Forecasting a high of 58 degrees. Emily west here. Hopefully the news for the commute not too rough yet. Some construction harlem river drive southbound. Thats taking up the right lane near 155th street. Also in queens going to need time with construction. Lets look at the l. I. E. Right over the Grand Central parkway. You can see a couple lanes taken up eastbound. Stbound, oneugane taken up there too. More weather and traffic comorg up. Thank you very much, emily. Right now in brooklyn, co ed crews are still working on a ga leak. It happened on 64th street in borough park. Today in new yorks jen maxfield is in the neighborhood. Reporter thats right, michael. The smell of gas still overwhelming here on this block in borough park. Utility crews here at the scene are telling us that they were able to make a temporary fix and that2 families were allowed again, there is still the strong odor of gas here on 64th street near 11th avenue. This block between 1s h and 12th does remain closed at
Took off on foot with money, phone and shoes. No word yet on who the victim is but we did see a man without shoes getting into the back of a police car. Investigators say one of the suspects was wearing brown timberland boots and one was wearing a black north face jacket. Now coincidentally there have been three other muggings nearby in and around central park since monday night at west 95th street and west drive, west 91st street near the reservoir and east 86th street. These all happened late at night and into the overnight hours. Police at this point do not believe that this Armed Robbery from this morning is connected but still, people we spoke with last night say all of this has left them on edge. My mom used to always send me every article any time anything would happen here being like please stop walking through the park at night but will you stop . Yeah, i think i probably will. I usually dont walk through the park at night for reasons and again, police are searching for two ma
Resurrect a stalled project in hopes of making life easier for people trying to get to and from work. Dari dan bowens live at penn station with the details. Reporter Governor Cuomo is telling us how he feels about penn station in the current state. He says its terrible, miserable, he says, and hes got big plans to restore it. A lot of things in new york need a makeover. Penn station is one of them. Reporter for commuters who believe it needs a major makeover new york is better than this. Reporter the governor agrees something needs to change. It is a terrible impression of new york. Reporter andrew cuomo saying there are 650,000 people daily but the design is outdated. Penn station is unnew york. It is dark. It is constrained. It is ugly. It is dated architecture. It is a lost opportunity. Bleak row of corridors. Its a miserable experience. Reporter the Cuomo Administration is soliciting proposals and laying five plans for a facility called the empire state station. Options range from
My career as a political scientist. And this has been amongst if not the most satisfying intellectually to work with john and work with all the authors who are all crs analysts and experts who in addition to their regular duties i want to emphasize that in addition to answering the requests that come in from members of congress and their staffs, in addition to that sat down and found the time oftentimes outside of regular work hours on the weekends and in the evenings to write these very insightful chapters. And i think its im very proud to be part of the institution of the Congressional Research service at the library of congress, also a terrific institution. And were very happy every day coming to work to help serve members of congress and with the goal of an informed national legislature. So as long as were we continue to be funded, as long as Congress Wants us to be there and help them, well keep showing up for work. And producing hopefully more documents like the one we produced f
Apprehension today. Reporter a majority of the six are jooufrl uveniles. I try to be at work most of the time. Education, thats the only way. Book. Keep reading. We need jobs. We need jobs. Reporter the mayor is fully aware of the challenges facing his city as past mayors have been as well. Just a few minutes ago, he put out a news release saying there will be a ribboncutting parade at jimmy johns downtown sandwich shop. Thank you. Now to the hot weather and it is official. We are in heat wave. We hit 90 degrees in central park just before 2 00 p. M. Today. Raphael miranda is here with the latest. We have a few more days to get there. The hazy, hot, and humid weather outside continuing right now. You can see it is quiet. Lots of sunshine from the hudson valley. We barely made it to 90, but we did make it in central park. Thats three days in a row. Newark 88 degrees. Bridgeport 86. It was hot and it was muggy, so it was uncomfortable throughout much of the day. This streak continues. 54