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At least six people, including five firefighters and a 9-month-old baby, were injured in a fire that tore through an apartment building located in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx on Monday, August 5, 2019. The apartment building affected by this fire is...
One person was injured and 58 people (including 20 children) were displaced when part of a building came crashing down at around 2 p.m. Wednesday in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The Department of Buildings (DOB) reports that a second floor parapet wall, which was...
Tragedy occurred in the Bronx on Friday night when Leon Clark, an elderly man, was hit and killed by a private sanitation truck as he attempted to cross the street.Rodney Jordan, a witness to the accident, told ABC7NY that the truck hit Clark and then backed over...
By and large, the dangers which lead to construction accidents are already known, which makes it even more inexcusable when catastrophic or fatal accidents do happen. This is clear from the latest iteration of The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA)...
Dr. Jay Ken Iinuma, a former medical director for healthcare giant Aetna, recently admitted in a deposition that he did not personally review medical records when approving or denying claims, instead relying on the recommendations of nurses.This bombshell admission...
On the morning of Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at around 10AM, an American elm tree suddenly fell on West Drive in Central Park near 62nd Street where Anne Monoky Goldman, a Manhattan mother, was strolling with a baby strapped to her chest and two toddlers in a double...
New York City is a beautiful place to be this time of year. The foliage has returned to Central Park and the warm air makes getting out and enjoying our city an experience to look forward to every day. Unfortunately, this time of year also results in increased...
The idea of "do it yourself" (DIY) is hotter than ever, with entire cable networks and websites devoted to teaching consumers how to roll up their sleeves and work on satisfying projects. When it comes to your legal rights, we don't recommend DIY as a successful...
As New Yorkers, we rely heavily on public transportation to commute to and from jobs, for family outings, to run personal errands, and much more. The scenes from a Brooklyn train station this morning were horrific - smashed glass, fire, debris, victims on stretchers,...
Another tragedy at a New York City construction site.This time, an elevator mechanic was severely injured when he fell down an elevator shaft at a Brooklyn construction site. 42 Year-old Tracy Buyes showed up for his second day of work at a building in the Bushwick...
