safety

It has become a disturbing trend: MTA officials say four bus drivers have been attacked on the job in the past week alone. However, the agency is looking for ways to protect their employees. A recent video circulating online shows a group of people outside a bus in Brooklyn pushing and shoving each other — when all of a sudden,…

Lyft says it is ramping up its efforts to provide women and nonbinary users worry-free rides, whether they’re the rider or the driver. On Sept. 12, the ride-hailing company shared that it will roll out a new feature called Women+ Connect, that gives women and nonbinary riders the ability to request women and nonbinary riders. “Just for your own peace…

The NYPD and Mayor Adams tout this year as one of the safest despite some violence near the end. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people.

Young children face the highest risk of fatality from heat-related incidents in the car. Here are three tips to ensure the safety of your child and prevent any potential incidents.

Dozens of children die every year after being left in a hot car – but there are easy ways to make sure your family is protected. Here’s how to protect your child from vehicular heatstroke.

Here are some important swimming and pool safety tips to make the most of your summer while staying safe.

UPS has reached a contract with its 340,000-person union, averting a potential strike that would have disrupted deliveries for businesses and households nationwide. The Teamsters called the tentative agreement announced Tuesday “historic” and “overwhelmingly lucrative.” The agreement, which must still be ratified by union members, includes a provision to increase starting pay for part-time workers, which had been a sticking...

Facing the looming prospect of a federal takeover, New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail complex is failing to meet a court-ordered requirement to properly clean and maintain its facilities, according to a new report issued by a federal monitor. In a progress report released Thursday, the monitor described a decrepit jail complex where detainees are forced to live...

With people flocking to the lakes and pools to beat the heat this summer, the swimming season is in full force.

The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards within three years. The announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration represents its latest move toward regulating electronic systems that take on certain tasks that drivers themselves have normally done. NHTSA...

After rescuing a father and son from a river in Utah, officials warned people in the area to proceed with caution due to an increased risk of flooding and fast-moving water.

More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel.

Ride-hailing and food delivery companies say extreme violence is rare among the millions of trips completed each week by gig workers. But three attacks in Florida last month sent ripples of fear among some app-based drivers.

A Boston University student watched her off-campus apartment’s Ring camera in horror as she realized there was a burglar in her roommate’s bedroom. What students and their parents should know about their safety.

A federal judge issued a court order Thursday that immediately halts 10 gun distributors from selling or shipping gun parts and kits to New York — the types of materials officials say can be used to build untraceable ghost guns,

Dyjuan Tatro was incarcerated in a New York state prison for 12 years and he says the system was designed to marginalize him and punish him, not rehabilitate, and that’s one of the many reasons why he and other advocates say Rikers Island need to shut down. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum reports.

Keep this guide handy when you are unsure if your food is safe to feed your cats and dogs.

Even foods that we may associate as being safe may actually be harmful for our pets (grapes for dogs, milk for cats).

When you go on vacation, the last thing you want is to be stressed out. There are many things that are out of our control such as flight cancellations or scams. However, we can better prepare and learn how to avoid these things. The New York State Division of Consumer Protection provided tips and hints at how to avoid problems…