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The death of four college students in a car accident in Queens last week is prompting New York City to examine its signage policies. According to NY1, the city posted warning signs near the scene of the accident less than a year ago, but intends to review the signs to...
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) will add cameras to nine road construction sites across the city. The idea is to remind drivers of both the dangers of speeding in work sites and reinforce awareness of the need to obey the posted speed signs. The...
One of the biggest construction projects in New York City history, One57, has become the subject of at least 19 lawsuits. Although it is not known whether this is a record number, one construction litigation attorney said that that number of cases was unusual. One57...
After neighborhood residents complained, the New York City Department of Transportation recently installed a new traffic light at a dangerous intersection in the Bedford- Stuyvesant neighborhood. People in the area had complained about the danger of the corner of...
While the tabloids are speculating about whether Rockefeller will face criminal charges, there may be civil implications for the victims here as well. It says here that Metro North will wheel out a rarely used, but occasionally effective, defense to explain away their...
Unwary customers were buried by piles of shelves and merchandise after overstocked shelves collapsed in a 99 Cent Store located in the Bronx. The avalanche of shelves and merchandise buried eight victims, including several children, at the Morris Avenue discount...
A hard-working construction worker lost his life because he was compelled to work on a dangerous scaffold. He fell 8 stories to his death at the posh Dream Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Despite this, there were only a few snippets in the local tabloids, some brief...
Falling steel girders apparently injured three construction workers at the former GM site in Linden, New Jersey. Six struts intended to support the deck of the warehouse collapsed. The struts were at the top of a story-story building currently under construction. The...
For the better part of a year, the New York attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy have been monitoring proposals that politicians have tossed out regarding pedestrian safety and the reduction of traffic fatalities. Now, it appears the talk will start to be replaced...
The New York attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy have long advocated for the rights of hard-working women and men in the construction industry. Often that involved explaining the import of the worker safety laws that are in place in New York State. Frequently it...
