For president , it set off a firestorm back home in new jersey. The states largest newspaper, the newark star ledger, is the latest to call on him to resign. Six papers made the demand yesterday. An editorial today, the star ledger attacked christie and labeled him a liar regarding bridgegate. He says he has no intention of stepping down. Steve Bernie Sanders speaking to a group in flint. He attacked Hillary Clintons free trade policy saying theyre destroying the working class. Sanders is trailing by 30 points in polls ahead of the primary. Dari a former state Department Staffer who set up Hillary Clintons home email server has been granted immunity by the feds. This is all part of their investigation of her possible mishandling of classified info. A clinton spokesperson says that they are happy the staffer is cooperating and have urged him to testify to congress. Winter not going down without a fight. Dari no way. Not only is it cold again, but were expecting snow. Nick is here. Nick its like a school yard brawl. Not a big fight. An issue of light snow that will be coming in during the overnight period. The cold is back. Were cold enough to have snow coming in. 35 degrees now in new york city up to the hudson valley. Common, mid 30s across the area. As we look at fox 5 sky guardian, no snow yet. Starting to pick up the edge of the light snow moving southwest of wilmington to baltimore. Where theres a concern of any significant accumulation, its central, southern new jersey, potential for up to two inches there. Winter weather advisory is posted. That does not include long island. The storm is down to the south. It will slide off to the south and east. Right about here, it will intensify, but too late to give us a clobbering of snow. The light snow breaks out about 2 00 in the morning and we should taper down about 1 00, 2 00 in the afternoon. Who could see the most snow . The computer models right, brushing the eastern end of long island. Its a general coating, up to an inch with the coating being over the northern suburbs and the higher amount new york city south and eastward. 30 in town. 20s in the suburbs. The a little slippery commute. 35 lunchtime. The snow comes to an end. Sun in the afternoon as we get to 38. Steve thank you, nick. If new Jersey Transit workers go on strike, some commuters will be out of luck. Dari antwan lewis live in secaucus where riders are hoping that does not come true. Hi. Reporter good evening. Let me tell you up front this is not a pretty plan. Thats not coming from us, but new Jersey Transit itself. Still hopeful and optimistic, new Jersey Transit officials lay out their contingency plan. Our Contingency Service cannot replicate the railroad. We will not provide the level of service or the capacity that our rail Service Currently provides to our customers. To accommodate the 105,000 commuters who travel from new jersey to new york, more buses will be used. They will only be able to handle about 38 percent of the estimated commuters. Travel times will go up. For example, traveling from the start of the morristown line to penn station takes an hour and five minutes. That will double to more than two hours via the bus and path train. Metlife stadium is one of several locations where rail passengers will be able to park for free and board a bus to get these include private bus overflow. Transit officials are asking employers to let employees work from home or have flexible in times. Truck drivers are being asked to tunnels. Dont come to a decision. Ill probably just carpool with a coworker. Its an inconvenience. Oh, my god, i wouldnt be able to get to school. I was telling them the trains are they dont run frequently on my line. If they cut service more, getting to work will not be fun. Reporter a strike on march 13th could put 10,000 more cars per hour on already crowded roadways. New Jersey Transit acknowledges their plan is a nightmare scenario. Facing heavy criticism, governor christie weighed in. Im monitoring them closely. We have contingency plans for a strike. Were definitely concerned about the possibility of a strike. And are preparing plans to deal with it. Reporter both sides will meet tomorrow in washington, d. C. , with the national immediatation association. Earlier, the mta put out a plan including the rerouting of several bus lines. Were in secaucus junction, back to you. Dari thank you. Well, a judge has closed the case against five teens accused of gang raping a young woman in brooklyn. All charges were formally dropped after the 18yearold took back her original statement in which she claimed that she had been raped at gunpoint in brownsville in a playground there in january. But police say it turns out she was actually having sex with her own father. No word yet if the five young men plan to