He was a sweet man who loved a clean home. We used to call him mr. Clean. If he sees any of this mess here, hell come home and start cleaning. Great father, great grandfather. Ed reporter the citys Sanitation Department needs to be more careful. Its the sanitations job, its their responsibility, its what they get paid for. If they had not plowed him in, he could be probably alive today. So we contacted the Sanitation Department, they simply just said talk to the nypd. We called the police the nypd saying theyre investigating this, it is too early to tell if the familys story in this case adds up. Brock schmitt, news new york. T there are at least two other carbon monpxide deaths inside cars. Staying warm in an idling car with her mother and brother. Zania is we sent rian thompson to the northudsonegional fire departme to findit out just how quickly Carbon Monoxide can kill. Brian . I have to tell you, i talked to pa sigh ago police about that g. Incident they had. They tell me a test to recreate the carion monoxide in that car quickly found elevated and danger s levels of so within a matter of minutes. 4 investtgates decided to look ffurther into this silent killer. With th me turn of a key. The snow encased suv turns into a timebomb. North hudson wreath analogy firefighters pack snow around it to simulate what people are dealing with as they try to dig out their cars following the blizzard. With the suv runmeth two separate carbon munoxide an older car would be the Carbon Monoxide would be greater, quicker to get into the car. The car has a small exhaust leak. Our Carbon Monoxide detectors star climbing within seconds. Anything higher than 9 parts per million is considered unhealthy. Te a minute we measured 127 parts per million which can caus headaches. In five minutes it sored to 700 parts per millio well into the red zone. Two minutes later, over 1200. Death could come within a couple of hours. St i was sur prishd about that. We topped out at 13 parts per million, a deadly dose. Definitely be unconscious. The longer youre there under those co elnditions it could lead to death. W po should you do if you find yourself trapped in the snow . Cracking the window is key. Have cross ventilation within the car. If you have the opportunity, get rid of the snow thats blocking your tailpipe. Try to get the snow out from under ur car, that also allows co to push its way into yr vehicle. And then thekes this idea from aroundy white, when i talked to him this afternoon. He said, why not require Automobile Companies to put in Carbon Monoxide detectors as we now require co detectors in homes . Thats an idea anyway. Live in weehawkin, brian thompson, news 4 new york. Stay on top of the storm with our news 4tsew york app. Tap the logo, and select the weather app for the latest alerts, r h and forecasts. An nypd officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed man. The jury got a look at how dark the stairwell was when the officer fired his weapon. Dimly lit stairwell in brooklyn. Jurors also saw diagrams of where the shell casing was found and heard testimony from officers who responded later to the ene. His defense attorneythays he fired his gun accidentally. His actions were ofckless. If you are new york city homeowner experiencing sticker shock from r ing property tax bills you are not alone. Republicans want to force albany to cap property t wax increases at 2 like the rest of the state does. The citys tax rate has remained among the lowest in the state. Csoarllg values have led to hittgher assessments and bigger bills for homeowners. Mayor de blasio pushedack tter five hours of testimony today. I think the property taxpayers in the city of new york deserve the same type of release you put forth for the rate pairs. Im working every day to avoid a property tax increase. Dont be little the effect of assessments. We should all Work Together to figure out different ways to high assessments are hurting xpayers. Capping them would c t the city 3 billion in much needed venue for Services Like schools and police. Dean skelos and his son want a new trial. Their lawyers argued not enough evidence was presented to conclude their guilt. Prosecutors say he used his powerful position to find liz son high paying jobs. The World Trade Center rtransportation hub wont open until march, were getting a sneak peak inside the station. Crews are putting the final touches on the project thats been more than aecade in th p making. The hub known as the oculus. Its a major step forward in the rebuilding of lower manhattan. We as a people had to show not just cun but the world were once open, 200,000 commuters are expected to pass through the station every day. It will connect to path trains, Ferry Service and d1 subway lines. Coming up todight. An i team exclive. Also ahead. Do you know the difference between being admitted and observed . 7700. How a simple hospital code could cost you. More investigations, more answers, coming up. Lots of snow belts today as temperatures warmed into the 40s and 50. Will this trend continue . Ill tell you about that and the light rain were tracking outside ri fl meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. Call now to get more. More speed. Like, 300 meg. Demand. More places to make more unlimited calls. Call now. