Mayor To Ramp Up Vision Zero Crackdown After 4 Pedestrians Killed In 24 Hours
The focus will be on driver safety after a heartbreaking end to last week leaving several families without loved ones for the holidays.
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The focus will be on driver safety after a heartbreaking end to last week leaving several families without loved ones for the holidays.
With no small measure of bravado, the mayor says the city has "cracked the code" to make it happen.
Sources told CBS2 the mayor is facing an even bigger inconvenience -- his own DOI is examining the cost to taxpayers for his security detail while he campaigned for the White House.
The mayor and new police commissioner spent much of the day in Williamsburg discussing the city's response to the targeted attack in Jersey City.
The mayor reacted forcefully and quickly, ordering the NYPD to go on high alert and sending counter terrorism teams to protect Jewish communities for the foreseeable future.
"It will directly take on the hate groups that are trying to spread in this country and that pose a threat to so many communities," de Blasio said.
The officer pulled the full-sized razor out of his mouth. He was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
Bloomberg's interview touched a raw nerve with the present occupant of Gracie Mansion, Bill de Blasio.
The fiery comments come even as his own Department of Investigation issues a blistering report about how the city treated the forgotten families CBS2 has been reporting on for nearly a year.
First came the photo op -- the mayor and his new commissioner -- meeting with neighborhood policing cops in the Bronx. Then came the press conference to introduce the new leadership team.
Michael Bloomberg quickly moved into fifth place in the Democratic presidential primary standings, just as the current resident of Gracie Mansion stepped up his criticism of the Big Apple's former mayor.
For nearly a year, CBS2 has been covering the Forgotten Families who say they were pressured by New York City to leave and move into unlivable homes.
A delicacy served in some of the Big Apple's finest restaurants helps put food on the table for hundreds of upstate families. Most of them are immigrants, who now fear their jobs are in jeopardy.
Queens residents still living in filth days after a sewage pipe backed up flooding their basements want to know why the city has been so slow to respond, and who is going to pay for the damage.
The New Jersey city is taking action to stop the program from moving any more homeless families into places where many have suffered at the neglect of their new landlords.
Not much snow stuck in New York City on Monday, but it was still wet and cold as commuters tried to get home.
Shea is replacing outgoing Commissioner James O'Neill who spent three years on the job.
The 28-year NYPD veteran takes over after serving as NYPD chief of detectives.
The council speaker said he doesn't expect to kick off his campaign in earnest until after next year's presidential election.
As of Nov. 29, the city will close some streets surrounding Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall to vehicle traffic.
The sweeping agenda calls for transforming streets to speed up buses and make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
He previously said the policy took guns off the streets and made the city safer. Now, he's walking back those beliefs.
Bloomberg says if anyone was wrongly stopped by police, "I apologize."
Under the new program, thousands of front-line employees from various city agencies will be trained to request homeless outreach assistance when they come across someone in need.
Tuesday marks 18 years since the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in Queens that killed 260 people on board and 5 people on the ground.
Three people were stabbed early Wednesday afternoon at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York, Westchester County officials said.
Tens of thousands of participants and spectators are expected to take to the streets on Halloween night for the Village Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village.
Seventeen new modular public bathrooms are being installed across New York City as part of a year-long pilot program, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday.
The iconic Peanuts character Snoopy is getting a new look for the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
A 3-month-old kitten has been returned to a Brooklyn bodega after surveillance video showed a couple taking him.
Three people were stabbed early Wednesday afternoon at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York, Westchester County officials said.
Tens of thousands of participants and spectators are expected to take to the streets on Halloween night for the Village Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village.
Seventeen new modular public bathrooms are being installed across New York City as part of a year-long pilot program, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday.
The iconic Peanuts character Snoopy is getting a new look for the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
A 3-month-old kitten has been returned to a Brooklyn bodega after surveillance video showed a couple taking him.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
Severe storms returned to the Tri-State Area, making it a soggy Thursday morning.
The rain returns Tuesday with the possibility of severe storms and downpours that can cause flash flooding in the New York City area.
The missing person is a 64-year-old man from Southampton, Pennsylvania, who is set to be married in two months.
Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled from an AI data center in Secaucus, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Breece Hall ran for 102 yards and a touchdown, Geno Smith threw for 215 yards in his Jets return, and the Jets defeated the Titans 23-10 on Sunday.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
The New York State Board of Regents has approved a plan to begin overhauling high school graduation requirements.
There are calls to widen Sunrise Highway, one of Long Island's most traveled thoroughfares, due to congestion in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County.
Also known as New York State Route 27, Sunrise Highway has become so congested in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County, officials and first responders say it needs another lane in both directions. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
A school bus company says it has disciplined a driver after she dropped a 5-year-old off at the wrong bus stop on Long Island last week.
A school bus company says it has disciplined a driver after she dropped a 5-year-old off at the wrong bus stop on Long Island last week. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
Lawmakers are targeting what are often called "e-motos," which are devices being sold as e-bikes and e-scooters but can go much faster than what's legal on city streets.
There are calls to widen Sunrise Highway, one of Long Island's most traveled thoroughfares, due to congestion in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled Tuesday his 10-year street safety plan called Vision Zero Reimagined.
Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board from adding President Trump's name to the facade of the building.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to notify New Yorkers of an expanded program that could get them discounts on utility bills.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
One person has died and a total of five people have been sickened by Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx.
As of late August, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has received 112,000 claims, awarding more than $18 billion.
A cosmetic treatment that promises breast enhancement without surgery is now at the center of a fight over who regulates human tissue in New York.
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the health threat hasn't ended for many survivors.
The iconic Peanuts character Snoopy is getting a new look for the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards celebrated the best in television and streaming from the past year on Monday. See the full list of winners and nominees.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Coby Mayo's inside-the-park homer in the 11th inning sent the Orioles to a 7-5 victory over the Mets on Tuesday night.
Max Fried earned his first victory since April 27, backed by home runs from Cody Bellinger and Spencer Jones that helped the New York Yankees keep pace in the AL East race with an 8-1 win over the Minnesota Twins.
The Yankees beat the Twins 8-3 Monday on a night they clinched their 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 seasons.
Pete Alonso went hitless in his return to Citi Field but Gunnar Henderson launched a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning Monday night that lifted the Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Mets.
Jaxson Dart connected with Isaiah Likely for two touchdowns and Devin Singletary on another, and the Giants opened the season with a 28-20 win over the Cowboys on Sunday night.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
At a Bay Ridge school, students who were born years after the attacks are learning about Sept. 11 through the stories of parents, teachers and first responders who lived through it.
Former Mets players from the 2001 season were at Ladder 25 on the Upper West Side on Tuesday.
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musician Lizzo made a surprise visit to meet Brooklyn students and debut her new children's book.
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.
Three people were stabbed early Wednesday afternoon on the campus at 75 Grasslands Road in Valhalla, New York, Westchester County officials said. Chopper 2 was over the scene.
New Jersey firefighters responded to Rahway for a house fire Wednesday afternoon.
The free, ADA-accessible bathrooms will be open from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. In addition to a sink and a toilet, each bathroom is climate controlled and has a baby changing station.
A woman was detained and several train lines were delayed after a police response at Grand Central Terminal, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports.
It's another pleasant day, but rain could return Thursday afternoon to some parts north of New York City. CBS News New York Meteorologist John Elliott has the forecast.