sue. Steve four suspects accused of killing Michael Nolan pleaded not guilty. He was shot following an argument. His family in court today and they spoke about their son. This is about michael. I dont care about the people who were arrested. I dont care about their families. I care about my son and keeping his legacy alive. Steve police are still not sure if nolan was actually the intended target. Twist in the erin andrews case. She is demanding Marriott Hotel executives be forced to take the stand again. He reportedly admitted to being with two friends at a restaurant as they watched andrews nude video online and commented on her body. Shes suing the nashville marriott over the recordings that were made nude recordings that were made of her. Steve bill de blasio will march in the st. Patricks day parade. Reporter this is a victory for the lgbt parade to be able to march this year. Mayor de blasio will be joining them. However, there is no guarantee that these groups will be able to march in the parade next year. Mayor de blasio was cheered as he announced that he is ending his boycott of the st. Patricks day parade now that gay and lesbian groups are allowed to this march 17th we will all march together. Reporter de blasio was the first mayor in more than 20 years to refuse to participate in the parade because gays were banned. Last year only one small lgbt group was permitted to march. This year, more than 300 people will march under the banner of the lavender and green alliance, an irish lgbt group that worked ban. Your historic gesture of welcome, like a miracle of hospitality, undoes the anguish discrimination. Reporter the mayor made the announcement at the irish consulate, the location where all parties involved held numerous meetings to reach this agreement. They say Cardinal Dolan spoke with the groups at his residence. For gay irish americans, it has been a long, emotional struggle largest st. Patricks day parade. There were many times when we wanted to give up and we wondered if we would ever see this day. Reporter although a large contingent is marching this year, theres no guarantee they will be allowed next year. Linda schmidt, fox 5 news. Steve getting families to put down their phones during dinner. Dari such a problem. How one fast food chain is trying to break the technology addiction. Steve and the the search for the next soho or williamsburg. Zachary shows us what it takes to turn a neighborhood around and why everyone isnt always thrilled about it. Ahh. Yeah ahh. Ahh. Ah. You probably say it a million times a day. Ahh. Ahh ahh. Ahh but at cigna, we want to help ahh. Cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent checkup. So america, lets go. Know. Ahh and take control of your health. Cigna. Together, all the way. vo shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. 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Steve thats a big sign. Thats becoming a problem. Home flipping has hit a 10year high. If youre thinking who cares . This is a big sign that the Housing Market could be in trouble again. A new report out today from realtytrac says 180,000 homes were flipped last year. We havent seen that since 2007 right before the housing collapse. In a dozen areas, flipping is at a 10 year high. Thats when the market peaked before the crisis. The average is about 55,000. Here in new york, where everything is more expensive, those profits were nearly at just over 100,000. In case you dont know, flipping is when you buy a house and sell it within a year. You generally see flipping heat up when prices are about to peak. Thats a sign the Housing Market could be in trouble. Keep an eye. Shoppers, theres another place to spend your money in new york city. Saks off fifth is open on 57th and lex. It is a Designer Outlet store. The grand opening was this morning at 10 00 a. M. Discount prices and has the filth first ever guilt shop. They will be 36 hour flash sales every wednesday starting this week. My favorite money story of the day out of san francisco. The city owes the late steve jobs 174 for overpaid parking tickets. The city collected more than 6 million in overpaid or duplicate parking tickets from 1995 through 2012. It published a list. Jobs is on the list having overpaid on four tickets. He had a reputation when he was alive for racking up parking and speeding tickets, not paying them, but hes not the only big name. Other famous and living big shots are on there, including the paypal founder, and ubers ceo. I cant believe theyre willing to give it back. Steve i know. How do they overcharge . People were paying too much. There were duplicate tickets. They didnt let you know. Steve people dont care. They pay it. You have until tomorrow or end of day today, but a 24 hour wind to get the money. That. Reporter