Preservationists Rush to Save 150-Year-Old Lighthouse From Toppling Into Hudson River July 18, 2024 By Michael Hill HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River. Wooden...
New York State’s Commission on Ethics Facing Judicial Test February 21, 2024 By Michael Hill Months after a judge ruled that New York’s ethics watchdog violated the state constitution because it was too independent, a...
New York Law That Opened Window for 2,500 Sex Abuse Suits Is Expiring November 21, 2023 By Michael Hill For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous...
Buffalo Shooting Lawsuits Claim Social Media, Gun Firms, Parents Enabled Killer August 18, 2023 By Michael Hill YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black...
Trial Begins for Limousine Firm Operator Over New York Crash That Killed 20 in 2018 May 3, 2023 By Maysoon Khan and Michael Hill Nearly five years after a stretch limousine packed with birthday revelers careened down a hill and off a road in...
New York Expects Lifting of Deadline to Bring Wave of Claims by Adult Sex Abuse Survivors November 23, 2022 By Michael Hill Sexual assault victims in New York will get a one-time opportunity to sue over their abuse starting Thursday, under a...
New York Sets ‘Gun Free Zones’ to Restrict Guns; Regulates Concealed Carry Permits September 2, 2022 By Bobby Caina Calvan, Maysoon Khan and Michael Hill Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the...
Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Revised Gun Safety Law July 14, 2022 By Michael Hill A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one...
Court Rules Bronx Zoo Elephant Named Happy Doesn’t Qualify as a Person June 15, 2022 By Michael Hill Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined...
New York Let Childhood Sex Abuse Victims Sue; 9,000 Went to Court August 18, 2021 By Michael Hill For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims...