Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is a New York Plaintiff's personal injury law firm specializing in automobile accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, police misconduct and all types of New York personal injury litigation.
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Dooring occurs too often in NYCA fatal dooring crash in Ozone Park, Queens, has once again highlighted the serious and often overlooked dangers faced by cyclists, e-bike riders, and scooter riders on New York City streets. These incidents are not unavoidable accidents—they are frequently the result of a driver or passenger failing to exercise basic care when opening a vehicle door.

The Ozone Park Dooring Crash: A 10-Day Struggle for Survival

On the evening of November 18, 2025, Sahan Ahmed, a 24-year-old electric scooter rider, was traveling westbound on Liberty Avenue near 103rd Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens. As he passed a parked 2012 Kia Soul, the driver opened the driver’s-side door directly into his path.

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Lenox Hill Hospital named Top Hospital by LeapfrogEach year, The Leapfrog Group recognizes hospitals that demonstrate the highest level of patient safety and quality of care with its Top Hospital Award. These hospitals have stronger systems in place to prevent medication errors, deliver safer maternity care, and reduce hospital-acquired infections—factors directly tied to patient outcomes.

To qualify, hospitals must first earn an “A” Hospital Safety Grade in Leapfrog’s most recent scoring cycle and then meet strict, data-driven criteria under Leapfrog’s annual Top Hospital Methodology. There is no cap on the number of recipients; any hospital that meets the standard is honored.

Yet in 2025, only a small number of hospitals in New York State reached that benchmark.

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pregnant womanThe Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit focused on patient safety, has released its 2025 Maternity Care Report, providing one of the most comprehensive analyses of maternity care practices in the United States. The report draws on data from more than 2,400 hospitals, representing 80% of inpatient hospital beds nationwide, with approximately 1,700 hospitals reporting maternity care data.

As New York medical malpractice lawyers, this report reinforces a critical reality: while some progress has been made in maternity safety, serious risks remain—particularly for families delivering in states with elevated C-section rates, including New York.

What Leapfrog Measures—and Why It Matters

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snowy day in new YorkA severe cold snap has gripped New York City and the Tri-State Area following recent snowfall, creating dangerous conditions for pedestrians, drivers, and workers throughout the region. With temperatures dropping into the single digits, extreme wind chills, and widespread black ice, the risk of serious personal injuries has increased significantly across New York.

In response to the extreme cold, New York City has activated Code Blue, highlighting the danger posed to vulnerable populations and underscoring the seriousness of the conditions. As New York personal injury attorneys, we routinely see an uptick in preventable accidents during periods of extreme winter weather—many caused by unsafe property conditions, untreated ice, and failure to follow basic safety obligations.

Hazardous Winter Conditions Across New York City

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location of the Bronx MTA Bus AccidentA frightening MTA bus crash unfolded in the Bronx today  (see video below) when a Bx6 bus lost control in the Longwood section of the borough, slamming into multiple vehicles over a five-block stretch before coming to a stop near Prospect Avenue. According to reports, the incident began near Cauldwell Avenue by the Forest Houses and continued through East 163rd Street, with panicked passengers on board as the bus struck at least one car and kept moving. The driver and six others were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, and the cause of the loss of control remains under investigation.

MTA buses are a critical part of daily life in the Bronx, transporting millions of passengers through some of the most congested and complex roadways in New York City. When a bus accident occurs, however, the consequences can be devastating—leaving passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists with serious injuries and unanswered questions about accountability.

As MTA bus accident lawyers, our team has decades of experience representing victims injured in Bronx transportation accidents, including collisions involving city buses, commercial vehicles, sanitation trucks, and other government-owned vehicles operating on Bronx streets.

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Location of the COACH Bus accident in Midtown ManhattanAn out-of-control Coach USA bus barreled onto the sidewalk and slammed into building scaffolding and a Midtown Manhattan tower near Grand Central Station on December 11, 2025 (see video below). The crash, which occurred on East 41st Street between Lexington Avenue and Park Avenue, sent debris crashing down and pedestrians running for cover. One person was transported to Bellevue Hospital, and an investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.