sometimes they do not. Steve thank you. Lets talk about the weather. Nick never happens here. Steve thats west coast nonsense. Were dipping back into winter . Nick for a little bit. Were talking the big warmup for next week. You might have to look forward a slippery commute as we have light snow that will be sliding up from the south and west with this next weak system. It will be weak as it passes us and intensify offshore, but too late to give us a walloping snow. Feeling all of winter out there with a gusty breeze. Thats average. Well be back closer to that as we get in towards the weekend, particularly sunday, then the temperature takes off next week. 65 is the record high. You wont see the sunrise in the morning, but in the afternoon. By the time it sets, a pretty sky at 5 50. Fiscal cliff 35 now. The wind is out of the west. That will come around eventually to the east. No snow nearby yet. Fox 5 sky guardian is showing all of that is off to the south and west. It could take a while to get here. Think 2 00, 3 00 in the morning. It will last until the lunchtime hour, noontime or so, from west to east. It should end by noon, 1 00. Mid 30s for highs. 37 allentown to belmar. Mid 30s bridgeport up towards poughkeepsie. Were right about the same range. Freezing at montauk. 32. 35 bridgeport to manhattan. 34 at the shore. We have 28 coming in from monticello. Wind eventually will come around to the east or so as time goes along. The Winter Weather advisory doesnt include new york city or long island or north jersey or points northward. Its only here central south jersey. They might see upwards of two inches of snow depending on how this moves through. Its not that impressive as you look at the satellite photo. This is intermittent light snow. The storm is down here. The track will take it out to sea to our south and east. Thats where it intensifies. As we look at the futurecast, we sort of get clipped on the northern fringe. A little light snow during the morning time. Should come to an end the middle of the day. 35 at lunchtime. 38 in the afternoon as we get back to sun. Theres the futurecast to show where could it be more than an inch . Eastern long island if it comes together there. You could see closer to two inches. Saturday, good. Sunshine will give in to clouds. This disturbance does bring snow showers to the area saturday night into the first part of sunday morning. Then the weather gets warmer. Clouds, cold tonight, snow comes in 2 00 a. M. 30 in the city. 20s in the suburbs. Back to 38 tomorrow. Just light snow in the morning. Then sun. Up to an inch. Well look for a gusty breeze tomorrow. 41 saturday. Sun and clouds. Snow shower at night into sunday morning. 43 sunday. Sun in the afternoon. Its rocket launching time. Monday, 54. Tuesday, 62. Then its mainly mid 60s wednesday, thursdays. More cloud cover steve who cares. I think weve run out of our will to deal with winter even though we got off easy. Thank you. One fast food chain offering an incentive for people to put dari jennifer law mer hmers shows us the effort. Chikfila hatching a plan to get families to put down the cell phones at dinner. Lunchtime or dinner time is family time. Thats a great concept, to bring families together. Reporter the operator of a georgia chikfila came up with the idea after seeing diners paying more attention to their cell phones than each other. It was called the cell phone coop challenge. Its a square on the table called a coop. Its for all the cell phones there. At the end of the dinner or lunchtime, they get an ice cream cone. If they get through the meal without picking up the cell phone . Thats correct. Rewarded with an ice cream by placing the cell phones inside the box called the coop. Reporter a free dessert for a cell phone free meal. Makes sense when you think how devices. Theyre so addicted to technology, its disrupting our relationships. It is a challenge for everyone to put their phones away. Reporter will it work is another question. While some say were too far gone to dial back cell phone use at the dinner table. I think its too late to put our cell phones in a basket. Im glued to mine 24 hours a day. Reporter others say theyd be up to the challenge. I really dont like my cell phone at the table. I have it if i know theres Something Like really important going on. We try to stay connected as much as possible. No cell phone coops at this chikfila in midtown. The chain did roll them out to 150 other restaurants with more to come. Jennifer lahmers, fox 5 news. Steve well see how that goes. Chikfila, you dari well see. Steve lupita talks about her new show eclipse. Dari and the World Trade Center transit hub has opened after years and years of delay. What do commuters think . Its very beautiful. Was it worth it . Uh, hello geico . Yeah, i was just talking about your emergency Roadside Service and how its available 24 7 and then our car overheated. What are the chances . 