Tagged New York News

Several people reported shot in New York, shooter dead

August 24, 2012

NEW YORK -- Police officials report several people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that a woman and the suspected gunman is dead. New York City police officials said as many as 10 people...

Final plea entered in Columbia drug ring case

Ariana Costakes

January 17, 2012

NEW YORK -- The last of five students implicated in a Columbia University drug ring pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted possession charges, according to the AP. Adam Klein, 21, of New Jersey admitted he sold...

Bronx building evacuated due to carbon monoxide levels

Jessica Durham

January 17, 2012

NEW YORK -- Twelve residents had to be evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in a Bronx apartment building, according to CBS New York. Almost 100 residents were evacuated into freezing...

Homeless teen is semi-finalist in national science competition

Ariana Costakes

January 13, 2012

NEW YORK -- The family of a homeless teen recently named one of the top science students in the US was offered a rent-stabilized home, Suffolk County officials announced Friday. Samantha Garvey, 17, is among...

Bloomberg plans to limit alcohol sales and advertising

Jessica Durham

January 12, 2012

NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration have come up with another health initiative for New York City; it’s to limit the sale of alcohol in the city to curb excessive drinking, as well as sla...

High School teacher arrested after forging jury duty note to get out of class

Ariana Costakes

January 11, 2012

NEW YORK -- A Manhattan high school teacher was arrested Monday for forging a jury duty notice to justify over two weeks of paid absences, according to myfoxny.com. Investigators say Mona Lisa Tello, 61, sub...

Archbishop Timothy Dolan named Cardinal

Melisa Stumpf

January 7, 2012

NEW YORK -- Timothy Michael Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI on February 23, 2009. Nearly three years later, Benedict, made the announcement on Friday that Dolan is assigned to being ...

Feeder fund clients of Madoff will not receive reimbursement because they are not customers

Ariana Costakes

January 6, 2012

NEW YORK -- Thousands of investors will not be reimbursed for money lost in Bernie Madoff’s decades-long ponzi scheme due to a federal court ruling today, according to the Washington Post. US District Court ...

Police investigating Molotov cocktail attacks as possible hate crimes

Jessica Durham

January 3, 2012

NEW YORK -- Police are investigating a fifth attack on a Long Island home hit by a Molotov cocktail Sunday night to see if it is linked to the four similar attacks in Queens, according to the Daily News. The...

Leader of SAT cheating ring defends actions in ’60 Minutes’ interview

Ariana Costakes

December 31, 2011

GREAT NECK, N.Y. -- The Long Island student at the center of an SAT cheating scandal spoke out in his own defense, telling 60 Minutes he gave struggling students a “new lease on life” by taking the test on thei...

Family and friends mourn Brooklyn woman who was burned alive

Melisa Stumpf

December 31, 2011

NEW YORK -- Friends and family members held a memorial today for Deloris Gillespie, a 73 year-old Brooklynite who was brutally burned alive in her Prospecr Heights building's elevator on December 17th, on her w...

Morgan Stanley announces significant layoffs

Ariana Costakes

December 28, 2011

NEW YORK -- Financial services giant Morgan Stanley will cut 580 New York City jobs in the coming months, the New York Times reported. According to a notice filed with the State Department of Labor Tuesday, ...

New York nurses plan early-January strike

Courtney Seck

December 24, 2011

NEW YORK -- As the turmoil of the economy persists, hospitals throughout the nation are struggling to balance out care, costs and staff. The result has been Fox News interviewed California nurse Leslie Silke...

Five firefighters injured battling Crown Heights blaze

Andrew Castronovo

December 20, 2011

CROWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – During a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn five firefighters were injured while battling flames coming from the second floor of a Crown Heights brownstone. According to WABC, two firefight...

Remains of N.J prostitute likely found

Polina Eisenberg

December 14, 2011

OAK BEACH, N.Y. -- Police investigators of Suffolk County announced last Tuesday that they have likely found the remains of missing 24-year old prostitute, Shannan Gilbert at 9:15 a.m. Gilbert has been missing...

NYU to offer classes on Occupy Wall Street

Melisa Stumpf

December 9, 2011

NEW YORK -- Lisa Duggan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU University, whose areas of interest include modern U.S. cultural, social, and political history will be teaching one of the two courses ...

Mount Vernon firefighter dies of apparent heart attack on duty

Andrew Castronovo

December 9, 2011

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- A firefighter suffered an apparent heart attack and died early Thursday morning while he prepared to fight a house fire on Lorraine Ave. Kevin Townes, 54, of Hopewell Junction, leav...

AT&T 4G LTE coming to New York City this month

Melisa Stumpf

December 7, 2011

John Stephens, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, spoke about how AT&T plans to turn up additional 4G LTE markets in New York City. During the strongest sales month of Dec...

Jury nullification advocate indicted for jury tampering

Melisa Stumpf

December 2, 2011

79-year-old former college professor fights for First Amendment rights.

Students implicated in SAT cheating ring

Ariana Costakes

November 22, 2011

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Four students face prison time for their roles in an SAT cheating scandal out of Great Neck North High School in Long Island, prosecutors say. Joshua Chefec, 20, Adam Justin, 19, and George Tra...