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The Brooklyn high school is renaming its football field for a special former student athlete, Firefighter Danny Suhr who died on 9/11.
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The Brooklyn high school is renaming its football field for a special former student athlete, Firefighter Danny Suhr who died on 9/11.
Class Act with Chris Wragge returns Oct. 20! Chris will be anchoring the whole morning show live from James Madison High School in Brooklyn! Check out more Class Act stories here
It is the most wonderful time of the year -- back-to-school season. CBS New York's Chris Wragge takes a look at the stories he did during the previous school year.
We hosted our morning show live from five different schools last year to highlight outstanding teachers, students, teams and programs. Now we're looking for more schools to visit this fall.
Murrow is widely known as the most diverse high school in the five boroughs. The mission is to produce a culturally and academically empowered student.
Just as the school was about to reopen after COVID, it was badly flooded by Tropical Storm Ida.
Between Tropical Storm Ida and the COVID pandemic, the students have been through a lot these past few years.
Students have come a long way since the pandemic forced the school to close, and then it was badly flooded by Tropical Storm Ida.
The school was set to reopen from the pandemic when Tropical Storm Ida caused major flooding.
The school was flooded out during Tropical Storm Ida, but fast forward two years later and $21 million of work, it's now immaculate.
Join Chris Wragge as he goes live from the school this Friday morning.
Chris Wragge visited the school Friday morning as they kicked off a 13-hour dance-a-thon to raise money for more than 50 clubs.
The 13-hour dance-a-thon raises money for the Bronx school's more than 50 clubs.
Director of Clubs and Activities, Rick Quintana, has been providing great service to his students for the last 19 years.
Chris Wragge was at the Frank J. Cicarell Academy for one of the largest Relay for Life events in the country.
The academy hosts one of the largest Relay For Life events in the country benefitting the American Cancer Society.
Morsella and his students organize the Relay For Life, an overnight benefit to raise money for the America Cancer Society.
Elizabeth high school Frank J. Cicarell Academy hosts one of the largest Relay For Life events in the country.
Wragge kicked off our new series last week with a visit to his alma mater in Mahwah, New Jersey.
We're kicking off a new series where Chris Wragge visits schools around the area, starting with his alma mater.
After 16-year-old Marcus Kayal tragically died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2019, the community came together to raise awareness with a charity basketball game.
High schools in our area are doing class act work, and we're dropping by to highlight it all. Here's how to have Chris stop by!
We're kicking off a special new series with our very own Chris Wragge, starting with a visit to Mahwah High School.
Three New Yorkers are among the 18 people being quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta due to hantavirus concerns.
The NYPD said officers found five swastikas spray painted on signs inside Highlight Park and six more on an underpass in Forest Park.
Southampton Police shot and killed a 28-year-old man who was stabbing and slashing his mom with a knife on Mother's Day, police said.
Queens officials say Jackson Heights is considered one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city.
President Trump made the comments in a phone interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes.
Three New Yorkers are among the 18 people being quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta due to hantavirus concerns.
The NYPD said officers found five swastikas spray painted on signs inside Highlight Park and six more on an underpass in Forest Park.
Queens officials say Jackson Heights is considered one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city.
The threat of a Long Island Rail Road strike is hanging over nearly 300,000 daily riders and could start as soon as Saturday.
The NYPD made several arrests related to drag racing early Sunday morning in the Bronx. The busts happened almost one month after another controversial car meet-up in Queens.
An unsettled pattern continues through the entire Mother's Day weekend in the New York City area.
After summer-like warmth, rainy weather and cooler temperatures return to the New York City area mid-week.
A cool weekend is ahead for the New York City area before warmer weather returns.
Some residual showers may linger into early Sunday morning, but the majority of the rainfall should be over by sunrise.
Amtrak announced Thursday it is suing Metro-North for allegedly blocking nonrevenue trains on a portion of the busy Northeast Corridor for over two months.
Police are investigating after six people were shot at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue in Paterson, New Jersey.
