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Five Tips for Driving Safely This Holiday Season
AAA estimates that the 2022 holiday season will be the busiest in recent years. The organization says about 112.7 million people will journey 50 miles or more away from home between Dec. 23 and January. This makes 2022 the third busiest travel holiday since 2000. Nearly 102 million Americans will drive to their holiday destinations, …
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Is there Lead Based Paint in your Home? How You Can Tell
Lead-based paint is one of the most widespread and hazardous sources of lead exposure for young children in New York City. About 29 million housing units have lead-based paint hazards including those posed by deteriorating paint. About 2.6 million of these are homes to young children, or children the age of 6 or under. Because …
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Several Children Injured in New York School Bus Crash
A driver and 21 children were injured in a school bus accident in Spring Valley, a suburb north of New York City. According to a report in the New York Post, the bus crash occurred after a bus operated by the Jewish Ribnitzer schools struck two parked cars, dragging them over a hill before crashing …
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Pedestrian Killed in Manhattan Hit-and-Run Crash
A woman was killed in a pedestrian accident on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, after she was struck twice, first by a hit-and-run driver in a sedan and then by an MTA bus. According to a WPIX news report, the woman, who was in her 20s or 30s, was crossing Third Avenue near East 96th Street …
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New York Governor Yet to Sign Construction Safety Bill
Construction accident deaths at worksites in New York City appear to be on the rise with a majority of those deaths occurring on non-union sites. According to a report in DocumentedNY.com, immigrant workers are also disproportionately dying on construction sites. In response, policymakers are asking Governor Kathy Hochul to sign a pending bill that seeks …
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