Block O’Toole & Murphy’s Blog

An unidentified 35-year-old man was killed when a commercial truck backed over him at Building 151 at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport on the evening of Monday, October 15, 2018. The incident occurred at 8 p.m., and the man was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital...

Fred Nivrose of Ditmas Park, Brooklyn tragically lost his life after his car was struck by a tractor trailer on the Major Deegan Expressway on Monday, September 10, 2018. Nivrose, 46, was driving his car northbound in rainy conditions when he lost control of his...

A Brooklyn pedestrian tragically passed away after she was hit by an MTA bus in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. At approximately 8pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Yu Qing Chen was crossing the street within a marked crosswalk when a B6 bus traveling west on Stillwell Avenue...

Trash and recycling disposal is the fifth-most dangerous job in America by fatality rate, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But in New York City, residential sanitation is publicly-run, while commercial garbage disposal is privately-owned -- and...