Report: Pedestrian Traffic On The Rise In NYC
One study found 350,000 pedestrians a day in Times Square. There were 97,000 on Main Street in Flushing, Queens, and 80,000 on East Fordham Road in the Bronx.
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One study found 350,000 pedestrians a day in Times Square. There were 97,000 on Main Street in Flushing, Queens, and 80,000 on East Fordham Road in the Bronx.
Police say the pair struck at all times of the day in prominently high traffic areas, including Chelsea, Midtown and the West Village.
You might call this major legislative magic. Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislative leaders have come up with a tax deal that somehow reduces taxes for everyone, but still raises nearly $2 billion in new revenue.
Criminals in the city apparently no longer want cold, hard, cash. Instead they are in search of hand-held electronics like iPads, smartphones, and MP3 players, according to a new report.
CBS 2's Jennifer McLogan, citing sources, reported that a number of tips came in to authorities following a television documentary titled "Long Island Serial Killer" that aired Monday.
The attack took place early Sunday morning. Police say a 20-year-old woman was walking near Vernon Boulevard and 10th Street when two men grabbed her.
Police arrested Donald Deliotte, who is suspected in the attempted rapes of a 61-year-old and 77-year-old.
The 20-year-old woman, who authorities said was grabbed from behind, told police the suspect touched her breast and buttocks as she walked near Broadway.
The nurses are demanding that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city officials return to the table to finish negotiations with the New York State Nurses Association.
The $65 million facility is a big step up that includes spacious individual rooms, each with its own shower, sofa seating, bright lighting and state-of-the-art medical equipment.
There's new fallout over airport screening procedures after three women say they were strip-searched at John F. Kennedy International Airport. On Tuesday a former top-ranking Transportation Security Administration agent weighed in.
A social media scandal has hit the NYPD. Internal Affairs is looking into whether police officers posted ugly comments on Facebook about New York's West Indian community.
Beatriz Rios' lawyer, Angahard Vaughan, said her client was steered into a part of Central Park she was unfamiliar with and spent several hours trying to "find her way out."
In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Rep. Nadler expressed his concern about "troubling reports" involving alleged "excessive force used by NYPD officers against OWS protestors."
What happened when passengers were stuck for seven hours on a train near the Aqueduct Racetrack? The president of NYC Transit says they just forgot about it, but they say it won't happen again.
