#enforcement

#enforcement

Only one prosecution for illegal wood burning has been made in the past year despite 15,195 complaints across England, data shows. Additionally, just 24 fines were issued by local authorities between September 2024 and August 2025, responses to freedom of information requests by the campaign group Mums for Lungs revealed. In smoke control areas alone, 9,274 complaints were made a 65% increase on the previous year.

In August, the New York State Department of Financial Services reached agreement with Healthplex, Inc., a licensed insurance agent and independent adjuster, to pay a $2 million civil penalty after a hacker executed a phishing attack on an employee's email and gained access to the private health data and sensitive nonpublic information of tens of thousands of Healthplex consumers. Eight years in the making, the final phase of New York's groundbreaking Cybersecurity Regulation Part 500 takes effect Nov. 1.

A report from DCC's Halloween working group, made up of representatives from the public domain, community development and housing departments, along with gardaí, told councillors it was using "authorised drone flights" to monitor the city. "This has proved effective in identifying large-scale storage in previous years," it said. Any identified material will be removed by the group in co-ordination with gardaí, with the public encouraged to report suspected stockpiling to the council.

Toll and fare evasion cost the MTA an estimated $1 billion in 2024, though the agency and partners are now reversing the upward trend, according to a report published Thursday by a financial civic group in NYC. Despite the astounding financial loss, the Citizens Budget Committee's (CBC) report, No Fare: The Costs of MTA Fare and Toll Evasion, found that the MTA is starting to stem evasion with the help of the NYPD and state officials.

E-bike riders in New York City face a proposed speed limit of 15 mph, but enforcement methods and practical implementation remain unclear and undefined.

The NCAA's traditional authority over enforcement will be replaced by a new CEO-led College Sports Commission, signaling a transformative shift in college athletics.