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The staggering speed at which New York City's skyline has been transforming in recent years has not come without a human cost. As we've written about before, our city's construction boom has resulted in a record number of construction accidents, injuries and...
One of the facts of the construction industry in New York City is that some contractors operate on the borderline of safety and in repeated work conditions that are dangerous to their workers. Recently, a construction worker in the city was injured while trying to...
A basic principle of negligence law in New York City and elsewhere is that a passenger who is injured or killed in an accident will generally be entitled to monetary damages if the incident was caused by the negligence of one or more other persons. That general rule...
There are approximately 300 people every year who die in ladder accidents. That is a staggering statistic and there are countless others who sustained serious injuries in ladder accidents at construction sites. Many of these tragedies can be avoided if a culture of...
As college basketball begins its journey to the Final Four, a foursome of the ominous variety casts a pall over New York City's construction workers: the fatal four. The fatal four refers to the four top causes of construction worker fatalities as reported by the...
As we've written about in recent months, NYC mayor Bill de Blasio wants additional funding for the Vision Zero program. He says the $317 million he has requested will be used to fund traffic-related changes aimed at reducing fatal collision throughout the...
Accidents tend to come in rashes, which is how it happened in New York City on Tuesday, March 7. Pedestrian accidents topped the police blotters that day with three pedestrians killed and one hospitalized in critical condition. The first event occurred in Brooklyn at...
Aurora Beauchamp, a 61-year-old Florida resident was tragically struck and pinned down by an MTA bus yesterday at 8:52pm in Manhattan's East Village. The incident, involving a southbound M14D bus, happened at the crosswalk between Houston Street and Avenue...
There is a rise in cyclist deaths from accidents occurring in New York City. There were more than 16 deaths of bicycle riders in 2016 and 15 accident-related deaths in 2015. The numbers of cyclists injured in car accidents and other vehicular accidents in the city...
When a vehicular accident occurs in New York City, those involved in the traumatic event often rely on the New York City Police Department to get them through the turmoil. The police often arrive first on the scene, take care of directing the removal and extrication...
