Talk tomorrow after his hearing. Hell be asked why when asked if he had close relatives who had been convicted he said non no. The embattled jurors hearing, nearly a year and a half after the enraged gurleys family by recommending no prison time for liang. Late today, eric adams called for calm after the sentencing. The future depending on the cotmmitment of two communities. And we will not allow what took place at that tragedy to divide and separate our communities. Legal analysts say theres another possibility. The judge may not have to instead, the juror may offer a reasonable explanation. May say he didnt lie, he misunderstood the line of questioning. Live in unwntown brooklyn, andrew siff, news 4 new york. Ye thank you. We have breaking news right now. Were getting our first look at the suspect in this mornings Upper East Side fatal stabbing. Gustavo rodrigez lefa to attend his hearing in the stabbing death of his girlfriends ex exboyfriend. Cardoza was stopped outside his home for having an open ba ntainer of bore. His original 4 million award was overturned by a judge. He appealed that ruling, the that lower award. The seek safet ramifications at a local school. A homeles m accused of slashing an israeli tourist at a subway station appeared in a manhattan courtroom today. Marvin taylor was arraigned on Assault Charges in the attack. Someone recognized taylor from rveillance video and called themp 55yearold victim was slashed in the face and neck and has now returned home to israel. Taylor is being held on 150,000 bail. The horror is lard to forget. This devastating fire destroyed a building in key port new jersey on friday. The man who was working on the fire begun. Hes charged with working without a permit, working without a license and driving without a license. Emotions ran high today as Kathleen Dimes learned her punishment for the role she played in her 6yearold daughters death. On reporter the judge today said Kathleen Dimes will forever liy. Ve with the guilt of her 6yearold daughters death a lifetime of pain but no prison time. Shes suffered more than a prison sentence could ever accomplish. She sobbed as the judge handed down her sentence, five years probation. Prosecutors pushed hard today for prison time, saying she recently tested positive for marijuana. And even blamed her own daughter for taking tce deadly dose of drugs. I dont feel like i killed her. I dont look at it that way. She was 6 1 2 years old and she knew better. Lacy ingested a toxic mix of benaisyl, morphine and valium last easter. Today her attorney read a statement on her behalf. Lacy was my beautiful little girl and will be with me in my head and heart every day. I cannot even tell you how sorry i am for that day. The judge called dimes unsympathetic. She made it clear she did not give her daughter the illegal drugs. She got into the defendants Prescription Medication and ben trail in the middle of the night while the defendant was sleeping. This is a woman who will ver be the same. She lost her 6yearold. She is responsible and has admitted to being responsible. Ee lacys dad also wiped away te wars in coutt as prosecutors spoke of his daughters love of dance and gymnastics. Very emotional day for you . Of course. Still suffers from emotional andphysical scars. She will undergo the treatment she needs to get help. New jersey trans sit defending its use of audio surveillance on some of its trains. Rail rider groups have raised privacy issues about the new audio and Video Systems being installed. At tuesdays board meeting, the agency said its using whatever tools at its disposal to keep passengers safe inside of global terrorist attacks on mass transit systems. Slow down, save lives. The initiative to crackdown on speeding drivers. News 4s Brian Thompson has been observing this operation all day om jersey city. Theres a speed device behind me right now. Can you see some of the numbers come up, ive seen it as high as , 36, 37 miles an hour, in the i do have some numbers now from north bergen, 137roickets written so far as of midday. 22 were for speeding. Others were for cell phone use, tinted windows, careless driving even seat belt use. It goes on and on. Were talking now aboutffive towns here, those five towns, north bergen, west new york. Rsey city, bayonn five towns all cracking down together. U couldnt drive kenhdy boulevard in Hudson County today without seeing this every few blocks. And it was welcome. Of course. I have kids. Speeding has long been a problem on this major Hudson County artery. This automatic radar station gi hves a hint of how fast some cars travel. Like the car a month ago that the driver was going 74 miles an hour. Miguel knew them both, misses them a lot. I think people are really tired about it many especially with young kids, young individuals stilln high school. 