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According to Time Warner Cable News, as motorcycle accidents are on the rise in New York, state agencies are trying to educate the public about safety through Motorcycle Awareness Month. “The ultimate goal is to protect motorcycles and make motorists more aware of motorcyclists,” said Motorcycle Awareness Program Manager Jim Halvorsen, according to the news source. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, …

The attorneys at Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C. are proud to announce that they have presented a PC Pre Law Scholarship to an outstanding graduating Rockland Community College (RCC) student. Each year, for more than two decades, our attorneys have awarded a financial scholarship to an outstanding RCC graduate who has expressed the intention to complete his or her education …

According to CBS News, nine people were injured, including a Rockland County resident, in a vehicle accident on the New England Thruway in the Bronx on April 25. The news outlet reported that the accident occurred at 5 a.m. near the Connor Street exit. The vehicle, a Cadillac Escalade, slammed into a wall near the exit ramp on the northbound …

Updating a previous blog post, the Department of Buildings said that there were more than three dozen violations at a Manhattan construction site where a worker fell 13 stories to his death last month. The accident occurred on April 2, at around 2:10 p.m., near the Dream Hotel, at 210 W. 55th St., in Midtown. The worker, Lukasz Stolarski, 34, …

According to NorthJersey.com, a Lodi High School teacher was charged last week in connection to a drunk driving accident that left a Bergen County police officer critically injured. The news outlet reported that Michael Ettz, 36, a math teacher and coach, has been charged with aggravated assault, driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily …

A press release issued by New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman last month indicated that criminal charges were filed against 10 employees of a Rochester nursing home over allegations of abuse and neglect. According to the release, the employees, who worked for Blossom North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, are accused of mistreating a former resident. An investigation, conducted …

According to CBS New York, a construction worker fell to his death in a scaffolding accident in Midtown NYC on April 2.  The station reported that the accident occurred around 2:10 p.m. around the Dream Hotel, at 210 W. 55th St., near Broadway. The victim was allegedly working on the façade of the building at the time of the accident …

According to LoHud.com, a 15-year-old had to undergo surgery after a car jumped a curb in West Haverstraw and hit him as he walked along the sidewalk on April 1. The boy reportedly suffered multiple compound fractures and head injuries. As of last week, he was being treated at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. The driver involved in the accident, …

According to WNBC-TV, the families of two Korean War veterans in Long Island are furious with a nursing home over alleged neglect. The family members say that their loved ones suffered gruesome deaths last year—in one case, a former soldier died because his bedsores grew large and deep. WNBC said the bedsores were so large, at one point a human …