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r, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf has once again been honored among the nation’s top litigation firms, earning a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms for New York City.
The firm received Tier 1 recognition in three major practice areas:
New York’s newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is promising a new vision for how the city approaches safety, transportation, and justice. For those who’ve been injured on New York City streets — pedestrians struck by vehicles, cyclists hit by turning cars, or bystanders hurt in high-speed police chases — the change in leadership raises an important question: will New York’s streets finally become safer?
As New York Car Accident Lawyers, we have seen firsthand how decisions made at City Hall shape the risks ordinary New Yorkers face every day. From how fast cars travel on city avenues to how aggressively police pursue fleeing drivers, the policies of each administration directly affect who lives and who dies on our streets.
The 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers list once again highlights the exceptional legal talent of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, reaffirming the New York personal injury la firm’s position among the most accomplished trial practices in New York and across the nation.
Managing Partner Ben Rubinowitz earned the Number 1 ranking among all attorneys in New York Metro for the second consecutive year, while Howard S. Hershenhorn was named among the Top 10 attorneys. They are joined by Jeffrey B. Bloom, with all three celebrating 20 consecutive years of Super Lawyers recognition—a rare milestone achieved by only a select few attorneys nationwide.
A shocking incident at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre has once again highlighted serious concerns about hospital safety and staffing standards. According to CBS New York, 62-year-old security guard Gardy Coriolan remains on life support after being brutally assaulted by a patient while working an overnight shift in the hospital’s emergency department.
Mr. Coriolan, a retired Department of Correction officer and school security professional, had reportedly expressed concerns about inadequate staffing levels in the hospital’s emergency unit prior to the attack. His wife, Sonya Coriolan, told reporters that her husband had repeatedly warned that three security officers were not enough to handle volatile situations in a busy emergency room, particularly when psychiatric patients were involved.
With the end of daylight-saving time approaching and earlier evenings settling in, New York City has once again launched its annual Dusk & Darkness Campaign under the Vision Zero initiative. As experienced New York City car accident attorneys representing injured pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, we believe it’s crucial to remind everyone how these seasonal visibility changes can increase the risk of serious crashes — and what drivers must do to keep our streets safe.
According to city officials, the fall evening commute is one of the most dangerous periods of the year for pedestrians. When daylight ends earlier, visibility drops sharply during rush hour — just as streets are at their busiest.
If you’re a bicyclist in New York City, one of the most alarming things you can hear about is a driver who flees after hitting a rider. That’s exactly what happened on Friday afternoon in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, at the intersection of Westchester Avenue and White Plains Road. According to the reporting:
The driver slammed into a police car that was conducting a traffic stop, then hit a bicyclist, and then fled the scene. News 12 – Default+1
Both the bicyclist and the officers are reported to be in stable condition as of Sunday night. News 12 – Default+1
A 19-year-old Rutgers University student was critically injured earlier this month after an alleged hazing ritual at the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house in New Brunswick, New Jersey. According to multiple reports, the student was found unresponsive in the basement of the off-campus property and rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was initially listed in critical condition. The national fraternity organization has since shut down the Rutgers chapter permanently, acknowledging that hazing took place.
As school injury attorneys who have represented victims of negligence on campuses across New York and beyond, we are deeply troubled by the details emerging from this case — and by the recurring pattern of preventable harm that continues to occur under the guise of fraternity “tradition.”
By the NYC Construction Attorneys at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & MackaufRecently, a fellow construction worker lost his life on a major New York City tunnel project. The death of 52-year-old Jorge Sanchez, who reportedly had worked a 35-hour shift just days before his fatal fall, serves as a stark reminder of how speed, pressure and unsafe conditions converge in the construction industry.
According to his co-worker and close friend, the project had been running behind schedule, and management demanded extended shifts to “catch up”. Sanchez and the co-worker both reported working extremely long hours over the prior weeks.
The New York personal injury law firm of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackau is pleased to welcome attorney Adam J. Tynan to the firm.
Adam is an experienced civil litigation attorney who vigorously advocates for individuals and families who have suffered personal injuries. His practice focuses on personal injury, premises liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death.
Before joining the firm, Adam served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department, where he represented various City agencies in the Special Litigation Unit on cases involving catastrophic injuries across all five boroughs. During his tenure, he completed countless depositions, motions, oral arguments, conferences, settlements, and trials—honing his courtroom skills and developing a deep understanding of complex civil litigation.
On October 21, 2025, multiple witnesses testified in the bench trial of Daniel Hyden, the man accused of driving drunk and plowing into a crowd at Corlears Hook Park on the Lower East Side on July 4, 2024. The crash left four people dead — Lucille Pinkney, Herman Pinkney (her son), Emily Ruiz, and Ana Morel — and seven others injured.
As NYC car accident lawyers, we believe this case underscores several key points about liability, victim rights, and the types of evidence that matter most in catastrophic crash claims.
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