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When winter winds come gusting, those perched precariously on scaffolding above New York City streets face significant danger. That proved all too true last month for three Brooklyn construction workers who were injured when their scaffolding collapsed in winds that...
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...
After you have been injured in a car accident here in New York City, you may be tempted to try to manage your personal injury claim on your own. If your injuries are very minor, it might be doable.However, in most cases, you will not get as much out of a claim as an...
Anyone who has ever walked the streets of Manhattan has surely seen them — the nimble-footed construction workers working high above the ground perched precariously on scaffolding extending up many stories from the ground level.Scaffold-builders and workers face...
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...
The construction industry is inherently a dangerous environment to ply one's trade. But one of the most dangerous jobs of all is to be a crane operator on a building site. New York City has certainly had its share of devastating crane accidents. The close proximity of...
New Yorkers sometimes get a bad rap about being unfriendly or even outright surly to strangers. But when it really matters, they can rally together and save a life.That recently occurred on the Lower East Side when a pedestrian was struck by a motorist and got trapped...
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...
When you think of all the types of heavy equipment hazards that you can encounter working construction here in New York City, forklift accidents might not even be on your radar.But the fact is that people can get seriously injured and even killed working on forklifts....
New York City may be in for a January heat wave, but that is a rarity indeed. Soon, we will be back to weather business as usual, with Arctic fronts sweeping down from Canada and snow blanketing the city.The fact is that winter driving in New York City can be quite...