survivors to Sue
May 26 2022 // Adult sexual assault survivors who missed legal deadlines to sue their abusers would get a second chance to file lawsuits under a bill that received final approval Monday from New York’s Legislature. Once it becomes...
New York City to Pay $7M to Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1996 Killing
May 25 2022 // New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Comptroller Brad Lander said Monday. Grant Williams was exonerated last July in the 1996 shooting of...
New York City Area Traffic Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels
May 25 2022 // Traffic at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s bridges and tunnels has returned to pre-pandemic levels, partly due to changes in traveling habits, the agency’s Executive Director Rick Cotton...
YES and No: New York’s Yankees Network Sues Insurer to Recover COVID Losses
May 23 2022 // Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES), the broadcasting company for the New York Yankees, New York Nets and other area sports teams, is suing its insurer, Hartford Fire Insurance Co., for denying its claims for...
Global Supply Stress Worsened in April, NY Fed’s Index Shows
May 19 2022 // Stress on global supply chains worsened in April as coronavirus lockdown measures in China and the war in Ukraine lengthened delivery times, and air freight costs between the United States and Asia rose, the New York...
New York Accuses Amazon of Discriminating Against Pregnant and Disabled Workers
May 18 2022 // The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers at its worksites, Governor Kathy Hochul said on...
Court Says Federal Law Preempts, Tosses New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety
May 11 2022 // A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of failing to adequately protect thousands of workers at two New York City facilities against...
New York City to Settle Lawsuit Over Wrongful Murder Conviction for $10.5M
May 9 2022 // New York City will pay $10.5 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who spent 24 years in prison on a murder conviction that was overturned after a witness who had placed him at the crime scene...
New York City Launches $4M Traffic Safety Campaign
May 5 2022 // New York City is launching a $4 million campaign to counter rising traffic accidents and curb dangerous driving behaviors like speeding that have occurred at higher rates since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Help Wanted as New York City Implements Law Requiring Salary Ranges in Job Ads
May 2 2022 // Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for...
Markets/Coverages: Home Insurer Hippo Expands to New York State
Apr 29 2022 // Hippo Insurance Services announced it will offer home insurance products in New York State. With New York, Hippo products are now in 38 states. New Yorkers will have access to Hippo’s offerings, including home...
New York Giants, Jets Urge Court to Reject Deception Suit
Apr 28 2022 // Attorneys for the New York Giants and Jets teams have asked the court to dismiss with prejudice the amended complaint from two fans upset that the franchises have New York in their name but actually play in MetLife Stadium...
New York’s Top Court Overturns $16.5 Million Talcum Powder Cancer Verdict
Apr 28 2022 // The New York Court of Appeals has nixed a $16.5 million jury verdict won by the estate of a woman who died from cancer that she claimed was caused from cosmetic talcum powder. The high court found that the woman’s...
Auto Insurance Industry to New York: Get Rid of Photo Inspection Requirement
Apr 22 2022 // Auto insurance carriers and independent agents in New York have launched a campaign to eliminate what they say is an outdated requirement for the state’s auto insurance buyers. The group wants lawmakers to let auto...
New York Times Sues Defamation Plaintiff Under Expanded Anti-SLAPP Law
Apr 21 2022 // The New York Times sued an anti-immigration author for the cost of defending itself against defamation in the first lawsuit of its kind under New York’s recently expanded “anti-SLAPP” law to protect...
One80 Acquires New York-Based Marine Wholesaler Seacoast Specialty
Apr 13 2022 // Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported that it has acquired New York-based Seacoast Specialty Administrators, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Seacoast is a...
Amended Class Action Wants NFL’s Giants, Jets to Drop ‘New York’ From Names
Apr 12 2022 // Plaintiffs upset that the National Football League teams Giants and Jets call themselves New York teams when in fact they play their games in New Jersey have amended their class action complaint to demand that the teams...
Denial of Restaurants’ Claim Upheld in First Covid-19 Ruling by a New York Appeals Court
Apr 11 2022 // An insurer has been upheld in its denial of coverage in a first ruling on Covid-19 business interruption insurance by a New York appellate court. The appeals court upheld a New York county court—and said it agreed with...
