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The Norwegian Gem was between the Statue Of Liberty and the Verrazano Bridge Friday when a medical call came through of a report of a man who was unconscious on the cruise ship, CBS2's Joe Biermann reported.
Gov. Chris Christie made news on the state's beleaguered Transportation Trust Fund this week by not mentioning it in his 25-minute budget address.
Jurors have found that billionaire Ira Rennert plundered a now-bankrupt mining company to pay for personal luxuries, including a Hamptons mansion that's one of the world's biggest private homes.
Multiple first responders were on the scene in the East River Friday evening, after a woman went overboard.
A couple of New York exhibits are paying homage to the centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth by displaying rare photographs and mementos, many of them from the family archive.
Police are searching for a man who carjacked a livery cab and crashed it into a school bus earlier this month.
Prosecutors on Friday said the aunt of a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy beat him to death with a belt after he refused to complete a spelling assignment.
An unprecedented number of students are opting out of standardized tests. But parents may not be aware of the consequences for refusing the PARCC test.
The defense attorney, Harvey Fishbein, argued that Dr. Flavia Robatti is not a competent psychiatrist. His investigation, he said, found not one positive reaction to her, WCBS 880's Irene Cornell reported.
Efforts are underway to end the game of hide and seek that occurs when cars are towed to make way for parades, and other events.
Brooklyn City Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-43rd) will be the Democratic candidate in the race for the vacant congressional seat that had been occupied by Michael Grimm.
An internal poll has revealed that the majority of officers who have completed a retraining program following the death of Eric Garner thought it had a positive effect, according to the Mayor's office.
Posecutors made the case that Hoey beat Allison Bretherick so often and so viciously that she once scribbled on the back of a photograph, "If you find me dead, Thomas hoey did it."
Jurors considering murder and manslaughter charges against a woman accused of poisoning her son with salt have completed their first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
Many performers dream of making it to the Metropolitan Opera. But some kids are one step closer to that dream thanks to the "Yankee Diva."
