A New Yorker in his mid-20s was riding the new blue, Citi Bike bicycle south on MacDougal St. at Houston St. in the West Village when the accident occurred this afternoon. This recent accident is just one in a series of early accidents involving bike share bicycles. We at Morgan Levine Dolan have been […]
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A new report says that New York is second in the nation in terms of long-term opioid abuse among injured workers. The report, from the Workers Compensation Research Institute, found that 14 percent of non-surgical workers compensation claims in New York were longer-term users of narcotics. That ranks New York just behind Louisiana, with 17
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The 9-year-old was struck by a van near 38-17 111th St. in Corona earlier this evening. The driver remained at the scene, and the child was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where she is listed in serious condition. The police continue to treat accidents like these as non-criminal matters and charges are not expected. The attorneys
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A 21-year-old New York man died in the hospital after he was taken there for injures that he incurred on his motorcycle. The man was reportedly driving his Harley Davidson motorcycle when he crashed into a Volkswagen Beetle, driven by a 19-year-old man. The driver of the Beetle was reportedly driving south and failed to
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Due to the new bike share program set to begin soon, the NYPD fears many cyclists will be struck by cars on New York City streets. There will soon be more than 6000 bicycles on City streets, many of which are already congested with vehicles. Although new bike lanes have been created, many of our
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A sixteen-year-old girl was killed and two others were injured when they were struck by a car in the Bronx yesterday afternoon. One of the surviving victims, Elizabeth Colon, 51, is a teacher who was walking home from work when she was struck. The other two teenage victims, one of whom where killed, were pedestrians as well.
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Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour this evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens seriously injured. Sixty people were taken to multiple hospitals. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Metro-North spokeswoman
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According to a report released by the AFL-CIO, workers in New York and other states may no longer be enjoying the benefits of improving workplace standards. Although the national rate of workplace fatalities had been decreasing since the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) was passed in 1970, that trend recently leveled out. Experts now
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A 76-year-old man had the wrong kidney removed by a surgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center here in New York. The surgeon has been relieved of his duties at the hospital after removing the wrong kidney from the man who had been on dialysis because of two diseased kidneys. Medical mistakes happen everyday but few rise
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Ten people were hospitalized yesterday afternoon after a severe car accident on Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens. The accident stopped traffic in both directions and the injured people has to be taken to several different hospitals. In multi car accidents, you need to hire a competent lawyers as early as possible. There are many insurance
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