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This is the play that i told you about a little bit ago that made history on broadway with the first ever all female cast, writer, director. Definitely a huge milestone for oscar winner lupita who is making her broadway debut. It shines a spotlight on a community of liberian women caught in the crosshairs of a brutal civil war. Weve seen your name on an oscar. Seeing it on a broadway marquis, is that a different sensation . Yeah. I would say. Theres no pressure. Theres nothing like that when you see it live and its like a new york street, you know, and there goes your name and your face in this play that you love so much. Seeing my debut on broadway and it being a powerful female african story is something that means a lot to me. I am in the business of trying to tell stories that otherwise we dont really hear. This is one of those. Reporter why is this your passion project . Because i first i understudied the role im currently playing, the girl, when it was being done at the repertory theatre. It was the first thing ive ever understudied. It was my very first gig at the yale school of drama. I remember being in rehearsals and feeling so blessed that the play existed, that i witnessed it getting made. To be in it on broadway, i would have done it just about anywhere. I would have done it in my living room if it came to that. Reporter now youre making history. This is so cool. Female playwright, cast and director. Yes, the first play on broadway to be all female from writing to performance. That also feels like a blessed milestone. Feminism has been tossed around when people are speaking about the show. What do you think how do you think that word fits into the context of the story that these women are telling . That is a very good question, a deep question. I dont know if i have a response except to say this is a real celebration of the resilience of women in unimaginable circumstances. Reporter you look ravishing in purple. Do you own one pair of sweat pants . I do. When im working out. Reporter of course. Dari makes sense. Reporter eclipsed will have its Opening Night on broadway sunday. Lupita, sweat pants or gown, does not disappoint. Dari shes regal. Shes one of those people. Reporter yes. Someone who brings the acting chops to the table. Shes an unstoppable force. Steve thank you, simone. Steve what the architect of the World Trade Center transit hub has to say. Dari and hiphops unsolved murders. Why do they keep happening and served . Aha oof weee slurp. Mmmmmm. Cinnamon. Milk. Cinnamilk. Cinnamon toast crunch. Crunch crave those crazy squares. Cinnamilk vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. 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I am so surprised to see the American Flag in the balcony. This is the photo of the day. Reporter given the history of what happened, it is designed to resemble a bird in flight. What took off were epic cost overruns. It was pricey and ballooned to 4 billion and its not finished. This was a day to celebrate i think all the transit hubs in new york should be this spectacular. Reporter an important milestone, it is just a path station, albeit a beautiful one. It wont be complete until it is connected to the transit center. Thats where it gets life. But it has its own life that you get a sense that its going to continue to build. The Port Authority says they expect all 11 train lines, they will connect them this spring. Arthur chien, fox 5 news. Back to you. Steve thank you. Bird poop the likely shutdown of a nuclear shutdown. Bird feces apparently caused an electrical arc between wires on a feeder line at a transmission tower. The reactor shut down for three days. The company says it plans to install bird guards on the towers. Dari the man charged in that michigan will undergo a mental competency exam. The 45yearold is accused of killing six people outside an apartment building, a restaurant and car dealership. Prosecutors say he carried out the shootings as he was driving around town as an uber driver. Police are still trying to determine a motive. He did not know any of his victims. Steve back by popular demand, lisa everss street soldiers is returning to fox 5 saturday night. Dari the latest topics, hiphops unsolved murders. Lisa is here with a preview. Reporter weve counted more than 50 murders of rap artists in the last two decades. Many of the cases remain unsolved. Is the silence of key witnesses to blame or the attitude of investigators that their lives just dont matter . We put the question to the man known as the hiphop cop. It was all a dream. I used march 9 marks 19 years since big star. Christopher