New York City Personal Injury Lawyer Resources

New York City injury cases sit inside one of the most distinctive legal frameworks in the country. New York is a no-fault state for auto accidents, which means injured drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and cyclists generally recover initial medical expenses and lost wages through their own no-fault carrier, not the at-fault driver, before any third-party lawsuit is even possible. To step outside the no-fault system and sue for pain and suffering, an injured person typically has to meet the state's "serious injury" threshold under Insurance Law §5102(d). Understanding whether your injuries cross that threshold is usually the first real legal question in an NYC case.

New York generally applies a three-year statute of limitations to personal injury claims, which is longer than most states, but that window does not apply uniformly. Claims against the City of New York, the MTA, NYCHA, or other public entities require a Notice of Claim filed within a much shorter deadline, typically 90 days from the injury, and must be followed by a 50-h hearing before any lawsuit can be filed. Missing those steps is fatal to the claim, and in my 32 years of practice I have seen strong municipal cases die from that exact mistake.

Goldberg & Loren handles New York City injury cases across the boroughs: auto and truck crashes on the FDR, BQE, and interstates, pedestrian strikes, bicycle collisions, subway and bus injuries, construction-site accidents governed by New York Labor Law §§240 and 241, premises liability, and wrongful death. George Goldberg founded the firm after beginning his career in 1994 defending airlines and insurers and switching to the plaintiff side in 1996, and that defense-side background helps us anticipate how New York's sophisticated insurance and municipal defense lawyers will try to value down every claim.

Below are our New York City articles and the FAQs clients most often ask in their first phone call: no-fault thresholds, Notice of Claim deadlines, Labor Law cases, and how to deal with NYC insurers.

If you were hurt anywhere in the five boroughs, we offer a free consultation 24/7 and you pay nothing unless we recover money for you. Call us at 1-888-352-9243.