The Cuomo administration is distributing an additional $850,000 in aid for more than 100 New York farms impacted by flooding caused by tropical storms Irene and Lee. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced that the state funds will be distributed …
A fire at a New York City landmark building has injured eight firefighters. Dozens of fire trucks and 100 firefighters were on the street near the 40-story Equitable Building in Manhattan on Friday. The property is listed as a National …
A New York judge has ruled that rocker Courtney Love is liable for jewelry that she borrowed to wear to a charity event and never returned. But Judge Doris Ling-Cohan in Manhattan state Supreme Court said a special referee must …
Six people have been hospitalized following an early morning accident between a tour bus and a tractor-trailer in a suburb north of New York City. State police say the driver of the Trailways bus and five passengers were taken to …
Tropical storms Irene and Lee have left its victims tired and frustrated more than a month after the back-to-back disasters swamped homes, washed away roads and upended lives. Hopes and promises of many for fast bailouts from government and insurance …
Seeking to recover $4.5 million from medical providers in a scheme to allegedly bill insurance companies for procedures that were medically unnecessary and/or inappropriate, Allstate Insurance Company, filed counterclaims and complaints against the perpetrators. Allstate filed counterclaims and a third …
A federal jury has awarded a female correction officer in upstate New York $465,000 after she said she was sexually harassed by another guard. Amy Negron said a corporal at the Ulster County Jail cornered her, grabbed her genitals and …
A major New York-based law firm says there’s no truth to a former finance chief’s lawsuit saying she was demoted and then fired after taking sick leave to fight breast cancer. Proskauer Rose LLP called Elly Rosenthal’s discrimination claims “meritless” …
A Houston man has pleaded guilty to a charge related to selling fraudulent insurance policies, including one to a company that owned a tour boat which capsized in a New York lake in 2005, killing 20 tourists. Federal officials say …
A man who uses a wheelchair has sued three suburban New York City shopping malls, claiming they violate the federal disabilities act. Modesto Hernandez filed the lawsuits against the Midway Shopping Center in Scarsdale and the Central Plaza and Tanglewood …