Our NYC Personal Injury Lawyers Raise Concerns About Kite Fighting, Negligence, and Public Safety Two cyclists were seriously injured—one critically—after riding into a string stretched across the Marine Parkway Bridge bike lane on June 1st, 2025. Despite the traumatic injuries sustained, including a severed windpipe and broken bones, the NYPD…
A weekend celebration on the water turned tragic when a boat carrying more than 20 passengers caught fire near Hart Island on Saturday evening. According to the FDNY and local news sources, the captain, 33-year-old Joshua Brito of the Bronx, was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated (BWI) and…
At Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, our New York personal injury attorneys have represented victims of negligence in New York for more than 100 years. Each June, we see a seasonal rise in serious personal injury claims across the five boroughs. Below are the most common…
Two pedestrians were injured on Monday afternoon when they were struck by an NYPD patrol car attempting to avoid a taxi turning at a busy Manhattan intersection. The incident took place around 4:09 p.m. at Broadway and West 112th Street in Morningside Heights. According to reports, a 63-year-old man and…
An explosion aboard a sewage transport vessel docked at the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in West Harlem has resulted in one fatality and two injuries. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2025, and involved three employees of the New York City Department of Environmental…
A Blog by our NYC Personal Injury Lawyers After years of dangerous conditions and tireless advocacy, New Yorkers finally have a safer way to cross the Queensboro Bridge. On Sunday, the city officially opened a newly redesigned layout that separates cyclists and pedestrians for the first time in the bridge’s…
From the perspective of the New York Personal Injury Attorneys at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf On the evening of May 17, 2025, tragedy struck New York Harbor when the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy training vessel, collided with the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge. The crash…
From the perspective of our New York personal injury attorneys New York City taxpayers paid nearly $2 billion in settlements during fiscal year 2024 — a staggering new record that underscores both the scope of city government liability and the urgent need for systemic accountability. The newly launched Claims Dashboard…
In a landmark victory for medical malpractice victims in New York, attorney Marijo C. Adimey of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf has obtained what is believed to be the highest medical malpractice verdict ever recorded in Nassau County. The jury awarded a unanimous $60,033,041.23 to a 65-year-old electrical…
Car Accidents, Bicycle Crashes, Pedestrian Knockdowns, and Construction Injuries Spike as New Yorkers Head Outdoors As New York thaws from winter and the streets grow busier, personal injury claims tend to rise—often sharply—during the spring months. At Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, our attorneys have represented…