Premises Liability

You've seen them all over the city — the approximately 1,400 structures draped in steel-and-wood sidewalk sheds due to the significant safety threat that their crumbling facades present -- a serious safety threat. Their structural problems include broken terra...

You go to visit a friend in their Manhattan loft apartment. As you walk toward the elevator, your foot slips in some pooled liquid on the floor. As you go down, you hear a pop. Then, shooting pain engulfs your right leg. You've torn your ACL.Now you are faced with...

The beleaguered New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) remains out of compliance with its duties to inspect and remove the lead paint from housing units, the watchdog for the federal agency reported earlier this week.On Wednesday, the monitor issued a third report...

Even though New Yorkers have no local team playing in Super Bowl LIV, many will still be throwing and attending parties to celebrate the big game. Still more will flock to their favorite neighborhood watering holes and sports bars to catch the action on big screens...

You stop at the local bodega for a six-pack and some scratch-offs on your way home from work. You can almost taste the crisp, cold flavor of the beer after a long day at work.But you never get to complete your purchase because you slip in some fluid leaking out from...

This week in Midtown Manhattan, a freak accident claimed the life of an esteemed architect. The 60-year-old woman died shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, as she walked to her office. She was hit by crumbling debris from the facade of an overhead brick...

Between the tables groaning with goodies, the annual Macy's parade and the afternoon and evening football games, there is also the mad rush to shop. Black Friday shoppers seek out the lowest prices and the savviest deals.Unfortunately, there is a far darker side of...

When you attend a professional sporting event as a fan, you want to have the best experience possible. The tickets certainly don't come cheap, so you skrimp and save to afford to see the big game from the nosebleed section.Regardless, you're going to make the best of...

Whether you are hosting a football game soiree or a Halloween party this fall, it is prudent to keep in mind the social host liability laws. The state's General Obligations Law, Sec. 11-100, deals with compensation for injuries resulting from illegal sales of liquor,...

You were so excited to get tickets to your favorite rap artist's concert here in New York City. You and a group of friends had great plans for the night and had shelled out a great deal of money.That made it even more disturbing when a rowdy group of concert-goers...