wall asem ellbahnsany haroon in september, it will be 20 years since tupac was gunned down in vegas at the age of 26. His impact is still so great, alive. People keep saying hes alive. Who knows. I love tupac. Nobody knows where he is. Some of the rappers reporter theyre two cases in this binder of murder compiled by Derrick Parker known as the hiphop cop. The reason why theyre unsolved is because theres very little evidence that will lead the police to investigate further to arrest someone. Theres lack of cooperation, lack of witnesses, and those are reporter no one its the same around the country. In new orleans, pimp daddy and soldier slim, blood money and capo and bugs and proof in detroit. Many were trying to succeed in the Music Industry but had trouble leaving the streets behind. A lot were affiliated with gang members. Some had personal disputes and beefs with other arrivals. Other people in the hoods. A lot of some of the shootings were out of jealousy. 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Hey, try some . Mmm that is tasty. Is it real . Of course. Are you . Nope animated you know im always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well youve come to the right place. Great, mind if i have another taste . Not at all mmm youre all right bud . Never better i dont know if he likes that. Yeah part of the complete breakfast in new york state, we believe all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. And in syracuse, where imagination is in production. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow steve there are lots of areas vying to be the next hot neighborhood. It takes more than a farm to table restaurant to become chic. Dari zachary visited local communities that appear ready for a renaissance. Reporter theres an artist making beautiful handbags in an area of the waterfront thats been dormant for decades. Its been an incredible transformation. For us its been super exciting and the Perfect Place to be. Reporter on fourth avenue, theres a man running errands. I dont think its a good thing. Then they will make us to go far. Reporter one school of thought says if you want to find the next hot neighborhood, follow the artists. As no surprise that sunset park is a place that people are scrambling to get into while prices are affordable. Its one of the many neighborhoods thats constantly changing and evolving in new york city. Does progress with development come at the expense of local residents . Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesnt. Its a really fine line and difficult. Reporter its a question constantly being asked in new york city and specifically in places like sunset park west. The rockaways. Flatbush. East harlem. According to public transportation, real estate thats rising but below surrounding areas and new commercial investments, they are the new hot hoods. We headed to east harlem to hear what they had to say about the changes going on. Theyre trying to get the latinos and the blacks out, move them out, and move the white people in. Reporter to be fair, i talked to others in sunset park that thought Industry City was great for the community. To go on camera. If you compare how the subway station, the mix of people, like 31 2 years ago, now its completely different. Now you see hipsters. Dari a long island musician went from doing billy joel covers to jamming alongside the piano man himself. [music] steve kind of incredible. Can you imagine . The message he had for kids at his Old High School. Dari Concussion Research. The worlds top athlete who donated her brain to science. Taking control of your health isnt easy. But cigna is there for you. Literally. 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She suffered two concussions in college but has never shied away from heading the ball in 40 years of playing and shes had no symptoms. Drinks could be bad for your heart. They can raise blood pressure. Dari dr. Manny in the house. What are your thoughts . Dont need to say it. This is new research coming outlet. This is going to be a Big Convention going on in the u. S. , american heart, doctors looking at all different kinds of things, heart and looking at energy drinks. They did a study looking at the effects of energy drinks. Bingo, high blood pressure, abnormal heart rates, very conclusive, tell us overwhelmingly that if you drink energy drinks, especially if youre young, and you mix it with other stuff, you are risking a nice heart attack or damage to your heart. So im going to say it for 100,000 times, stay away from these things. They have no benefit whatsoever. And, you know, i hope that more pressure comes from the labels on all these cans. What upsets me the most is not that i go to a lot of watering holes in new york, but when i do, i do Pay Attention