Getting around Queens can be difficult. Navigating through buses and subways can make a quick trip complex and tedious. On the other hand, driving through a congested city only to discover there is nowhere to park can seem worse. Using a motorized bike or e-bike can...
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Boy Scouts may settle with 60,000 abuse survivors for $850 million
Earlier this month, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced that it had reached a potential settlement with groups representing about 60,000 men who claim they were sexually abused during their youth by scout leaders and other personnel. The settlement would also...
NY bill would give survivors of adult sex abuse extra time to sue
We’ve all heard of the Child Victims Act, New York’s law allowing survivors of childhood sexual abuse additional time to sue their abusers and hold them financially accountable under the law. The 2019 law gave relief from the statute of limitations for a special...
Boy Scouts bankruptcy involves ‘staggering’ legal fees
According to the New York Times, fee applications for lawyers and other professionals involved in the bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts of America have been shockingly high. So far, the applications have surpassed $100 million. At least one lawyer is charging $1,725 an...
The deadline to file under the Child Victims Act is August 14
Every act of child abuse has the potential to affect that child for the rest of his or her life. This is especially true of child sexual abuse. Nevertheless, child sex abuse is pervasive in our society. One reason survivors of child sexual abuse feel they receive...
Hundreds claim systematic abuse at New Hampshire youth center
Since 2020, at least 230 people have filed suit against the Youth Development Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, a secure state mental health facility, for allowing staff to systematically abuse patients physically and sexually between 1963 and 2018. So far, 150...