Report: Subway cameras failed days before Sunset Park shooting
The outage went unnoticed for 24 hours, and two more days went by before repairs started, due to limited staffing.
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The outage went unnoticed for 24 hours, and two more days went by before repairs started, due to limited staffing.
Eight months after a gunman opened fire inside a subway car in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, we're getting more details about the failure of security cameras that day. A new report finds some cameras in the station went out days before the shooting. CBS2's Alice Gainer spoke with the president of NYC Transit.
The outage went unnoticed for 24 hours, and two more days went by before repairs started, due to limited staffing.
It happened not long after a 65-year-old man was stabbed during an argument at the Bowling Green Station.
It happened not long after a 65-year-old man was stabbed during an argument at the Bowling Green station, CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.
The latest crime comes ahead of today's City Council hearing on subway safety. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has more.
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It's a First Alert Weather Day as a mixture of snow and rain move through the Tri-State Area Tuesday morning.
It's a First Alert Weather Day as a mixture of snow and rain move through the Tri-State Area Tuesday morning.
We have issued a First Alert Weather Day Tuesday as travel could be impacted due to slick roads, especially north and west of the city.
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We have issued a First Alert Weather Day Tuesday as travel could be impacted due to slick roads, especially north and west of the city.
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It's a First Alert Weather Day as a mixture of snow and rain move through the Tri-State Area Tuesday morning.
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