From the perspective ofour  experienced New York City bus accident attorneys, incidents like this underscore how devastating a single moment of lost control can be in one of the most densely populated urban environments in the country. Even when, as reported here, a bus is not carrying passengers, the risk to pedestrians, nearby workers, and occupants of surrounding buildings is enormous.

Why Bus Accidents in NYC Are Especially Dangerous

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Sharik Bryant Killed in a Bronx Hit and Run AccidentA tragic hit-and-run in the Bronx has once again raised pressing questions for families about their rights, available legal remedies, and how to pursue compensation when a reckless driver causes a fatal pedestrian crash and flees the scene.

Early Saturday morning, 27-year-old Shariq Bryant was struck and killed while crossing E. 222nd Street near Boston Road. Police say the driver of a 2025 BMW M8 was speeding down the block before hitting Mr. Bryant and crashing into a telephone pole. Instead of staying to help, the driver ran off, leaving behind an injured passenger and a shattered community.

Loved ones describe Mr. Bryant as optimistic, supportive, and someone who brought people together. He had returned to his old Bronx neighborhood to visit friends when his life was taken without warning.

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location of the deadly moped accident in QueensA fatal collision in Jamaica, Queens is drawing renewed attention to the risks pedestrians face every day on New York City streets — including those posed by mopeds, e-bikes, and bicycles operated in violation of traffic laws. Police report that 68-year-old Trevor Lloyd Samuels was crossing at 93rd Avenue and 168th Street on Friday evening when he was struck by a moped rider while walking in a marked crosswalk. He suffered severe head trauma and later died at Jamaica Hospital.

The moped operator, 26-year-old Yunior Rodriguez, remained at the scene and was taken to Queens Hospital, where he was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

For Mr. Samuels’s family, the sudden loss has been devastating. His daughter described him as a man with “story for days”—a former correctional officer in Jamaica for nearly four decades, a dedicated home health aide, and a deeply loved father and grandfather. His five children and five grandchildren are now grappling with the weight of a preventable tragedy that unfolded in seconds.

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traffic-fatalities-in-nyc-by-year-and-by-category-2024On December 2, 2025, The New York Times published a compelling guest essay by neurosurgeon Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, titled “The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.” In it, he describes what he sees every day in trauma units: catastrophic injuries from motor vehicle crashes that no amount of surgical skill can reverse. His perspective is not theoretical or technological — it is medical, urgent, and grounded in human outcomes.

As New York car accident lawyers representing victims of severe crashes, the data and warnings he highlights are deeply relevant to the families we serve.

A Doctor’s View From the Trauma Bay

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Orla Baxendale lost her life due to anaphylactic shock resulting from a severe allergic reaction to a cookie manufactured by Cookies UnitedWhen a family loses a daughter to a preventable tragedy, accountability is not optional. It is essential. At Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, our attorneys are representing the family of Órla Baxendale, a 25-year-old dancer whose life was cut short by a mislabeled cookie that was packaged and sold by Stew Leonard’s. The substitute complaint we filed on October 16, 2025, details systemic failures in the grocery chain’s allergen disclosure and product labelingprocedures — procedures that the complaint describes as “broken, unreliable, inherently dangerous, undependable, untrustworthy, erratic, and deplorable.”

Órla had severe allergies to peanuts. On January 11, 2024, she ate a Vanilla Florentine cookie that was purchased from a Stew Leonard’s store in Connecticut.  The cookies’ label did not list peanuts as one of its ingredients. Specifically, the cookies’ “contains” statement did not list peanuts. But the cookies contained peanuts — and Órla suffered a fatal anaphylactic reaction as a result of eating one.

Our substitute complaint outlines how this mislabeling was not an isolated mistake. Instead, it reflects systemic shortfalls in the grocer’s allergen-control and labeling systems.

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