at their bar, and i see a lot of times a lot of these pubs, they have the cans in the back. They put them all together because people are mixing them with alcohol. Stupid. Steve to be clear, its not just the red bull and vodka. By themselves, theyre no good. If you mix it, even more so. One of the things alcohol does, it vaso dilates you. If you have an underlying medical issue for whatever reason, how many times have we talked about a young athlete that exercises and all of that. Again, this is stupid. Stop drinking that and you guys that have that in the bar, i dont want to see it next time i go there. Steve all right. What is going on with the flu . Seems like so many people have the flu. Big uptick in new jersey. New jersey was a late starter to the season. Now were seeing a nice influx of the flu, especially in Bergen County and places like that. By the way, the flu shot this year, a great match. Over 50 percent accuracy in getting the bug this time around. Again, were encouraging this is to tell everybody. Ive had patients. I ask you going to get the flu shot . No. No. Im afraid. A lot have ended up with the flu. Now the numbers show we have big outbreaks in new jersey. It is time to consider getting the flu shot. Go get it. Dari not too late . Not too late. Steve how late does it run . At least until march. Steve they hospitalized yoko ono friday night. Flu season. Thats when theres a lot of contagions happening. You want everybody vaccinated. You can get it anytime. A lot of people that havent done so, go buy your Lottery Ticket and get your flu shot. Steve thanks, doctor. Be in it to win it. Dari go to a bodega and get a Lottery Ticket and flu shot. Theyre everywhere. Nick hello. The cold is back. Were still talking snow. This is going to collide with your morning commute, but were not talking heavy snow. Just sort of slippery conditions that will exist. Most amount of snow will be central to southern sections of new jersey, clipping eastern long island, too. Depending on how the storm gets its act together. A return to cold today. 36 was the official high. These are the hourly observations. In between, we snuck up to 36. 27 buffalo. 34 pittsburgh. Theres snow starting to appear as you get to about harrisburg and redding southward. Its light snow. It will take a couple of hours to get here. The air is very dry. I dont think well be seeing that break out until 2 00 in the morning is what i would put as a good time. Its not very well organized, just sporadic light snow that goes back into the ohio valley with the storm center way down in the deep south. It will slide off to our south and east in the forecast. Right now here are the current temperatures. Not far from the highs. Mid 30s in the city up to poughkeepsie. Coldest at monticello. 27 there. 34 heading to belmar. Mid 30s at montauk, 32. Wind light now. It will be coming around to the east as time goes along. Seeing the east wind at montauk and providence. Well see that continue at 5 to 10 miles an hour because well see the storm to our south here slide generally out in that fashion. As it intensifies here, a little to clobber us. Thats a good thing. But it will produce a little bit of light snow and youll see on the futurecast were on the northern fringe of that. After that passes, another disturbance here. Thats going to drop down quickly. That will be for saturday night into sunday morning and after that passes, we are going to tap into some of this milder air. Its cold tomorrow. Mid and upper 30s. Still rather chilly over the weekend. Well hover in the lower 40s saturday and sunday. Kansas city, 61. 70s to 80 in texas and to the southwest. 83 in south florida. A big swath of 80 degree weather going to Southern California until you get to l. A. Then we have 60 degree weather from denver. Well tap into that next week. Futurecast, well find the snow arriving in the wee hours. Were sort of on the northern fringe. The area south of the city and east of the city might pick up a touch more, but still its a coating to an inch most places, maybe up to two inches parts of south jersey and clipping sun tomorrow afternoon. Sun most of saturday morning into the early afternoon. The clouds come in. Saturday night, sunday morning, another round of snow showers. No big deal. 30 in the city. 20s in the suburbs. The wind comes to the east. Tomorrow, light snow. Sun in the afternoon and 38 degrees. Sun to clouds saturday. 41. Snow showers at light into sunday morning. Sun again at 43. There we go. 54 monday. 