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The MTA Procures Storm Surge Protection via the Catastrophe Bond Market
On October 28, 2012, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was staring down the barrel of a rocket launcher. In the last hours before Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the agency steeled itself… More >>
Type Miscast: An Elmhurst Doctor's Type 2 Diabetes Misdiagnosis Results in the Death of a Six-Year-Old Girl
The little girl could barely breathe. She lay on the hospital bed, her chest rising with each forced inhalation. Irma Nicanor held her only child's hand. The six-year-old's eyes were… More >>
Bill de Blasio's Elusive City Council Papers Raise More Questions Than They Answer
If Democratic primary winner Bill de Blasio is elected New York City's next mayor in November, one of his jobs will be to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in… More >>
Daniel McGowan: The FBI's Least Wanted
At six o'clock on a cool June morning, after five and a half years in federal prison and six months in a halfway house, Daniel McGowan went home. From the… More >>
Benjamin Lawsky: The Man Who Picked a Fight With Wall Street
Project Gazelle was a banker's dream. It was quiet, discreet, and made staggering piles of money catering to clients no one else would touch. The fact that it was also… More >>
Despite State Ban, Federal Inmate Ronell Wilson Is Sent to Death Row
In July, a U.S. District Court jury in New York sentenced Ronell Wilson to death for murdering two undercover cops in 2003. It was only the second time in half… More >>
