Eye On New York: City Council Passes Laws Against NYPD, A New Play Hits Broadway And Mouth Off To Montone
CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer stopped by to explain the measures have veto-proof support.
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CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer stopped by to explain the measures have veto-proof support.
A few days after Superstorm Sandy's surge drowned Jersey shore towns and turned lower Manhattan into the world's largest outdoor saltwater pool, I visited a climatologist at Columbia University.
Early Thursday morning, the City Council voted to create an inspector general to review and monitor the NYPD and expand the definition of racial profiling to include age, gender, sexual orientation and immigrant status.
"You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, (we will)," Cashman told ESPN. "Alex should just shut the f--- up. That's it. I'm going to call Alex now."
A music-theater collaboration based on a classic Chinese folk tale will hit the stage at the Lincoln Center Festival.
Radio Free Montone is a weekly blog where Montone takes you behind the scenes of news radio in New York City, and gives his observations on reporting in the greatest city in the world.
Gandolfini died in Italy on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was 51.
"I've never heard nothing like it, it was a big boom," witness Willie Hankins said. "It was quite scary."
A nanny was sexually assaulted in Central Park in broad daylight Tuesday, and police immediately launched a hunt for her attacker.
In the coming years, New York City is looking at building a plant that would turn table scraps and egg shells into biogas to generate electricity.
On Sunday's Eye On New York, CBS 2's Dana Tyler spoke to Tony Award-winning actor Billy Porter, the star of "Kinky Boots."
Police said the suspect followed a 92-year-old man into his building, pushed him to the ground and robbed him.
Using voice commands to send text messages and emails from behind the wheel, which is marketed as a safer alternative for drivers, actually is more distracting and dangerous than simply talking on a cellphone, a new AAA study found.
As part of the plan, removable flood walls would be set up for much of lower Manhattan as well as a 15-to-20-foot levee to guard part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees to protect a Brooklyn creek.
EMT Brendon Hernandez, 25, said he was acting on instinct when he jumped on a suspect who police said had just shot Officer Fausto Gomez in the foot outside Harlem Hospital early Monday morning.
Flash flood warnings for the five boroughs of New York City, Fairfield County, Conn., and Nassau County and Suffolk County expired earlier in the evening.
People have been flocking to the tiny downtown shop of French chef Dominique Ansel to indulge in the latest food craze that has arrived just in time for National Doughnut Day.
Saint Joseph High School pitcher Rob Kaminsky of Englewood Cliffs was taken by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft Thursday night.
There is some good news and some bad news out this morning for those who rack up lots of unpaid parking tickets.
A league executive told CBS News that Anthony Bosch could implicate up to 25 players, including some stars not currently connected to the firestorm.
The attacks include three fatalities on Sunday, another three on Saturday, a triple shooting in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and a shooting in Bedford-Styuvesant that left an 11-year-old girl severely injured.
On Sunday's Eye On New York, CBS 2's Dana Tyler sat down with the actor Rob McClure, who's up for a Tony for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin. The Tony Awards will be handed out next Sunday evening live on CBS 2 HD.
The heat is expected to continue through Sunday. There's a chance for strong to severe thunderstorms on Sunday night or Monday.
Crews worked through the night to repair the third rail and protection boards, the MTA said. The cause for the derailment remains under investigation.
New York's top court will give its two cents into the brewing controversy over Starbucks baristas' tip jars: whether shift supervisors and assistant managers are legally entitled to dip into them.
