November 12, 2024
A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes last month in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities announced Friday. Prosecutors …
November 12, 2024
New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has ruled. The court on Thursday dismissed a …
November 8, 2024
Brush fires broke out in a major New York City park and in New Jersey on Friday as the worst drought in more than two decades gripped the US Northeast. Firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park …
November 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $877,834 in back wages and fringe benefits from three Long Island contractors for 36 employees who were underpaid for their work on two New York projects funded by the U.S. Department …
November 5, 2024
Uber Technologies Inc. is proposing a cut to New York City drivers’ base pay rate, among other recommendations, as it seeks to lower prices of rides in one of its largest markets. The company would like the city’s Taxi and …
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 campaign — titled “Speeding Ruins …
December 17, 2013
California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.” The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report on Tuesday, …
November 20, 2012
Aon plc announced this week that it has secured interim office space in midtown Manhattan in New York City as part of its business continuity plan and to continue to serve clients effectively following Superstorm Sandy. The nearly 114,000-square-foot office, …
August 26, 2011
New Yorkers living in low-lying areas should think about moving out Friday before Hurricane Irene hits the city of 8.4 million people, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday. The mass transit system might have to be shut down on Saturday, …
August 17, 2011
A federal judge has ruled against a New York City plan to deactivate 15,000 fire alarm boxes, saying that doing so would discriminate against the deaf and hearing-impaired. The fire department last year said the move would save the city …