October 27, 2007
New York City is not immune from liability in 8,000 cases accusing it and others of failing to properly protect workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court panel suggested recently. …
October 10, 2007
The New York City Fire Department has uncovered more than 120 fire hazards and shut down construction sites at twice the normal rate since it restarted its inspections program less than two months ago. After a deadly blaze exposed dangerous …
October 8, 2007
From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …
October 8, 2007
From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …
October 3, 2007
A federal appeals court panel suggested this week that New York City is not immune from liability in 8,000 cases accusing it and others of failing to properly protect workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the 2001 …
September 28, 2007
In memos written months before a fire at a condemned ground zero skyscraper killed two firefighters, a former construction chief urged the state owners to add staff and funding to the project to ensure it was safe. The state agency …
September 25, 2007
The owner of an abandoned ground zero skyscraper where two firefighters died said it will fix hazardous stairwells, clear out combustible debris and make several other safety changes. Officials said shortly after the Aug. 18 blaze that the firefighters who …
September 24, 2007
From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …
September 24, 2007
From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …
September 24, 2007
South Carolina safety regulators fined the Charleston Fire Department and a furniture store last week for violating safety standards in a blaze that killed nine firefighters. The report and citations by the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration did not …