NEW YORK (AP) - A new report finds New York City paid out more than $686 million during the last fiscal year in settlements and court awards. The disputes ranged from slip & falls to contract disputes to lawsuits against police.
City Comptroller John Liu's report Thursday says the total is down very slightly from the previous fiscal year. But he notes that costs are rising in the areas that account for more than three-quarters of the payments: personal injury and property damage.
The city paid out more than $550 million in those areas in fiscal 2011, up more than 5% in a year. That includes three consistently expensive areas: claims against police, city hospitals and the city Transportation Department.
The totals include both lawsuits and matters handled through a city claims process.
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The unofficial start of summer is being met with not-so-perfect beach weather. Many beach communities had been hoping for good weather this Memorial Day weekend following the destruction caused by superstorm Sandy.
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President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
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New Jersey's education commissioner has overturned the firing of a high school athletic director who was caught on camera putting dog waste on his ex-wife's car.
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Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday for allegedly smoking marijuana in the lobby of her Midtown Manhattan building and throwing a marijuana bong out of a window, said police.
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