Addressing the deadly Washington D.C. train crash Debbie Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board said the operator of the train that “slammed into a stationary train in front of it apparently had activated the emergency brakes in a failed effort to stop before the accident.” as reported in the Washington Post. Hersman said the “emergency brake button, known as the ‘mushroom,’ was depressed, and the steel rails showed evidence that the brakes were engaged.”
New Yorkers Deserve Justice at Home
December 16, 2025
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.
