In December 2024, New York’s governor confirmed that an additional twenty hours of paid prenatal leave for privately employed pregnant workers would take effect on 1 January 2025. Official employer guidance describes a separate entitlement for pregnancy-related health appointments, including access for part-time staff and newly hired employees. Keep the entitlement distinct The guidance measures the twenty hours over fifty-two weeks from first use and permits hourly increments. It

Lemonade, an U.S. property/casualty insurance company “powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics”, in June 2017 released two surveys conducted in April 2017 that appear to indicate it had overtaken Allstate, GEICO, Farmers, Liberty Mutual, Progressive, State Farm, USAA and all other legacy insurers, when it comes to first-time purchasers of renter’s insurance in New York State. The first of two Google surveys (500 respondents) compared Lemonade’s market share in