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 100 meg ultra fast internet, and unlimited calling to Yo International destinations. We find more good things every day more ways to watch more shows. On more wifi connected devices in our house. Time warner cable made switching easy with a one hour arrival windo they even made sure all of our connections weicre up and running before they left. Why settle for less, when you ca an get more call now. Get free installation with a one hour arrival window. And ask how you could get a 300 reward card. Call for more, now. Says 99 of city streets have been touched by a plow. Thats good news. How much snow did the city remove . The city plowed 99 1 2 million cubic yards of snow. Thats more than 7 milligon tons the stuff. Thats enough snow to fill nkee stadium to the top 66 times and to fl the entire Empire State Building 24 times. Where does all that snow go . Reporter great question, clearing the streets is one thing. It leaves behind two problems. One of them is when they do plow e streets, look what happens to cars. They get socked in. All those millions of ton of snow that got siooped up, what do you do with it all . The answer, you melt it. Help dig the tax out, why b t lend a hand. Reporter it startn wite neighbor helping neighbor. Somebodys got to do it, right . Reporter and turned into we didnt get no help at all. Reporter and finally the question, what to do with all that snow. Heres your answer. Scoop it up, send it to a truckload by a site like this e, and melt the snow, one ton at a time. The machine behind us acts as almost a giant hot tub. It gets between 40 and 50 degrees and then it will melt about 60 tons of snow an hour. Reporter the sanitguation commissioner said now that the city has plowed more than 99 of the streets, its time to get rid of 7 million tons of snow by making it disappear melting it into the sewer system where it flows to a wikte treatment plant. And the melter has help from mother nature. Im not unhappy to have temperatures above freezing. Unusual strategy. The Sanitation Department does scattering. Knocking snow into the street, youll think ive gone crazy, but thats really to try to allow it to melt. Reporter believe it or not, that was part of the strategy today. You can see some of the plows knocking the snow out into the street to get it to melt down. Theyre using 36 of those big melters across the hity. Each one of the costs 260,000. Thats up to 9 million in spending to get those melters. It was approved in the bloomberg administration. Being put to use after this storm. We have a dmuter alert for you, right now, all northbound lanes are closed on i95 in baychester because of a jackknifed tractor trailer blocking lanes there. You want to avoid the area. Admitted to the hospital or just under observation . U may not know the difference til medouaid refuses toayg r one. First, heres a look at whats on nshs tonight. An are you happy with your bathr m . I wasnt. Til e learned about bath fitter. Bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. Isnt that amazing . Bath fitter will mngsure, custommake and install right over your existing tub. And only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. Plus, they do it all in just one day. Lester holt is joining us now with a look at whats ahead on nightly news. Theres a dramatic reversal to tell you about in the gop race in iowa, six days out from the election there. Well focus on something thats incredibly tough for new mothers. Is it baby blues or something more serious. Well look at what experts are calling for in the battle against depression. Its so lard for new bombs to know whats happening with their bodies and mind. Theres this recognition. Were going to look at the signs that women should know about, plus Important Information about health insurance. Much needed tnformate n. Thank you. Chuck . Two words, two words and one that could cost medicare patients thousands of doll 3s. Peisze cheng is here with the exclusive. Reporter at the hospital you may not notice the difference be a wee hbeing under observation or being admitted as too many medi re patients have found out, it could mean the difference between thousands f dollars on your medical bill. Im glad im still around. Angelo will turn 90 in march. The connecticut man frs he will be fighting medicare until his death after several appeals hes back to square one. The trouble is, i wasnt aware that medicare was not going to be paying for my stay at theerehab which was a little over 400 daily fee. In the end he was stuck with a bill for 7,700 for the weeks he spent in a rehab center after he was rushed to this emergency room. Here he was subjected to a whole slew of tests and spent five days in a hospital room. By all accounts, did it feel like you had been admitted to the hospital . Absolutely. Absolutely. I couldnt tell the difference . I dont know anyone else who ever experienced could tell the difference. There was a huge difference. He later discovered he was under ob servation and not admitted as a result, medicare did not cover post hospital care. Hospitals are under a great deal of pressure to consider patients on observation status. Judy stein headsothe center for medicare advocacy. Medicare wont pay unless the patient received a threeday in patient hospital care. Observation stays do not minimum. Hcording to the most recent health carfaspending data, the mber of wedicare outpatient visits increased since 2006. OutPatient Services steadily increased, in Patient Services were on a steady decline for the same period. It places an incredible burden on us to make sure were getting the patients status correctly. Reporter the new owner of the hospital cant talk specifically about angelos case, but theyre just following the strict guidelines set by medicare. It really has to do with what medicare will pay for after the care, i think the quality of care is exactly the same, were providing whatever the patient needs medically. The center for medicare add vowcy is suing medicare to give patients a right to their instead he must pay for his hefty medical bills on his own on his fixed income. Im going to stay as long as i can pursuing it. Something that could help patients is the notice act. It takes effect this august, in the summertime, and requires hospitals across the