The 2025 Year in Review documents another extraordinary year for the NYC personal injury law firm of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, marked by record-setting verdicts, precedent-shaping settlements, and litigation that advanced safety and accountability across New York. Throughout 2025, the firm secured results in cases involving catastrophic…
A recent federal arrest involving allegations of child sexual exploitation underscores a painful reality: when a young child is harmed, families are left not only reeling emotionally, but also facing urgent legal questions. Parents often ask what steps they can take immediately—and whether the law allows them to pursue compensation…
An off-duty New York Police Department employee was arrested in Manhattan following allegations of non-consensual sexual contact inside a Lower Manhattan office building. According to published reports, the incident allegedly occurred in the Two Bridges area and resulted in charges including forcible touching, sex abuse, and harassment. The criminal case…
A high-profile sexual abuse and sex-trafficking case involving three brothers from a wealthy Florida family is set to proceed to trial in Manhattan, where federal prosecutors have filed charges alleging years of sexual assault and exploitation involving dozens of women. The case, brought in the Southern District of New York,…
Allegations of sexual misconduct by a public school employee are among the most serious violations of trust in the New York City education system. A recent criminal case involving a Brooklyn public high school gym teacher underscores why students and families must understand their legal rights when abuse occurs in…
Federal prosecutors have charged Howard Rubin, a retired New York City financier with sex trafficking, transportation of women across state lines for sexual purposes, and bank fraud. The indictment alleges that Rubin used his significant wealth and influence to lure dozens of women—many of them former Playboy models—into what appeared to…
From our New York Sexual Abuse Lawyers’ Perspective When a longtime New York City Department of Education employee is arrested at JFK Airport with alleged child pornography on his phone—including images of his own students—the public has every right to be alarmed. The recent federal criminal complaint against Alejandro Santos,…
The recent indictment of a Bronx middle school teacher accused of repeatedly raping his 13-year-old student is another tragic reminder of the urgent need to protect children from predators in positions of power and trust. According to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, William Jones, a 32-year-old seventh-grade math teacher at…
The recent guilty plea of Queens gastroenterologist Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng underscores a chilling breach of medical trust — and a tragic reminder of how vulnerable patients can be to sexual abuse, even in the most trusted settings. As New York doctor sexual abuse attorneys, we represent survivors of physician misconduct…
By the New York Sexual Abuse Lawyers at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf The closure of New York’s Adult Survivors Act (ASA) lookback window in November 2023 brought an end to a powerful but temporary opportunity for adult survivors of sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits,…