Briarcliff Manor Students, Parents Fight Schedule Changes
A longer school day, fewer elective courses, and teacher layoffs are among proposed changes that have the town of Briarcliff Manor up in arms Thursday.
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A longer school day, fewer elective courses, and teacher layoffs are among proposed changes that have the town of Briarcliff Manor up in arms Thursday.
One of Westchester County's oldest African American congregations may have lost their church in lastMonday's devastating fire, but new doors opened for them on Sunday.
In this Eye on New York segment, CBS 2's Don Dahler breaks down the 2012 budget and political reporter Marcia Kramer interviews Congressman Charles Rangel.
Senators from Florida, New York, Rhode Island and West Virginia say Florida's governor should enact a program to better track the growing trade of abused prescription drugs to other states, a route called the "flamingo express."
Police say an Amtrak train traveling from New York to Harrisburg, Pa., fatally struck a pedestrian in central New Jersey.
The embattled mayor of White Plains resigned Friday afternoon. In a statement, Adam Bradley said, "Today is my last day in office."
Teacher jobs on Long Island may be in jeopardy after a new study estimated more than 3,300 layoffs over the next two years.
Officials in Mamaroneck want to lower the speed limit in a school zone, but the New York Department of Transportation believes the lights, cross walks and signage are sufficient for the zone and its students' safety.
In Westchester County, police think elder abuse was behind the death of a 70-year-old woman. Her own daughter is now under arrest, accused of brutally beating her mother.
Many people make the switch to diet soda to be a bit healthier when they indulge, but a new study suggests that diet soda drinkers could be more susceptible to heart disease or a stroke.
If you haven't dug out your car from the ice and snow of the recent snowstorms, you'd better dig out fast. Parking rules will go back into effect on Monday.
In this Eye on New York segment, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer examines the status of New York's education and interviews New York's Deputy Mayor for Education, Dennis Walcott, on just how "painful" the cuts to New York City public schools will be.
The New York comptroller's office has not audited the State Police fleet since 1992 and has no immediate plans to do that. It has in the past decade looked at a dozen other agencies' vehicle use and controls, spokesman William Reynolds said.
A German shepherd who was pulled from the frigid waters of New York's Hudson River last month after falling off her owner's yacht has died in a fire.
She has brains, beauty, and a sense of humor.
Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work but was best known for his contributions to a dozen James Bond movies, has died. He was 77.
Truike Boekholt-Daly of Mamaroneck went to India to learn yoga and she ended up discovering a calling.
Authorities in upstate New York say a drunken driver hit a utility pole and shut off power for 1,900 people. The accident Saturday in Mohawk also halted train service.
A case against five Columbia University students accused of dealing drugs on campus is putting a spotlight on a recent overhaul of New York's once-notoriously stringent drug laws.
A core group of modern artists came into their own right here in New York and all at the same time. Describing their abstract art might be hard to put into words, but you know it when you see it. CBS 2's Dana Tyler takes us to MOMA.
Martin Silver, who owners the Georgi vodka brand, said he wants to meet with Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon to discuss buying a piece of their struggling franchise.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's firm yet vague threat to lay off thousands of state workers as part of the budget he'll present Tuesday has employees and their families shaking.
A convicted 1970s serial killer on California's death row is being charged with the decades-old killings of two women in New York, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
A barn fire in upstate New York has killed about 200 animals owned by a woman described as a "hoarder" when she was previously charged in an animal neglect case.
Police on Long Island said a 64-year-old woman was struck and killed Wednesday by a pickup truck that was plowing a snow-covered parking lot.
