Nonunion employees in case Union Members walk off the job. A number of buildings that tested positive for legionella. A fourth person now died and 675 gotten sick. However, were told that all of the people who died did have underlying medical conditions that had weakened their immune systems. On saturday, Health Officials revealed that the bacteria turned up in two additional bronx buildings. Steam Line Plastics on park avenue and a Verizon Office Building on 167th street. News 4s Michael George as the latest. Reporter infections on the rise. Now four people have died and 65 are sick in the outbreak of legionnaires disease in the bronx. Its got a lot of people who live here worried about their own health. Try to avoid this area as much as i can. Not much i can do. Its caught when people breathe in an airborne bacteria. Thats been traced to cooling towers on the roofs of buildings. Shopping center a plastics business and now a verizon office. I am concerned. There are a lot of Old Build
Told us this was the first flooding theyve seen here in 15 years. Now, the long cleanup gins. John lives right near route 22 and he spent today trying to save his daughters possessions from his fweoded basement. She had a whole bunch of stuff down there. Thats all soaked. I have flood insurance, thank god. And coming up at 6 00, well take a look at more of that amazing video shot by the flood victims themselves. Were also going to talk with some of the businesses that were hit hardest. Theyre still cleaning up as we speak. Live in scotch plains, michael george, news 4, new york. All right, michael, thank you. You can track the storms moving in overnight with our news 4 new york app. Youll see our interactive radar and get aler and this is available in the Apple App Store right now. New information now on a frightening attack in queens. A l woman approached by a stranger and doused in the facenwith a mysterious liquid that left her burning. News 4 Sheldon Dutes is live where it happened
78yearold man in a wheelchair, then taking off. He admitted to striking the subject in a wheelchair and also not stopping or calling 911. Reporter the car slammed into the elderly man as he crossed ft. Lee road monday morning. The man was thrown nearly 25 feet. This woman heard the crash. He tried to stop, i think. Thats why the stopping reporter she called 911, then ran out to help. The victim lying helpless on the ground. The car nowhere in sight. When i ran into him, luckily, he was conscious. Reporter the elderly man suffered six broken ribs, a broken clavicle, and a fractured hip. The driver was likely distracted. Also a key piece of evidence left behind. A front skid plate which they traced to a 2016 buick encore. Known to those in the area. Neighbors telling us hes always driving his wheelchair waving to everyone. He is always around town saying hello to everybody. He is the nicest guy ever. Reporter thomas is facing a number of charges, including leaving the scene of the accide
Sixth avenue. How do we know the suspect took off that way . The bullet hole on that window tells that story. I was sitting with my family around 12 30 or 1 00. We hear four shots. Reporter evidence markers litter sixth avenue, signs of the gunfire that rattled this park slope neighborhood. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Its not one. Its not two. Its more than three. Reporter the initial call to police came in as a stood in front. Its lights were flashing. Ran up toward sixth avenue that way. Then just a little while later ran back, jumped in the car, and sped off down the block. Reporter a 32yearold man tried to rob two guys, including an offduty nypd officer. There was some kind of struggle. The officers gun went off the leg. This is an element thats coming from the bars and restaurants on the corner of flatbush and sixth. We havent had this in a while. Ive lived on this block for the past 30 years. I havent heard anything like that in the past couple of years, but this is a new element co
And a family with ties to new york is fearing the worst this morning. And, good morning, im lori stokes. Thanks for joining us. Im rob nelson filling in today for ken rosato on this friday, march 25th. We have meteorologist jeff smith in. Hi. Hi. A slow start today with showers, but if you have a little bit of patience, we have temperatures making a run at 70 degrees by later on this afternoon. 50 right now. Were tracking the showers on the radar, theyre not particularly heavy, but moving into parts of western new jersey, also pike and Sullivan County getting in on a few showers and those are quickly moving from west to east. Right now, 50 in the city. 53 on the island. Islip, 57. Pretty mild already at toms river. You have 40s north and west of new york city. Heres your accuweather day planner. 56 at 8 00 in the morning, a few showers around at that point. Up to 64 by noontime. Still could be a shower, but by 4 00, we break out into sunshine and thats going to allow temperatures to so