Public Sector Risk

More than half of New Yorkers expect the Big Apple to be bruised by another Sandy-sized storm within the next two decades, a Swiss Re survey shows.

Although the upcoming Halloween holiday is all fun and games, scary risks are more trick than treat.

Emergency-response managers from most major cities say they need more federal funds and information than they currently receive if they are to properly respond to a terrorist attack involving a radiological dispersal device or an improvised nuclear device.

Emergency-response managers from most major cities say they need more federal funds and information than they currently receive if they are to properly respond to a terrorist attack involving a radiological dispersal device or an improvised nuclear device.

Apart from its impact on consumers and businesses, Superstorm Sandy set in motion a re-evaluation by state, federal and local officials of the potential effects of severe weather events.

Stockton, California said on Friday it had struck tentative deals opening the door to settlements with two major creditors, and putting the city at the "beginning of the end" of its bankruptcy case.