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New York Effort to Legalize Marijuana Fails; Decriminalization Possible
Jun 19 2019 // New York state lawmakers couldn’t approve marijuana legalization this session, and the legislature is now considering a back-up bill that would expand access to the drug for medical reasons and decriminalize its...
New York Senator Schumer Calls for Repairs to Lake Ontario Infrastructure
Jun 18 2019 // New York Senator Chuck Schumer plans to call on the Army Corps of Engineers to provide funding for repairs to flood-ravaged infrastructure at Little Sodus Bay Harbor on Lake Ontario. A pier and a barrier bar began to...
Business Moves
Jun 17 2019 // National Ryan Specialty, Atlantic Specialty Ryan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan...
Rebranded Crime App Aims for ‘People-Powered Public Safety Net’
Jun 14 2019 // One afternoon in late October 2017, hundreds of students from the elite Avenues private school in Manhattan were loaded onto buses, ready to head home. Suddenly, school principal Abby Brody got a disturbing smartphone...
Official Says Pilot Who Crashed Helicopter in NYC Radioed He Was Lost
Jun 14 2019 // The pilot killed when his helicopter hit the roof of a New York City skyscraper in rain and fog radioed that he was lost and trying to get back to the heliport but couldn’t find it, an official briefed on the...
Cook Maran Hires Roberts in NYC as Private Client Advisor for Personal Insurance
Jun 13 2019 // Cook Maran, a Prime Risk partner, recently hired Elliot Roberts as a private client advisor for Personal Insurance. He will operate out of the Cook Maran office in New York City. Roberts was previously vice president of...
Pilot Killed in New York Crash Wasn’t Certified to Fly in Bad Weather
Jun 13 2019 // The pilot killed Monday when his helicopter slammed into the roof of a New York City skyscraper was not authorized to fly in limited visibility, according to his pilot certification, raising questions about why he took off...
Video Believed to Show Helicopter Flying Erratically Before New York Crash
Jun 12 2019 // The helicopter that slammed into the roof of a Manhattan high-rise building on Monday was apparently captured on video minutes earlier flying erratically, and investigators are trying to determine whether the pilot should...
OneBeacon Financial Institutions Hires Hamilton in New York City
Jun 11 2019 // OneBeacon Financial Institutions, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, has hired James Hamilton as vice president overseeing regional operations and contributing to the management of the company’s public bank and...
Helicopter Pilot Killed on Manhattan High-Rise Had Reported a Problem
Jun 11 2019 // The pilot of a helicopter who was killed in a crash-landing on a high-rise building in Manhattan had reported a problem and said he wanted to return to the heliport he had taken off from minutes earlier. The copter instead...
New York Senate Passes New Limo Safety Rules Following Fatal Crash
Jun 10 2019 // The New York Senate approved new safety regulations Thursday for limousines, following an upstate crash that killed 20 people last fall. The nine bills endorsed Thursday include provisions that would require large stretch...
More Younger Workers Think Economy Is Hurt by Older Workers Not Retiring
Jun 10 2019 // A rising share of older Americans is forgoing the concept of a traditional retirement at the age of 65, a trend that some younger workers aren’t particularly thrilled to see. A recent poll by The Associated...
New York’s Preferred Mutual Names Sander Executive VP of Insurance Operations
Jun 6 2019 // Preferred Mutual Insurance Company has named Benedikt Sander as executive vice president of Insurance Operations. In this role, Sander will be responsible for driving results for Insurance Operations with a focus on...
Companies See New York as Scooter Haven; NYC Says Not So Fast
Jun 6 2019 // Four companies – Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., Bird Rides Inc. and Lime – are aggressively lobbying in New York to legalize electric scooters, considered both perilous play-rides of the well-off and one of...
Judge Restrains 3 Former Guy Carpenter Execs Who Moved to Lockton Global Re
May 31 2019 // A federal judge in New York has granted reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter’s request for a temporary restraining order against three former executives who moved to competitor Lockton in March. The TRO blocks the three...
Texas, Louisiana Among States Most at Risk for Storm Surge, CoreLogic Says
May 31 2019 // Some 7.3 million U.S. homes with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion are at risk from storm surge, Irvine, California-based data analytics provider CoreLogic said in its 2019 Storm Surge Report, issued days...
Three Convicted in New York City Fake Accident Fraud Scheme
May 30 2019 // Three men have been convicted in a trip-and-fall scheme that recruited low-income people and the homeless to defraud New York City-area businesses and their insurance companies. Prosecutors say a federal jury in Manhattan...
7 U.S. Exchanges Face Investors’ Claims for Favoring High Frequency Traders
May 30 2019 // A Manhattan federal judge has ordered seven U.S. stock exchanges to face proposed class-action claims that they defrauded ordinary investors by quietly enabling high-frequency traders to trade faster and at better...
New York Reclaims Top Financial Center Title from London
May 28 2019 // New York once again has bragging rights as the world’s leading financial center, having reclaimed the title from London where Brexit continues to cast a shadow of uncertainty over the UK economy. However, the Big...
Alibaba Plans $20B Listing in Hong Kong to Boost Technology Investments: Sources
May 28 2019 // Alibaba is considering raising as much as $20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014 record $25 billion float in New...