A man was arrested after a police standoff forced Bridgewater, New Jersey, residents to shelter in place for over 24 hours, officials say.
A woman has been charged with theft for taking a dog outside a Clifton, New Jersey, home in April, police say.
An unsettled pattern continues through the entire Mother's Day weekend in the New York City area.
The owners of Boulevard Drinks in Jersey City's Journal Square said new building owners gave them until May 27 to get out.
Southampton Police shot and killed a 28-year-old man who was stabbing and slashing his mom with a knife on Mother's Day, police said.
Steven Schwally is accused of slamming his car into a Deer Park nail salon in 2024 while driving drunk. The crash killed four people and injured nine others.
The threat of a Long Island Rail Road strike is hanging over nearly 300,000 daily riders and could start as soon as Saturday.
The fatal fire erupted just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a boarded-up house on Sycamore Avenue in Hempstead, Nassau County fire officials said.
Unions representing thousands of LIRR workers rallied Saturday amid a dispute with the MTA that could trigger their first strike in decades.
President Trump made the comments in a phone interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes.
The Rent Guidelines Board might be on the verge of fulfilling Mayor Zohran Mamdani's signature campaign promise after it voted to support hikes ranging from 0-4%.
A new proposal on Long Island could change how quickly a business has to hand over surveillance video to police during an investigation.
The Trump administration announced a major expansion of its denaturalization campaign targeting foreign-born American citizens accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that the documents "have long fueled justified speculation — and it's time the American people see it for themselves."
Three New Yorkers are among the 18 people being quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta due to hantavirus concerns.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
Two New Jersey residents were potentially exposed to a person infected with hantavirus, according to health officials.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
"The Pitt" star Isa Briones is bringing heightened pride and Filipino presence to both stage and screen.
Broadway's "The Book of Mormon" has canceled two weeks of performances following a fire at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss announced the 2026 Tony nominees for select categories on "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday.
Rihanna, Sabrina Carpenter, Madonna, and Beyoncé all wore their best looks to celebrate the "Costume Art" theme at the 2026 Met Gala. Here are some of the best moments, photos, and more from the night.
Firefighters responded to Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theater Monday morning after a blaze broke out.
Queens officials say Jackson Heights is considered one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city.
The New York Knicks are headed back to the Eastern Conference finals -- and their fans are loving every minute of it.
Hannes Wolf scored three goals for his first hat trick and Nicolás Fernández assisted on all the scores to help lead NYCFC to a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Sunday.
Eduardo Rodriguez came within two outs of his first complete game, Ryan Waldschmidt had his first three big league RBIs and the Diamondbacks beat the Mets 5-1 on Sunday.
The Knicks will play the winner of the Pistons-Cavaliers series in the Eastern Conference finals after sweeping the Sixers.
For more than four decades, residents living beside Brooklyn's District 13 Sanitation Garage in Coney Island have been waiting for the facility to move away from their homes.
There's a swim club in Harlem teaching kids a lifesaving skill, and they're turning timid swimmers into competitors.
The Davis Center at the Harlem Meer is celebrating one year of providing year-round recreation space to New Yorkers while still spreading the word to residents.
Residents displaced by a deadly apartment building fire in Inwood say it was only a matter of time before their building went up in flames.
In New York City, where land is at a premium, a stockpile of pristine soil unearthed at construction sites helps lower emissions and support urban farmers.
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
The officers who are portrayed in a Netflix movie filed a lawsuit against Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, claiming the film damaged their reputations.
Attorneys for Cole Thomas Allen say acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should have no direct involvement in prosecuting Allen because they could be considered or witnesses in the case. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore reports.
The disgraced movie mogul is accused of raping actress Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013. This is his third rape trial in the city.
It's a cooler day with cloudy skies but the next chance of rain won't be until Wednesday. CBS News New York Meteorologist Tony Sadiku has the forecast.
Paterson police responded to the incident just before 8:30 p.m. outside a liquor store at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue. They found six people with gunshot wounds. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports.
