NYC taxpayers paid a half-billion dollars last year for slip-and-falls, other lawsuits

The New York Post reports:

New York City taxpayers shelled out a half-billion dollars last year to people suing for everything from slip-and-falls to car accidents allegedly caused by city employees. And that’s the good news. The $506 million the city paid to plaintiffs in Fiscal Year 2012 was down from $565.2 million in FY 2011 — the first time in a decade such legal payouts declined.

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