Pedestrian accidents

Despite longstanding efforts to cut down on pedestrian deaths in NYC car accidents, the number of pedestrians who died on New York City roadways in the first half of 2019 was up by more than a fifth compared to the previous year. Recently, three pedestrians were hurt in Queens on a Saturday afternoon when a motorist trying to […]

Because New York City is a large metropolitan area, the police cannot get to every car accident that happens here. Drivers involved in serious car accidents in NYC are responsible for filing accident reports that go to the police. Let’s look at when and how to file a car accident report with the NYC police and when you need […]

There have been multiple news reports recently about cyclists killed in a New York City bicycle accidents. The news reports suggest that “Vison Zero,” the plan to eliminate all traffic-related deaths in New York City by 2024, isn’t working. A recent issue of Bicycling magazine refers to the vigil for slain cyclist Robyn Hightman. A bike racer […]

A recent report in The New York Times says the potential for an elderly person to die from a slip and fall accident has increased in recent years. More people are living well into their 80s and 90s and many seniors are taking medications that can adversely affect balance. While you can’t change your age, you can […]

Falls are among the leading causes of death from unintentional injuries in the United States. Slips, trips and falls caused the deaths of 36,338 people in 2017, according to the National Safety Council’s most recent edition of Injury Facts, comparing 2016 to 2017 there was a 5% increase in fall deaths (primarily among the older population). More often, falls result […]

Being injured in a car wreck is difficult enough, recovering from being hurt, but having to worry about whose fault the T-Bone accident you were just in too can be overwhelming! Understanding whose is at-fault in a side impact collision begins when you call the NYC Injury Attorneys, David Resnick & Associates to get started. What […]

New York State lawmakers have authorized a nearly five-fold increase in the number of speed cameras used to monitor traffic around New York City schools. The presence of traffic cameras in school zones is intended to slow down drivers and protect students and others from pedestrian accidents, a state Senate news release says. The legislation revives […]

Citing thousands of preventable deaths and injuries each year in drunk driving accidents due to excessive alcohol consumption, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio banned alcohol advertising on city property in April. The ban, which applies to bus shelters, newsstands, Wi-Fi kiosks and recycling kiosks, will take effect as existing advertising contracts expire. City […]

Everyone comes to New York; why not Bird scooters, too? Actually, given the number of injuries suffered in Bird scooter accidents across the country, we question the idea of adding e-scooters to NYC’s legendary traffic congestion. But City Council is discussing legislation that would legalize e-scooters on NYC streets as it awaits a bill from Albany that would empower […]

One of the standard defenses in a slip-and-fall accident claim is that the property owner posted a warning about the hazard, and therefore a reasonable person would have heeded the warning and proceeded with caution or avoided the area and not been injured. This is a general perception that leads some New Yorkers who have been seriously […]

New Yorkers joke about how crowded and unreliable the New York subway system can be. What’s not a joking matter is how often NYC subway accidents and injuries occur. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) operates subways 24 hours a day in four New York City boroughs and transports some 1.73 billion riders a year. In its 2017 […]