35 . Thats i asked the hudson prosecutor to join me here. Were standing here and yoinure the prosecutor . Yes. Its got to be frustrating to you. Of course its frus ating. Its a safety concern. This crackdown, this blizzard of ticketing was a prosecutors idea along with five police chiefs. When you are able to pick up some speed. I think people are doing exactly that, theyre making up for lost time. It cant be tolerated. It wont be tolerated. Its more han that. Eric battle tries to drive 25. Its wide open. You have to really Pay Attention . On a random basis, prosecutor suarez tells me this initiative will continue through the summer as children are out on the sidewalks and crossing the streets. Live in jersey city, Brian Thompson, news 4 new york. Newark is about to become the latest state to repeal its tax on tampons. Vernor cuomo is expected to sign it into law shortly, five her states including new jersey have enacted similar tax exemptions. News 4 at 6 00 continues, what is this City Employee doing during a Smoke Detector inspecrion inside a private home . This is a scandal reaching all the way to ocean citys mayor. Janice huff has the forecast. The rain is out and the season is in. Before we can talk about the warmup thats coming. We have to talk about the cold tonight. More on that freeze warning coitming up in the farecast. Is there aenalty for being asian on College Applications. The i team reveals how some believe affirmative action benefits white people stead of in new jersey, Ocean City Police have launched a review into a former City Employee caught on video taking items from a residents home. That employee is also the mayors stepson many the video recorded last month shows joseph taking items out of a refrigerator in a home where he just tested a Smoke Detector. The video which also shows him going upstairs has police homes he inspected. We need to find out if eres any incidents that will be reported. The stepson of o an city mayor jay gillian could not be reached for comment. The mayor and city business administrator both said they could not discuss personal issues. A dangerous deli holdup caught on camera. The first man menaced the clerk with a gun. The other two went behind the counteck if you recognize these men, police. Coming up at news 4, an i team report on identifying your hnic background on College Applications. We dont really know the level to which this evel is used. Is affirmative action working against some of the minorities asian studesnt say itis. Heres a look at whats on tonight and well see you again at 11 00. Were five days away from our first shdi ef as othe mayor. Wt hea from you, so email u yous queions at o you were bo. Yoh live in westchester. You live in the hudson valley. You live in the bronx. You want worldclass medical re without having to travel for it. Nationally recognized for medical excellence, and with our albert thintstein college of medicine, academic and research excellence. And now stateoftheart healthcare lester holt joins us now wineth a look at whats ahead on nightly news. The top news se. Ries and how safe are you in your truck . Were going to give you the results from the latest crash test on pickup trucks. Only three out of the seven full sized pickups earned a n acceptable rating. This is the toughest test performed by the Insurance Institute for highway safety. One vehicle in particular well tell you which one it is coming up at 6 30. Thats what you call a tease. Thanks a lot, lester, looking forward to it. Affirmative action is intended to benefit racial minorities. Dont to colge applicants. They believe their spots at school arer performing whites. What some say is the asian penalty on College Applications. It turns the notion of affirmative action on its head. We found asian students afraid to disclose their minority status on College Applications. Some asian students are marking down theyre white hoping to get a competitive advastage. You would do anything to get into your dream school. He would oath speak to us in disguise. This new Jersey College student says theres a growi nong concern among asianamerican applicants. Feel affirmative action is working against them and in favor of inhites. When people look at you do they say youre asian . Yes. What did you check on the College Application box . Technically he did not break any rules, he has one white rent nd one asian parent. Some of his asian friends have checked the box for white even though both parents aration. I dont feel that im being entirely honest by not checking off asian. Asian students are really struggling. He would never advise a student to be dishonest he had at times advised asian clients to skip over that race question. These days, affirmative action than minorities. Asian students have outperformed whites on the s. A. T. s and the gap is getting wider. A princeton study concluded an asian student had to score 140 s. A. T. Points higher than a white peer to obtain the same probability of admission to school. Youre going to need higher test scores and higher quantitative measures in order to be competitive. We asked the state universities of new york and new jersey whether theres a penalty for being asian. A spokeswoman for suny said no. Any qualified applicant will find a suny school to fit their needs. We dont really know the is used. Hes far from the only one who believes there is a penalty for being asian on College Applications. Yes, it is more difficult being asian to get into college than another race. I feel like theres a higher standard set for asianamericans. You can have high s. A. T. Scores you cant get into anything. The question whether there is an asian penalty may be decided in the courts. Harvard and unc chapel hill penalize asians for high test scores and gpas. The schools responded saying the allegation aresague and based on bad information. Lets get to our weather. If you like today, you aint seen nothing yet. Youll tike tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day. This stretch is going to co9 ntinue. Sunshine cleared up noticely youll be down in thenigh yourene of the areas under hee freeze warning. It will be chilly over the next several nights, the temperatures will warm up gradually each day. Rainfall tot generally on the light side around the city,. 