New York City has a law called the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, or ESSTA, which was first enacted in the year 2014. New York State Sick Leave Law, or NYSSL provides paid sick leave for an employee or for an employee who is caring for a family member who is mentally or physically ill. The original law provided …

If you’ve been injured while at work, the state of New York obligates your employer to have workers’ compensation insurance that will compensate you for your injuries. However, in order to make the workers’ compensation claim process go smoothly and effectively, you need to take all the needed steps to ensure that your legal rights are honored. An experienced New …

Bicycle accidents are, unfortunately, more common than most people think. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), there were 306,133 nonfatal bicycle accident injuries in the year 2018 alone, and 1,024 people were killed in a bicycle accident. Injuries from a bicycle accident may be serious and may require months or even years for recovery.  Some injuries may even …

The city of New York is a global center of culture and commerce and has the highest population of any city in the United States. With its five boroughs, its citizens are always rushing to get from one place to another. As a result, car accidents are unfortunately quite common in New York, along with a variety of accident-related injuries. …

We need big, commercial trucks to bring us the products we use every day, but most of us know enough to stay out of their way when we encounter one on the highway. That’s because a car is no match for a truck in a collision, and the driver of the car is the one who is most likely to …