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    Speed of Subway Trains Challenged

    CityLaw  •  Torts  •  Spring Street Station, Manhattan

    Subway trains at the Spring Street station twice struck passengers lying on the tracks on separate occasions. How fast should subway trains be moving when they enter a station? The faster the subway trains go, the more people the trains can carry and the quicker people will get to their destinations. Even a slowdown of a few seconds per train can slow the entire system. Speed is so important to the mission of the Transit Authority that the Transit Authority has committed billions of dollars to upgrades which will allow for increases in train speed and carrying capacity. On the other hand, safety is also a paramount priority, and as speeds increase so do stopping distances. (more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, MTA, subways, Torts
    Date: 11/29/2022
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    Tort claim against HPD advances

    CityLaw  •  Emergency Order  •  Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    146 Wilson Street, Brooklyn. Image Credit: Google Maps

    HPD performed an emergency excavation without giving owner time to comply. The Trustee of a family Trust hired three workers to excavate soil on the Trust’s Brooklyn property to fix an emergency condition at 146 Wilson Street, Brooklyn. The three workers were trapped when the excavation collapsed. The City Department of Buildings issued a full stop order to the Trustee for excavations without a permit. The Housing Preservation & Development Department then advised the Trustee that unless the Trust immediately obtained approval from the Buildings Department to do the work, HPD would correct the condition at the Trust’s expense. HPD gave the Trustee three days to request that Buildings approve. The Trust contacted Buildings the same day. HPD, however, commenced to correct the condition without waiting the three days. New York City subsequently billed the Trust for the remedial work in the amount of $338,592.56. (more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, department of buildings, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, emergency excavation, emergency order, Torts
    Date: 07/18/2020
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    Subway Trains, Injuries, Tort Claims and Defenses

    CityLaw  •  Ross Sandler

    Early tort law was heavily weighted towards injuries that involved train accidents.  Here in the New York City metropolitan region with its huge dependence on rail transport, the older typical nineteenth century tort claims and defenses continue for injuries caused by subways, commuter lines and train equipment.

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    Tags : CityLaw, injuries, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, subways, Torts, trespass
    Date: 01/13/2020
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