Blind Chinese Dissident Arrives At NYU, Prepares To Study Law
Crowds cheered as Chen Guangcheng arrived on crutches at New York University on Saturday.
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Crowds cheered as Chen Guangcheng arrived on crutches at New York University on Saturday.
Long Island is under a constant barrage of airplane noise, according to Len Schier of Quiet Skies.
A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
Family members of some Sept. 11 victims are frustrated with delays at the museum being built alongside the memorial at the World Trade Center site.
The city is considering a controversial plan to spend $2 million to train cabbies to be the eyes and ears of the police department in spotting sex traffickers.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is set to marry girlfriend Kim Catullo this Saturday.
New Jersey is the only state in the Tri-State Area without gay marriage, and a new poll shows people are still split on the issue, WCBS 880's Levon Putney reported.
A video parody by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker was getting thousands of Internet hits on Wednesday -- and it is raising even more questions about what the two politicians are up to.
At only 18-years-old, Joshua Lafazan is now a member of the Board of Education in Syosset. He said his landslide election sent an important message to young people.
Friends of Mark and Michelle Schimel may have had to pick sides when the couple separated last year, but they won't have to choose between them at the polls in November.
Residents are seeing red and raising a stink about a proposed Upper East Side waste transfer facility. They say it poses a threat not only to their quality of life, but to air travel as well.
The Christmas decorations were still up at former New York senator Pedro Espada's Mamaroneck home on Tuesday, but there was no celebrating going on, or talking for that matter.
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy signed into law Tuesday his education reform package, and the state's biggest city stands to benefit, WCBS 880 Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau reported.
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission is cracking down on dangerous and illegal pick ups. CBS 2's Dave Carlin was given exclusive access to an undercover operation.
Hours after jurors reached a partial verdict in the federal fraud case against former Bronx senator Pedro Espada Jr., the judge declared a mistrial in the remaining conspiracy and tax fraud counts against the politician and in all counts against his son.
