NYPD To Crack Down On Speeding, Other Traffic Infractions
The NYPD is cracking down on speeding and other infractions as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to cut down on traffic injuries and deaths.
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The NYPD is cracking down on speeding and other infractions as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to cut down on traffic injuries and deaths.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday said President Donald Trump's executive order stripping funding for sanctuary cities would be severely damaging to New York City.
This year he's proposing a nearly $85 billion spending plan, which is more than $1 billion larger than the current budget.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, community leaders and celebrities protest the president-elect's policies.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration said it would like to stop using hotels and expensive cluster apartments for homeless families, but the demand is too high.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Rev. Al Sharpton and an assortment of celebrities are set to rally against President-elect Donald Trump on the eve of his election Thursday.
Steven McDonald, the NYPD detective best known for forgiving a teenage gunman who left him paralyzed in 1986, was remembered Friday as a hero who never gave in to self-pity and lived a full life despite his disability.
A hero NYPD detective, known for forgiving a gunman who left him paralyzed, has died days after suffering a heart attack. He was 59.
The decline has been attributed to 9 percent fewer serious fires, and shaving response times by an average of five seconds.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday put the kibosh on any rumor that Hillary Clinton might be running for mayor.
There was talk in the political world Friday night that Hillary Clinton could shake off her presidential campaign loss with a run for mayor of New York City.
Early one fall morning in 2015, the men were shaken awake by police in East Harlem and told to move. As they began to gather their belongings, surveillance video shows sanitation workers in white full-body suits scooping them up and dragging them into a garbage truck.
Many public officials rushed to the scene when a Long Island Rail Road train crashed into the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and left more than 100 people injured Wednesday morning. But Mayor Bill de Blasio was not there.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was the first time the city has been below 1,000 shootings "in the modern era for a single year in this city."
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday outlined some triumphs and disappointments in 2016, and some worries about what may happen in 2017.
Mayor De Blasio is now starring in a new video highlighting his accomplishments in 2016.
As the final preparations are made in Times Square to welcome the millions of revelers, police are preparing as well.
The video begins with de Blasio calling his wife to tell her he thinks a song is the "perfect way to wrap up all the things we've done this year."
Two grand juries have begun hearing testimony in state and federal criminal probes into Mayor Bill de Blasio campaign fundraising practices, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reports.
Mayor de Blasio and HUD Secretary Julian Castro announced that 5,000 families in Bronx public housing would receive free tablets and mobile internet service.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has been hit with tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violating a laundry list of campaign finance violations.
The report, issued Wednesday by Comptroller Scott Stringer, says the city booked 30 rooms at that rate on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20.
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars being directed toward handling New York City's homelessness problem, it appears to be getting worse.
Near-freezing temperatures Friday had the homeless flocking to the Mainchance drop-in center on East 32nd Street.
A multi-agency investigation is underway into the deaths of 1-year-old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and her 2-year-old sister, Ibanez Ambrose, who were both severely burned by a steam leak in their apartment on Wednesday.
Knicks fans were greeted with 2026-27 ticket price sticker shock earlier this week, only to have Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. later admit a mistake was made.
A truck carrying a boom crane tipped over in River Vale, New Jersey, causing the crane to slice into the house.
The plan to redesign a stretch of Park Avenue has changed a bit based on community feedback.
Presidents, prime ministers and diplomats from around the world will be in town, making it a very high-profile event.
New York City parents, lawmakers and advocates will push for a new law as some students with disabilities still don't have reliable bus service after one week into the school year.
Knicks fans were greeted with 2026-27 ticket price sticker shock earlier this week, only to have Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. later admit a mistake was made.
Presidents, prime ministers and diplomats from around the world will be in town, making it a very high-profile event.
New York City parents, lawmakers and advocates will push for a new law as some students with disabilities still don't have reliable bus service after one week into the school year.
A school bus crashed into a residential building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Thursday morning.
The Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
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.
A truck carrying a boom crane tipped over in River Vale, New Jersey, causing the crane to slice into the house.
Family and the Bridgeton, N.J., community held a vigil Wednesday, marking seven years since Dulce Maria Alavez's disappearance.
A New Jersey Republican county chair has been charged with pointing a weapon at another driver in what state police call a road rage incident.
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.
The typical age a person in the U.S. starts a master's program is 33, but one Long Island teenager is about to shatter that timeline.
Joe Petraro-Hyppolite has a 168 IQ and is set to graduate with his undergraduate degree in May. CBS News New York's John Dias has more on what else this young man has already accomplished.
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.
The plan to redesign a stretch of Park Avenue has changed a bit based on community feedback.
Seventeen new modular public bathrooms are being installed across New York City as part of a yearlong pilot program.
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.
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 Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
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.
Knicks fans were greeted with 2026-27 ticket price sticker shock earlier this week, only to have Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. later admit a mistake was made.
Pete Alonso homered against the Mets, a solo shot in the first inning that sent the Orioles to a 7-1 victory Wednesday night.
Luke Keaschall went 3 for 5 and scored from second base on Victor Caratini's game-ending single in the 13th inning to send the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 5-4.
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 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.
See the full briefing by New York City Mayor Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and other law enforcement partners on security measures for the United Nations General Assembly.
There could be a chance of showers at night, but Sunday brings a higher chance. CBS News New York Meteorologist John Elliott has the forecast.
Mike Pinsky lives on the Upper West Side and works for the New York Yankees as the assistant director of baseball operations.
Pixe is an 8-year-old chihuahua who is just five pounds but full of love. She gets along with other small dogs and is looking for her forever home.
Officials say road crews are repairing an average of 3,000 potholes each week while also repaving.
