Police Ready With New Tech To Keep New Year's Eve Celebrations Safe
New levels of security are being added to Times Square to protect over a million people that police expect to celebrate the New Year's Eve ball drop Monday night.
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New levels of security are being added to Times Square to protect over a million people that police expect to celebrate the New Year's Eve ball drop Monday night.
Police are looking for the person who scrawled swastikas on an elderly woman's door in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.
The incident has sparked controversy, with many officials calling for harsher punishment for the men and a renewed debate about how to handle low-level transit crime.
Countless cops across the city at times serve as tour guide or camera man with the surge of tourists visiting the Big Apple.
Sources tell CBS2 officials are pursuing the remaining three the men in connection to the fight.
In a shocking video shared on social media, Police Officer Syed Ali was seen holding off five homeless with his baton after they began acting aggressively in the East Broadway Subway station.
The child was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.
Authorities say Ian Cruz, 23, was found in Bayswater Point State Park on Dec. 16, with trauma to his head and body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two dozen lucky kids were rewarded for a job well done on Saturday when they got to shop with a few officers from the NYPD.
The department's 2017 use-of-force report showed that officers opened fire 52 times last year, a 28 percent decrease from previous year. Police officers' use of Tasers, meanwhile, jumped about 45 percent.
Authorities said on Tuesday that Lesbia Ayala died of systematic silicon syndrome on June 17.
Police sources told CBS2 the victim got into an argument with a woman on a BX 19 MTA bus along 149th Street near Morris Avenue when she reached out to pet the woman's service dog.
Justin Murrell, 16, faces assault and attempted murder charges in the June 2017 incident, which left Det. Dalsh Veve with brain damage.
A woman accidentally wounded during a police-involved shootout with a suspect in the Bronx plans to sue.
Family and friends came together Sunday, one year after a popular restaurant owner was murdered.
Police say one of the suspects has been charged with murder after allegedly pushing the 17-year-old into oncoming traffic on Dec. 10.
Police sources tell CBS2 that an 11-year-old girl was walking to class around 8 a.m. Saturday morning when a 40-year-old man pulled up to her in his car near Center Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood.
A violent attack caught on camera this week in Queens is just one example of a recent uptick in crime that has some people worried about their safety on mass transit.
The NYPD said the threats do not appear to be credible and were sent electronically to numerous locations.
The summit comes in response to Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz's brutal killing back in June.
Is it just a string of bad luck? Or rather systematic problems finally coming to light for the nation's largest police force?
Cellphone video captured 23-year-old Jazmine Headley clinging to her 1-year-old son, Damone, telling officers they were hurting the boy as they tried to arrest her last Friday afternoon.
It's the video seen around the country -- a young mother arrested at a Brooklyn food stamp office. On Tuesday, the city social services commissioner apologized as calls mount for steps to ensure it never happens again.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was shot late Sunday night after responding to reports of a domestic dispute in the Shore Acres neighborhood.
More than 60 bars are officially participating in the event and plan to donate part of their sales to charity.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is calling for her own lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign.
The Yankees are adjusting part of their weekend schedule due to the impending nor'easter.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free thanks to medical advances and a doctor who took on a risky case.
A 66-year-old rabbi was brutally attacked and left bleeding outside of his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn, on Wednesday night.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is one step away from sainthood in the Catholic Church after Thursday's beatification service.
A 66-year-old rabbi was brutally attacked and left bleeding outside of his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn, on Wednesday night.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is one step away from sainthood in the Catholic Church after Thursday's beatification service.
We're set for a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday due to expected heavy rain and potential coastal flooding.
Officials are preparing Long Island beaches, postponing events and getting ready for the nor'easter that is expected to impact the area this weekend.
Thousands are expected to pack Central Park's Great Lawn for a day full of live music on Saturday.
We're set for a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday due to expected heavy rain and potential coastal flooding.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
Rain totals on Sunday were much less substantial compared to last Sunday's prolific totals, generally averaging less than 1 inch in most locations.
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.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is calling for her own lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign.
Towns along the Jersey Shore are getting ready for the impact of this weekend's nor'easter.
We're set for a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday due to expected heavy rain and potential coastal flooding.
Police in Edison, New Jersey, will soon have more places to track vehicles entering and leaving the township.
Winds were already cranking along the Jersey Shore, and the storm will mean prolonged problems along the coast.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free thanks to medical advances and a doctor who took on a risky case.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free and it's all thanks to medical advances. As CBS News New York's John Dias reports, it's also because of one doctor who took on a risky case.
CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff spoke to elected officials in Long Beach about preparations.
We're set for a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday due to expected heavy rain and potential coastal flooding.
Officials are preparing Long Island beaches, postponing events and getting ready for the nor'easter that is expected to impact the area this weekend.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is calling for her own lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign.
Netanyahu's address to the U.N. marks the first time he has visited New York since Mamdani became mayor.
Benjamin Netanyahu focused on Iran, and on defending Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank amid condemnation from fellow leaders at the U.N.
The NYPD took multiple protesters into custody Thursday at a demonstration near the United Nations as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to address the General Assembly.
Reporters whose White House access was revoked were allowed to enter the complex again, hours after a judge ordered the Trump administration to restore their press credentials.
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.
Some people in Keyport, New Jersey, claim the site of a former aircraft manufacturing plant is to blame for a growing number of cancer diagnoses, but the state says otherwise.
Thousands are expected to pack Central Park's Great Lawn for a day full of live music on Saturday.
The "Opera for All" lottery will be for New Yorkers who haven't attended a performance at the Met since 2019.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
A Long Island musician has landed his dream gig after being chosen as the new frontman of Quiet Riot.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
The Yankees are adjusting part of their weekend schedule due to the impending nor'easter.
Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning against his former team and Brett Baty added a pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth as the New York Mets beat the Texas Rangers 7-2.
The New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Wednesday night.
Jaxson Dart is once again the Giants' future at quarterback now that his feared season-ending left knee injury has become a reality.
The Mets beat the AL West-leading Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night in their first game with Andy Green as their full-time manager.
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
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.
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.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free and it's all thanks to medical advances. As CBS News New York's John Dias reports, it's also because of one doctor who took on a risky case.
CBS News New York's Scott Padgett has your First Alert Forecast for September 24 at 6 p.m.
CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo has the story from Randalls Island, where fans of the 2025-26 NBA champions are ready for quite a show.
CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff spoke to elected officials in Long Beach about preparations.
McDonald's says it's exploring new high-protein options, as well as smaller portions aimed at customers taking GLP-1s. As CBS News New York's Meg Oliver explains, it's not just the golden arches making changes to menus.