62 tuesday. And well stay in the 60s wednesday and thursday. Thats nice. Steve loving next week. A Long Island High School senior spreading joy at a hospital. The 16yearold volunteered at glenn cove hospital for two years and wanted to get more involved. He put his artistic talents to use and created the happiness project. He asks what makes them happy. They draw the image and get put on the wall. About the joy of life. Dari a long island musician returned to his Old High School as a big shot. Steve mike sings and plays guitar in billy joels band. How hes inspiring kids to get into music. All the stuff people was saying reporter for mike, a return to miller place has is an opportunity to inspire the next generation of music enthusiasts. He has had an incredible ride from leading the popular billy joel cover band big shot for years to joining the real billy joel band, regularly performing in Madison Square garden. It all started in this high school at this piano. [music] actually the piano that i learned how to play on right here. My first chord ever on this piano. Music kept me out of trouble and im hoping we can encourage kids to choose music over video games and drugs. [music] reporter as his career sky rockets, he is bringing a dose of wisdom and plenty of tunes to the talented students. This is not just a pipe dream. Its something that can really, you know, materialize for them. Find a passion, not just a job. Reporter this member of the class of 1990 paying it forward and hes inspiring students and his High School Music teacher as billy joel inspires him. Its really great to see him come back and show us that its possible for us to do it if he can do it. It gives you a whole keep working as hard as you can, maybe youll make it. Theyre lessons you cant learn from a book, to come back and sing for the kids and tell his story is a wonderful experience for them and me. Reporter as he shares his experiences, he is still in awe of the incredible journey hes enjoyed since playing the piano at Miller Place High School. I cant believe im here. I thank god. Reporter if you want to enjoy his big shot billy joel cover band, hell be at Miller Place High School on march 9th. Tickets are 25. It will benefit the afterschool program. It is extensive. Its created the foundation for successful and longlasting careers in music just like mike. But that is the ultimate dream. You have a cover band. Some of the musicians from the band start coming from the real band. They say you know what . Join us. Lets go on tour. The ultimate dream. Steve i cant think of a bigger dream for a kid. Reporter now hes paying it forward. Dari thank you. Well see you back here at 10 00. Steve heres ernie with whats coming up at 6 00. Thank you very much. Okay. Whats happening to traditional movie theatres . Why going out for dinner, drinks and a movie doesnt always mean that you have to go to different places. Times are changing. Well show you how. Next, is the city doing enough to fix the Affordable Housing crisis . Why some say more can be done. Well have a live guest talking about that all coming up next at 6 00 right after a short break. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved toprelieve both itchy, watery eyes pand congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Flonase. Announcer live from studio 5 in new york city, this is the ernie all right. Here we are. Thursday night. Good evening, everyone. Im ernie anastos. Thank you very much for joining us again. It is a huge issue in the city. Theyll say Affordable Housing. Weve talked about this before on this program. But now some people think the city is sitting on a solution and doing nothing about it. A live guest is standing by. First, Lidia Curanaj takes a closer look. In a city where the average rent is a mind blowing 4,000 a month, new yorkers say Affordable Housing is needed now more than ever. What do you think about the rent in new york city . Its crazy. Really crazy. Reporter could you afford to rent like right here . No. No. Its way its too much. I think its 3,000 a month. Bedroom. Even more unbelievable is the amount of vacant lots, more than a thousand of them, waiting to be developed. I identified 1100 properties that are vacant. The audit found vacant lots across all five boroughs, all owned by the city. I think they could perhaps be more proactive in figuring out how to leverage property. We have 58,000 in homeless shelters. 23,000 are children. This is an issue that is on the foremost minds of everybody in the city. Reporter including mayor bill de blasio, who has said that Affordable Housing is one of his administrations top priorities. In a statement, the commissioner of the department of housing, preservation, the assertion that they allow them to languish in the face of the Affordable Housing crisis is wrong. The city says of the more than 1,000 vacant properties, only 670 are suitable for development and half are difficult to develop because theyre in flood zones or too far from schools and transportation. Stringers response to the city . Okay. Lets develop what we can