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Hochul Sends National Guard Troops to NYC after MTA Worker Attacks
Hochul Sends National Guard Troops to NYC after MTA Worker Attacks

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she was deploying 750 members of the National Guard and 250 officers from state law enforcement to New York City to help […]
MTA Workers Disrupt Service Over Subway Attack
MTA Workers Disrupt Service Over Subway Attack

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers with the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City responded to an attack that injured a train conductor by stopping work and disrupting subway service on Thursday. The transit […]
Videos of Injured Transit Authority Worker Doing Flooring Work Pull Plug on Benefits
Videos of Injured Transit Authority Worker Doing Flooring Work Pull Plug on Benefits

New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – If a picture can paint a thousand words, a surveillance video is potentially akin to a novel. As a case involving a Transit Authority worker shows, private investigators’’ videos […]
What Do You Think: Could Seamstress get Benefits for COVID-19-related Lung Injuries?
What Do You Think: Could Seamstress get Benefits for COVID-19-related Lung Injuries?

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com). An employee who was exposed to COVID-19 at work may believe she contracted it there. But what types of facts can a New York claimant rely on to demonstrate she has a […]
Form Focus: N.Y. DC-120 (Discharge or Discrimination Complaint)
Form Focus: N.Y. DC-120 (Discharge or Discrimination Complaint)

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It is against the law in New York for an employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because the employee has claimed or attempted to […]
Form Focus: N.Y. Carrier’s Request for Reconsideration of Reduction
Form Focus: N.Y. Carrier’s Request for Reconsideration of Reduction

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an insurer seeks a reconsideration in New York, there's a form for that. It's the C-251.6. Here's how it works. Do you know about Simply Forms? With Simply Forms, we've […]
Form Focus: N.Y. C-2F — Employer’s First Report of Work-Related Injury/Illness
Form Focus: N.Y. C-2F — Employer’s First Report of Work-Related Injury/Illness

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As is the case across the country, in New York, the workers' compensation process kicks off with the first report of injury. The C-2F is used to report a work-related injury […]
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?

Long Island City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Filing a late workers’ compensation claim for a compensable claim is not always the claim’s death knell. In New York, for example, there are three potential exceptions to the […]