Puerto Rican community protests sign removal in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The Puerto Rican community is demanding an investigation after a street sign in Brooklyn was taken down.
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The Puerto Rican community is demanding an investigation after a street sign in Brooklyn was taken down.
The bar's owner says part of their proceeds will be going to local soccer leagues.
Sunday was the opening game for the World Cup, and soccer fans in New York are through the roof as the sport continues to gain momentum in the states. CBS2's Hannah Kliger talked to fans at Williamsburg's Banter Bar.
Officials say two of the victims are seriously injured after the fire overnight in Williamsburg.
Workers, who had voted to unionize in Williamsburg, say the coffee giant is ignoring their demands and stalling.
It was an all-day walkout for workers who voted over the summer to unionize a Reserve store in Williamsburg. Baristas did so because they say the coffee giant is ignoring their demands and stalling. CBS2's Dave Carlin reports.
The ruling against Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem came in response to a lawsuit filed by a parent.
La Borinqueña represents the women who've made a difference in graphic novelist and philanthropist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez's life.
He is accused of grabbing or touching women in Park Slope, Williamsburg, and Clinton Hill from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
"It really just hurts, is the best way I can put it. It was like little icicles hitting you, almost," she said.
CBS2's Tim McNicholas spoke exclusively with a woman who has been hit in the face by gel pellets fired from a gun in Brooklyn in multiple incidents.
A woman riding in a car was grazed by a stray bullet Saturday on the Williamsburg Bridge.
The attacks on men ages 72 and 66 happened during the morning on Aug. 21.
CBS2's Jessica Moore has more on how the number of hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers continues to rise.
The flames eventually spread to all three floors of the building.
Six firefighters were injured in an overnight fire in Williamsburg.
The flames broke out around 3:45 a.m. in a three-story mixed occupancy building.
One of the men told CBS2 it wasn't the first time he was attacked in the neighborhood.
The victim was uncomfortable sharing his name, but said it wasn't the first time he was attacked in the neighborhood, CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
In both incidents, men were pushed off the scooters they were riding and robbed of their vehicles and belongings.
Police are looking for several suspects behind two scooter robberies and attacks in Williamsburg.
The 22-year-old described the moments when gunfire erupted on Saturday night after a stop at the Western Wall.
Menachem Palace told Lisa Rozner he's very luck to be OK.
The community in Williamsburg is encouraging everyone to pray for the victims in Saturday's attack in Jerusalem, CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reports.
The shooting occurred as the bus waited in a parking lot near the Western Wall on Saturday night.
