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New York City Sees Rise in Auto Accidents at Outdoor Dining Areas
Vehicles have crashed into temporary outdoor dining areas in New York City at least four times since restaurants were allowed to serve people outdoors about six weeks ago amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal, New York Police Department officials said that eight people were injured in the …
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Understanding Erb’s Palsy or Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries
Any injury that occurs to a child at his or her birth is an immediate source of anxiety and concern to the parents. This is because, it is not immediately known whether the injury can be healed or if it will be permanent. Some birth injuries can be catastrophic, which means they have long-term consequences. …
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Building Facade Collapse Seriously Injures Brooklyn Man
A man was hospitalized with multiple injuries after a portion of a Brooklyn building’s facade fell on top of him as he walked along the sidewalk, crushing him. According to an NBC New York news report, the incident occurred the afternoon of July 22 and was captured by surveillance footage, which was obtained by the …
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Lead Poisoning Issues in New York City Buildings
Over the past decades New York City has been waging something of an extended war to curb lead poisoning cases. The city made residential lead paint illegal back in 1960, about 18 years before a national ban and in 2004, passed a housing law aimed to eliminate childhood lead poisoning within six years. However, we …
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Does Trump Administration’s New HOS Laws Endanger Traffic Safety?
The Department of Transportation announced July 16 that reforms to the truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rule may save American taxpayers more than $4 billion over 14 years, Business Insider reports. But the question remains whether loosening the HOS rule, which essentially determines how many hours a truck driver can work without taking breaks, will have …
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