Deadly shooting at East Village NYCHA building
Police say one man was killed and another was wounded in the lobby of the building.
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Police say one man was killed and another was wounded in the lobby of the building.
The NYPD said a 21-year-old died at the hospital and a 24-year-old got shot in the leg.
The gunfire erupted in the lobby of NYCHA building. CBS2's Maurice Dubois has the breaking details.
The shooting happened on St. Mark's Place, in a bustling neighborhood lined with restaurants and apartments.
The shooting happened on St. Mark's Place, in a bustling neighborhood lined with restaurants and apartments, CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
The hearing was moved to City Hall after so many people showed up and they couldn't fit in the original room.
The City Council is holding an oversight hearing to find out what led up to the testing confusion. CBS2's John Dias has the details.
A lawyer for tenants at the Jacob Riis Houses announced a lawsuit Monday over this month's drinking water scare.
The city now says test results finding arsenic in the water were not accurate, and the testing company is to blame.
In a major about-face, city officials now say the water at the Jacob Riis Houses is safe to drink after a contamination scare that lasted a week. Mayor Eric Adams went there to try to reassure residents, but as CBS2's Dave Carlin reports, some still don't trust the turn of events.
The mayor's spokesperson said Friday that the lab issued a full retraction and released revised results.
The city now says there's no arsenic in the water at an East Village housing complex and that bad testing is to blame. As CBS2's Thalia Perez reports, a meeting about the issue held Friday night got heated.
The mayor's office says the lab that provided the initial tests claiming there was arsenic in the water at an East Village NYCHA complex now says the results were incorrect.
Days after traces of arsenic were discovered, a lab found traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease.
There are more water problems at an East Village NYCHA housing complex. After the discovery of arsenic, they're now worried about Legionnaires' disease. As CBS2's Thalia Perez reports, residents are exhausted and frustrated and want answers.
The mayor's office put out a statement overnight, saying the latest test results show "no discernable amount of arsenic" in the water.
First, it was positive, then negative. Jacob Riis Houses tenants have no idea if their tap water contains arsenic.
New York City's public advocate is blasting Mayor Eric Adams and NYCHA for their handling of arsenic found in the water at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village. Tenants told CBS2's Jessica Moore they share his frustration.
The beleaguered tenants, who are waiting for more test results on tap water, are now at the mercy of Con Ed.
Residents at the Jacob Riis Houses say if it's not one thing, it's another. After days of dealing with cloudy and arsenic tap water, there are now more problems. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has the latest.
Residents in a public housing complex in the East Village are still being told not to drink the water, days after being told elevated levels of arsenic were detected there. New test results show no contamination, but the city is waiting for more results to come back. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has the latest.
Thousands of people are waiting for test results, and in the interim are now using water from cans.
New test results are in, after slightly elevated levels of arsenic were found in the water supply at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village. CBS2's Astrid Martinez has the story.
For the fourth day in a row, thousands of residents in the East Village are being told not to drink from the tap. Late last week, the city found slightly elevated levels of arsenic in the water. CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.
Residents of the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village are being told not to drink or cook with the water because of high levels of arsenic. CBS2's Astrid Martinez has the story.