country to tell patients when they are der observation and what the consequences are. Until then, medicare patients are advised to inquire about their status. If they ind themselves in the hospital. Back to you guys. Peisze, thank you. If you have a story youd like neyorks biggest i team to check out. Call the tip line at 866news244. The blizzard continues to capture the imagination ofur viewers who are posting on social media. Jay bursten snapped this i mage of the streets below as he was commuting this morning on the Roosevelt Island tram. Good tuesday morning, the this beautiful shot captured sunny side queens. Happily named, where finally people are seeing the streets clear. Its nice to see it in pictures. Its good to see that were seeing m oore and more of the blacktop no0. Once the streets get clear, the sun can do its work, the warm temperatures too, helping to melt more and more of the snow. Lets take a check outside right now, its pretty quiet. Ovanehead. A weak cold front rolling co rough. And were tracking a few light showers and sprinkles. Temperatures 47 degrees in the park under cloudy skies. 47adegrees. The average high is 39. Ihere we gods again. Te aimperatures are up near 50 today. We saw lots of snow melting across the area. Its going to be mild tomorrow too. More of the warm weather is coming for us over the next week or two. You may need your umbrella early this evening if youre out. Dont expect heavy showers. Its really light the rain 47 in sheeps head bay. 48 n jersey city, its very mild, pleasant almost like a spring evening out there. Almost until you see the mounds of snow. You can see those light showers bubbling up from the south, a cold front moving into the area. The air out ahead of it is pretty mild. These showers are extremely light, were barely picking up anything now in south brunswick. If you do get out, you feel sprinkle. Thats probably all youre going to get. A sprinkle or a shower. Temperatures will stay in the he40s in the city until 9 00. Hover around 40. An s not going to be as cold tonight. In the outlyi areas, where its a little colder in the morning, youll get black ice again. Temperatures up above 40 in the afternoon with sun. The coastal storm we talked about is going to stay offshore. We s dont have to worry about big snows this weekend. The weather warms up again by sunday after a slight cooldown. And it feels nice to be outside. Temperatures in the mid40s. Heres saturdays high, 48. Nice and brisk over the weekend. The el nino pattern returns,e where were back in the mild air into next week, with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. We will continue the january thloaw for our area. More melting snow, lots of potholes forming around the area, if we ge oa chance for precipitation, it should be all rain. Tonights lows in the mid30s, white plains, newark and islip. Youre in the outlying areas, you will see temperatures in the 230s. A b of black ice will form onoice again. Were ba ou in the upper 3 thats an average day on ursday. And then a few cloudssfriday from that coastal storm and maybe some flurries north and west. Thats about it, it escapes us. And the warmup continues into next week. Can i say we all got the memo today today . Just sayin. How about a memo on the knicks. Okay. Best teams, the question is, will they have their best player in the lineup . Coming up in sports, we have the latest on Carmelo Anthonys knee, and if hell face kevin durant and Russell Westbrook at the garden. Arguably the best tennis player of all time is in the hunt for his first grand slam title since 2012. Well check in with federer down sometimes, we all need a little help. Today, you helped her plant a garden, and you want to be there to help her with all her tomorrows. If youre trying to quit smoking, you may need a little help. Medications to help you stop smoking. Including nicotine patches, gum and other medicines, are available to medicaid members. Call your doctor today to get the help you need to quit smoking. So you can always be there no melo tonight at msg. Carmelo anthony is out of the lineup for the knicks. Melo has a sore leteknee. More bad news. Kevin duran in the Oklahoma City figured to be in a salty mood coming off a shocking loss to the highest scoring duo in the lendague. Averaging over 50 points per ll game. Derek fisher knows it will take a collective effort tonight. You have guys that are as good as those two are, in terms of westbrook and durant. Its more challenging. I think thats why the ideas are stil fl focused on the larger part of the team. Its not this guy versus this guy. The nets host the heat. In nfl news, jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson continues to try to put his off the field issues in his career view mi. He cut a deal to avoid jail time after pleading guilt to resisting arrest and speeding at 143 Miles Per Hour during a Police Car Chase in missouri last summer. The 25yearold will be on probation and serve 100 hours of community service, however he could still face discipline from we are set for a super semomifineaap. Novak djokovic won intraight sets. Djokovic seen here in the near court is the defending aussie champion and won this event ffre times. Hell face the ageless Roger Federer in the semis. The 34yearold legend cruised against tomas in the quarters, and is somehow playing some of the best tennis of his career. Djokovic beat federer in the finals of women imbeldon and the u. S. Open. The nba, the two ju bes teams in the league went toe to toe last night in oakland. S. But the game turned out to be a total blowout. The reigning mvp, teph curry stt. Ole the show as usual. The nba scoring leader poured in 37 points, most of which came in spectacular fashion. And get this, he sat out the entire fourth quarter. After the game, spurs coach greg