State and local inspectors say more than 7,000 properties in Greater Binghamton were damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. The (Binghamton) Press & Sun-Bulletin reports that inspections carried out in the days after Lee provide a picture of widespread …
The Metro-North Railroad says service will resume along the length of the Port Jervis line by the end of the year. The line serves about 2,800 riders a day in Rockland and Orange counties. It was heavily damaged during the …
Authorities say they’re investigating the death of a man who apparently fell off the top floor of an Albany hospital’s parking garage. Police and fire crews responding to an emergency call from a hospital worker around 9:30 a.m. Monday found …
Late night TV host David Letterman will make a national plea to help flood victims in Schoharie. The CBS star once bused nearly half the town to his studio in New York City as a gag. On Monday he will …
In tossing out a negligence lawsuit, a judge on Friday cited the “strange, improbable” events that destroyed a 47-story World Trade Center building a decade ago on Sept. 11, several hours after the 110-story twin towers fell. The claims by …
The Fire Department says 17 people suffered minor injuries when scaffolding collapsed and hit a city bus in Harlem, New York. The FDNY said one person refused medical attention and the others were treated after the accident Tuesday morning. Fire …
Injuries caused by bicyclists are far more common than previously thought, with an average of 1,000 pedestrians hurt annually in New York state alone, a new study shows. New York City accounted for about half of those injured. One quarter …
A man is suing the White Castle chain, claiming the booths in one of its hamburger restaurants are too small. Martin Kessman says in the federal lawsuit filed last week that he was embarrassed in 2009 when he tried squeezing …
New York chiropractors don’t like the new medical treatment guidelines adopted last December by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. These changes focus on the treatment for the mid- and low-back, neck, shoulder and knees. The state’s main chiropractic …
Fire officials say a suspected steam explosion in a factory furnace in Buffalo has injured four workers. The Buffalo News reports that all four were burned in the blast around 6:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Luvata Buffalo plant. It wasn’t …