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New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday announced a seven-figure settlement with a Manhattan demolition company, following a sprawling three-year investigation into allegations of workers compensation fraud going back nearly a decade.

Alba Services agreed to pay $1.4 million to nearly 700 workers, many of whom were explicitly instructed by bosses not to file injury claims to the state Workers Compensation Board, investigators and workers said. According to James, the company also instructed workers — non-union and mostly immigrant — to misr

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