28 in islip. There were a few spots that came up toward a half inch or more. We wl focus on the sunshine after weet through this freeze warning ton ight the temperatures will slowly climb each day. Heres a look where you can pect that. Youll see twiperatures in the 20s and below 32 degrees, where th. E freeze will be a rough one tonight. By 10 00 p. M. Youre already below 32 in monticello. Up, its going to be cold. Sl ly but surely after we get through the day, it will w ym up, its going to be a chilly start to the day theres the ri of plants going in this type of weather. Right now, its pretty pleasant, in the 50s, near 60 in Staten Island right now, brisk northwesterly wind ushering in colder air, between 10 and 20 miles an hour. At city field tonight, the cool llbreeze will have a chill in the air, 55 will feel like the 40s eventually, its going to be a beautiful night tonight. Well into the 30s, above freezing in midtown. 59 tomorrow, 60 on thursday, 61 friday were continuing to see the sunshine warming up over the weekend. By sunday were in the low to shore. Coming off back to back 100 point seasons the islanders are hoping to make a solid run in the stanley cup playoffs, the isles get ready to face jagr and the panthers. And trying to do something they havent done in almost 25 years. The mets are struggling and Terry Collins is all fired up, hear from the mets skipper had to say in his pregame press fios is not cable. Were wired differently. We guarantee to make switching easier. Well show up on time. Youre right on time. As promised. To install fios and set up the wifi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma, and jasmine need on their birthday. Thank you. For all their new devices. You cant break me. You wanna piece of cake . Our switchers guarantee makes it easy to get 100 meg internet. Plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer these speeds at this price. On. Ly fios can. For the islanders its a series 23 years igen the heng. Its bees more than two decades since they last won a stanley cup playoff series, the longest streak in all of hockey. The core of the islanders has been together for a while now years loss to the capitals. The long suffering fan base, theres no time like the present. Do you think your playoff experience will help this club . Well, i certainly hope c, i think a lot of us have a good sense what hockeys all about. We get over that hump. Playoffs are wide open. What oes it mean to be a part of this tournament. I know what darryl said in s angeles. Its a lotougher to make play jochs. Its a tough greened. I dont think people realize what a grind it is to get into the National Hockey league playoffs. Our fans have been waiting a long time for a series win, for a stanley cup, and we would like to make a run, and provide our fans with some excitement and write our own piece of history. Isles panthers start thursday. In greenberg, Ryan Mcdonagh made a brief appearance at he will missoat least game. With a hand injury. Theres a chance he eturns late in the series against the penguins. The king is fired up for tomorrow night. Its a fun time of the year, its also a time where you know, the pressure adds up and the excitement goes up. I think you should just enjoy the moment. Hatolf the league is done. Rangers penguins. In baseball tonight, tanaka takes the hill for the yankees in toronto. Thor will try to stop the bleeding. Im talking about the threegame sing streak. Steven matts was rocked last night. Terry colins is fed up with the fans and the media acting like the sky is falling. Were not down, were fine. Were getting its just that, ballpark every day, and you keep getting hit with a pie in the face, you guys arent very good you know, you get a little tired of that, whes we are pretty good. When we start plareng good, nobody else except us is held accountable for it. Weholl get through it and well be fine. The sky is not falling. Okay. Up next, nbc nightly news. Tonight, count me out. Paul ryan slams the door shut on 2016 as trump and clinton prepare for an epic battle. Nbc news digs into the strategies both campaigns are preparing to deploy. Smashed by hail the size of softballs. Miions run for cover as storms slam the south. New video of the moments leading up to an nfl star being gunned down in the street. More twists and a tragic mystery as a witness breaks his excellence. The women leading the charge demanding eqhaual pay for equal