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Earlier this year, partners Jeffrey Block, Daniel O'Toole, and Stephen Murphy were once again honored by the Best Lawyers® list, and this month, all three are featured on the cover of the 2018 New York City Best Lawyers® magazine. Each year, Best Lawyers®...
Tragedy has struck again as a 67-year-old bicyclist has died after colliding with a Toyota Prius in Chelsea on November 29, according to the Daily News. The cyclist, Josef Mittleman, was heading down 11th Avenue in the early afternoon and struck the car...
There is no sign of construction slowing down anytime soon in New York City. In fact, according to data from the Department of Buildings, the city issued over 88,000 construction permits in the past six months - a record high. Another report estimates that...
In September, we covered a tragic crash between an MTA bus and chartered tour bus that resulted in three deaths and 15 injuries in Queens. At the time we wrote: "The collision is currently under investigation...however, from initial reports, it appears that...
Occurring on Labor Day weekend and wedged in a news cycle that includes two catastrophic hurricanes, you may not have heard about the tragedy that occurred in New York City on September 5th. Six innocent bystanders at Staten Island's Page Laundromat were injured...
In a terrible reminder of the times we live in, our city was once again the scene of a grizzly terrorist attack on Tuesday. In New York City's deadliest attack since 9/11, a 29-year-old man drove a truck onto a bike path, using the truck as a weapon to kill 8 people...
There has been a lot of confusion about the insurance coverage afforded to drivers, passengers, and pedestrians injured in automobile accidents involving Uber or Lyft vehicles. If you've been involved in an Uber or Lyft accident in New York State, here is what you...
Tragically, a worker died last week as a result of a fall from a two-story home on 50th Ave., near 94th St. in Corona, Queens, as reported by the New York Daily News.At around 11:50am on October 18th, the 60-year-old worker, whose name has not yet been released, was...
Like any activity we engage in, getting behind the wheel or sitting down in the passenger seat has its risks. What starts off as a simple commute to work or trip to the store can quickly become a tragic accident that leaves people injured or worse. We have...
Six construction workers were injured - four of them seriously - in an alarming roof collapse on Tuesday October 17, 2018. The incident occurred inside a brownstone located at 1294 Park Place, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn at around 9:45 a.m., according to...
