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#1 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...
#2 Uber Says New York City Courier Rule ‘Singles Out’ Immigrant Workers
Aug 1 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is pushing back on a new NYC proposal requiring delivery app workers to display company-issued identification numbers on reflective vests, saying it “singles out” immigrant workers for...
#3 New York AG Sues Zelle, Claims Lax Security Led to $1 Billion Consumer Fraud Losses
Aug 14 2025 // Zelle was sued on Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the electronic payment platform’s refusal to adopt critical safety features enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion from...
#4 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...
#5 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...
#6 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...
#7 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...
#8 Two Men Charged with Staging Car Crashes for Insurance Money in New York City
Aug 1 2025 // Two Brooklyn men have been charged with staging three automobile accidents and then seeking insurance payouts from Allstate Insurance Co. for damages and purported injuries. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced...
#9 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...
#10 TWFG Insurance Acquires New York’s Angers & Litz Associates
Aug 13 2025 // Texas-based TWFG Insurance has expanded its national footprint with the acquisition of Angers & Litz Associates, Inc., a personal and commercial lines insurance agency based in Schenectady, New York. Angers & Litz...
#11 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...
#12 Aon’s NFP Acquires New York’s Pilot Benefits Group
Aug 14 2025 // Insurance broker NFP, an Aon company, announced it has acquired Pilot Benefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits broker in Melville, New York. Josh Senders and Ben Senders, principals at Pilot, will join NFP as senior vice...
#13 No Major Impact Reported as Small Earthquake Shakes New Jersey-New York Area
Aug 4 2025 // A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 3.0. It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights, less than 8 miles (13...
#14 NY and NJ Flash Flood Threats Recede as Weather Stabilizes
Aug 1 2025 // Thunderstorms disrupted New York City transit and inundated roads just as workers started their the home-bound commute Thursday, but conditions were improving into the night and Friday morning commuters can likely expect...
#15 People Moves: Chieppo Joins Mechanic Group; Foster Named Chair of NY Workers’ Comp Board
Aug 18 2025 // The Mechanic Group Appoints Chieppo Practice Leader Candace Chieppo The Mechanic Group, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG) headquartered in Pearl River, New York, appointed Candace Chieppo as practice leader....
