NYC Looks To Combat Rising Number Of West Nile Cases With Mosquito Spraying
City officials said residents are not likely to experience medical problems from it, but want everyone to try and avoid exposure. They will be warned.
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City officials said residents are not likely to experience medical problems from it, but want everyone to try and avoid exposure. They will be warned.
Residents of the Upper West Side have been placed under siege by rats, according to the West 76th Street Block Association.
Parts of Manhattan will be sprayed on Friday to combat the spread of West Nile Virus. The city's health commissioner said it's expected that there will be a big jump in the number of people infected with West Nile coming in the next few weeks.
24-year-old Portia Sirinek had given local music stores a heads up that her $8,000 french horn had been stolen from an Upper West Side restaurant, and he recognized it when suspect Stephen Horne allegedly tried to hawk it to him for $1,000.
Police say that the 40-year-old manager of the facility was confronting the individual about whether he had the proper papers to live in the building when the man attacked, stabbing the victim in the chest.
When President Barack Obama lived in the 109th Street apartment with a roommate while attending Columbia University, the monthly rent was $360.
Authorities say they launched their investigation after members of the community registerd numerous complaints about "widespread drug dealing and violence, including shootings and robberies" in the area.
This unusual town house is 18-feet wide and has double height ceilings, it's located on the Upper West Side, and CBS 2's Emily Smith recently took the tour.
It's a rather unusual townhouse on Manhattan's Upper West Side, spanning 18 feet wide and containing double-height ceilings. CBS 2's Emily Smith takes you inside for the tour.
After regularly warning his children about subway safety, an Upper West Side father saved a woman's life in a daring rescue on Saturday.
Mosquitoes are breeding in sewers along West 84th Street, entering apartments through cracks in basements, sidewalks and roadways.
CBS 2 was the first to report on the invasion of sewer-bred mosquitoes last year, and they are back with a vengeance. But bite-weary residents are now finally getting the city's full attention.
CBS 2's Emily Smith recently took a tour of an Upper West Side condo that feels as if it is floating above the Hudson River.
Do you want to help fight prescription drug abuse and the deadly consequences like the recent rash of pharmacy shootings? Well, Saturday was the day to do it. And all you had to do was check your medicine cabinet.
It's an Upper West Side condominium that makes you feel as if you are floating above the Hudson River. CBS 2's Emily Smith takes you inside this nearly $4 million apartment.
Hany Abdalla, a 35-year-old paraprofessional at P.S. 84, was arrested Wednesday on charges of sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police.
Police say surveillance video shows the suspect dressed as a woman on March 13 with what appears to be a badge on his waist.
With the Jewish people to once again celebrate their survival with Passover, a New York City group hopes that we will never forget about the Holocaust, so we can say "never again."
Looking to meet your purrfect match? Head to Manhattan's Upper West Side this weekend for the ASPCA Mega Match-A-Thon presented in conjunction with the Mayor's Alliance for New York City's Animals.
The attorney for Eric Giray says his client's classmate called him names like "elephant ears" and mocked his religion during grades 6 through 8 at the Calhoun School.
Starting on Monday night, service will be suspended on the A, C and E lines from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Columbus Circle to Jay Street.
Police made two arrests this week: teacher's aide Gregory Atkins in Manhattan and another teacher's aide, Taleek Brooks, in Brooklyn.
"It's appalling and a shock, because you wouldn't think of it in a school like this," parent David Callaway said.
On the two sides of Columbus Avenue at 78th Street are the two sides of the argument. To the west is a deli, a little boutique furniture store, and a few other small shops. To the east, the entire block is a Duane Reade, and a Chase bank.
The restaurant is named after Lady Gaga's aunt, a painter and poet, who died of Lupus at 19.
