Border crossing requirements increased today

For the fourth time, Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed the Grieving Families Act — legislation that would finally modernize New York’s outdated wrongful death law and bring fairness to families who have lost loved ones due to negligence.

For more than a century, New York has stood for a simple, commonsense principle: if you profit here, you play by the rules here. When corporations do business in New York and cause harm to New Yorkers, our courts should be open to hold them accountable.