Messy Commute As Tri-State Area Cleans Up From Storm
Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road and NJ TRANSIT are all planning normal service Thursday, but say weather-related delays are possible.
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Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road and NJ TRANSIT are all planning normal service Thursday, but say weather-related delays are possible.
The fire was feet away from Long Island Rail Road tracks and caused major service disruptions and delays Friday.
The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. near a paper recycling plant on Jamaica and Hollis Avenues and quickly grew to five alarms.
A winter storm warning is in effect for Suffolk County, which could get anywhere from 5 to 10 inches or more of snow.
Cancellations and delays across the board made the commute almost as messy inside as the weather outside.
The Town of Oyster Bay has 30 municipal lots and in 2018 issued 41,202 valid permits, but there are just 6,891 available spaces.
An improvement plan for the Long Island Rail Road was announced Monday.
If you were late riding the Long Island Railroad last month, you weren't alone.
The NTSB released a report Tuesday on the NJ TRANSIT crash in Hoboken in September 2016 and the LIRR crash at Atlantic Terminal in January 2017.
Service was suspended for a time in both directions between Huntington and Port Jefferson due to an unauthorized person on the tracks being struck by a train.
More problems have begun plaguing the Long Island Rail Road – this time involving slippery conditions in the snow.
Members of the Long Island FAILroad Facebook group commiserated at a Penn Station bar one night during rush hour and banded together to take their gripes about train service to social media.
Anyone who has ridden the Long Island Rail Road in the last few months can tell you it has been rough at times, with delays and cancellations.
The Long Island Rail Road said it is cleaning sink faucets on all of its trains, after a video posted on Twitter showed brown water coming out of one Tuesday morning.
Rail officials said the impact on commuters won't be as significant as the changes riders dealt with last summer.
Train commuters from Long Island and New Jersey were bracing this weekend for a second round of track repairs at Penn Station that will cause the cancellation of some trains and the re-routing of others.
Metro-North says it is operating on a reduced weekday schedule with some combined and cancelled trains while LIRR trains are running with about 15-minute delays.
The Long Island Railroad says its service is on or close to schedule in and out of Penn Station following earlier delays and cancellations due to third rail damage in one of Amtrak's East River tunnels.
Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky is calling on the LIRR to look into the recent delays and cancellations.
The LIRR says the system is operating on only one of two Main Line tracks while repairs are underway and says riders should expect delays and cancellations.
Unauthorized vehicles at two different locations on the tracks shut down service on several branches of the Long Island Rail Road Tuesday evening.
Service on Metro-North's Danbury Branch and the Long Island Rail Road's Ronkonkoma and Montauk branches is suspended as rain and wind continue to hit parts of the Tri-State area.
The driver of an Uber car narrowly escaped with his life when his vehicle was struck by a Long Island Rail Road train after stalling on the tracks.
During the 48-hours it will take to install the new bridge, there will be no train service on the Main Line between Mineola and Hicksville. Buses will replace some trains, and other trains will be diverted. Also, special weekend timetables will be in effect for all branches.
Long Island Railroad service was suspended in both directions between Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica for almost an hour due to a signal problem.
The initiative focuses on crime prevention, education and seeks to celebrate Jewish life.
Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York's roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for outside counsel to review Cornell University's response to an allegation of gang rape at a fraternity house in 2024.
A man was dragged to death after his shopping bag got caught in the doors of a subway train in Brooklyn, police said.
CBS News New York has exclusively obtained screenshots from a source presented as text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
The initiative focuses on crime prevention, education and seeks to celebrate Jewish life.
Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York's roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for outside counsel to review Cornell University's response to an allegation of gang rape at a fraternity house in 2024.
A man was dragged to death after his shopping bag got caught in the doors of a subway train in Brooklyn, police said.
The man accused of killing two men during shootings in the Bronx and Brooklyn pleaded not guilty at his court arraignment on Tuesday.
Although fall has recently just begun, much attention is already being turned to the upcoming winter.
The nor'easter that has been bringing bands of rain and heavy winds to New York, New Jersey and the Tri-State Area is finally clearing out.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
This weekend's nor'easter is bringing coastal flooding concerns and bands of rain to New York City and the Tri-State Area.
Although fall has recently just begun, much attention is already being turned to the upcoming winter.
Remnants of the nor'easter that slammed the Tri-State Area are still lingering. The storm brought rain and caused coastal flooding as well as beach erosion.
The nor'easter that has been bringing bands of rain and heavy winds to New York, New Jersey and the Tri-State Area is finally clearing out.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
After three days of nor'easter conditions on Long Island, the cleanup and damage assessment continued on Monday.
As CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports, the South Shore town of Lindenhurst was hit especially hard.
Although fall has recently just begun, much attention is already being turned to the upcoming winter.
Lindenhurst residents are coping with inundating waters. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
The nor'easter that has been bringing bands of rain and heavy winds to New York, New Jersey and the Tri-State Area is finally clearing out.
The initiative focuses on crime prevention, education and seeks to celebrate Jewish life.
One of the highest-profile races in the midterm election cycle is the battle for New York's 17th Congressional District between two-term Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley.
New Jersey's former lieutenant governor is breaking his silence a day after resigning from office.
Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan with the first CIA officers sent into the country after 9/11, the opening move in what would later become America's longest war.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell submitted his resignation Friday, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.
CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram shares the personal details of her life-or-death brain aneurysm scare.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free thanks to medical advances and a doctor who took on a risky case.
New York City health officials have identified cooling towers potentially linked to a Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
NYU Langone has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors.
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
The 2026 Global Citizen Festival that was set to take over the Great Lawn in New York City's Central Park Saturday has been canceled.
The anonymous woman who accused Jay-Z of sexually assaulting her said in a new court filing that she never met the rap mogul.
Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York's roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night.
Aaron Judge hopes to talk his way onto the Yankees roster for the AL Wild Card Series and into the starting lineup against the Red Sox.
The Minnesota Vikings are moving on from former first-round pick quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
Andrés Chaparro homered twice and the Nationals defeated the Mets 6-4 on Sunday in the season finale for both teams.
The Giants held on to beat the Titans 12-7 on Sunday, but lost their most important defensive player, Brian Burns, to a knee injury.
A weeks-long effort to build an accessible outdoor gathering space brings South Brooklyn's Jewish community together for Sukkot.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
Neighbors have been waiting since 2021 for the bridge over the Belt Parkway to be rebuilt and reconnect Bath Beach with the waterfront.
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
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.
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The judge and attorneys involved in Lindsay Clancy's murder case discussed a potential retrial date in the first hearing since the high-profile trial.
The Pima County Sheriff's Office said they and an FBI task force were recently made aware of the possible note and social media comments related to it.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in the '90s sitcom "Saved By The Bell," has died, according to his agent. He was 75.
Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York's roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night.
A tractor-trailer involved in a crash is blocking part of a road in New Jersey.
