Big business interests have for years tried to undermine the federal government's Occupational Health and Safety Administration and Environmental Protection Agency. A local target by construction companies is New York's Scaffold Law. The goal is always the same, the opponents of safety regulations say: cut government red tape and save the taxpayers money.
NYPD officer and another man killed in wrong-way crash
It was nearly 7 o'clock last Tuesday morning as an off-duty New York City police officer headed to work on the New York State Thruway. Before he arrived, he made a decision that has investigators puzzled: while driving north, he made a U-turn across the northbound lanes and apparently on to the northbound median.
Trucker charged in New York City area distracted driving crash
Just a few miles outside of New York City, a truck driver is has been charged with vehicular homicide and with lying to law enforcement officers. According to a media report, the New Jersey tractor-trailer driver was distracted by cellphone use while he was driving.
