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New York City's Department of Buildings released a scathing report that illustrated a sharp increase in accidents and deaths at construction sites in New York City over the past 12 months. The report cites statistics that point to a massive 34% increase in...
You may remember the New York City explosion that killed eight and injured 50 people in Harlem. An investigation into the incident, which happened about 18 months ago, revealed that the explosion was caused by a leaking sewer pipe and an improperly welded join in a...
Answer: Not right away. The law faces challenges from unions and in Albany. In addition to the 2015 bus accidents reported in the previous blog post, nine people were killed in 2014 bus accidents. The need to improve this story state of affairs was enshrined in the...
On August 25, 2015, at approximately 12:40 p.m., a 30-year-old construction worker fell to his death when wooden boards covering an elevator shaft gave way, causing him to plummet four stories down into the basement of 577 Ninth Avenue, near the corner of 42nd Street...
An inexcusable mistake by an air traffic controller led to the death of pilot Joseph Milo earlier this month, according to reports released by the NTSB. The air traffic controller directed the pilot, who was operating a plane that was experiencing some mechanical...
Answer: Not right away. The law faces challenges from unions and in Albany. There have been several bus-pedestrian accidents in recent weeks resulting in injuries to the pedestrians. Descriptions of the accidents make for somewhat gruesome reading, but they also raise...
When one car hits another, or a bus plows into a pedestrian, or a taxi runs up on the sidewalk, we call such incidents "accidents." This blog often refers to events like these as truck or auto accidents. But in most cases, killing a bicyclist or smashing into a stop...
An editorial appeared in the New York Times on July 21, 2015, decrying two transportation bills pending in Congress. If passed, the bills will make highways around the United States because each makes the safe operation of large trucks far less certain. You might be...
Partners Jeffrey Block, Daniel O'Toole and Stephen Murphy of the New York City personal injury law firm Block O'Toole & Murphy have once again been named to the 'Best Lawyers in America' list. The Best Lawyers honor was founded in 1981 to identify prominent...
It will probably come as no surprise to New York City residents that New York is the worst city in the United States for driving., according to one study. Part of the calculation is based on gas prices; New York has some of the highest prices at the fuel pump. They...
