Now he may be facing legal trouble after what may have happened at this hotel. Former governor spitzer involved in an alleged assault saturday night and it involves a 25yearold woman. A Law Enforcement source claims he choked her. The two have had romantic relationship for two years and it appears a stat may have been sparked when she tried to break up with him. Eye witness News Catching a detective heading into the hotel sunday night. The van parked across the street. The woman sustained no major incidents but she cut her arm. She had second thoughts about pressing charges. Any chance you could buzz governor spitzer and see if he would comment . Trying to reach the governor for comment. His spokesperson released a statement saying theres no truth to the allegation. Ive disappointed and failed to live up to the standard i expected of myself. Reporter it was in 2008 he resigned from office over a hooker scandal. The former governor making headlines again. The remorse i feel will always
Freeze. Temperatures in central park dropped below zero for the First Time Since 1994. And that doesnt even factor in the windchill. The arctic air is numbing bodies and freezing wildlife like the plants in this instagram picture sent to us by an Eyewitness News viewer in the bronx. Now our interactive map at abc7ny shows the mercury stuck in the teens across the tristate area, weve got Team Coverage of the bitter cold. Were going to begin with meteorologist jeff smith and the exclusive accuweather forecast. Jeff . Oh, sandra, joe im happy to report the coldest air is now behind us but it feels still pretty brutal out here right now, anytime we get a little breeze it feels brutal out here and you want to avoid any prolonged exposure to this cold tonight. Because its still dangerous. Check out the lows that we had this morning. This is unbelievable. Got down to 1 below zero in central park and 13 below in monticello. Basically every reporting station had a record low this north of new y
Already hoisted for new york city and points north and west. Right through midnight tomorrow night. I think snow begins here in earnest around midday or just thereafter. Well talk amounts and well tell you when its all going to change over to rain and get washed away in the full accuweather forecast later in the half hour, sandra . All right see you then. Wild the cold may have eased up a bit. Efforts continue across new york city to make sure everyone has a warm place to go. But that part of the story, Eyewitness News reporter kemberly . Reporter well, one Success Story but on the flip side, one man refused help and tonight did not end up in a shelter. Just a few hours ago mayor de blasio teamed up with city outreach workers and tried to convince the homeless to let them help them. We were the only tv camera who tagged along with the mayor today and those very highly trained outreach workers. We headed into the subway at street. Of the situation we hung back a bit. The major and the t
Know, anywhere. Reporter protus is facing several charges tonight, including hate crime. Several dozen east Orange Police officers called out sick to work today. Was it a Mysterious Illness or Something Else . Reporter remember, were talking about east Orange Police officers, yet were here in bloomfield in front of a Doctors Office. Thats because more than 20 officers who were scheduled to be at work today are here at this Doctors Office getting a doctors note after calling out sick. The apartment is filled with many of their personal vehicles. One of the officers inside the Doctors Office says that hes a delegate for the police union. He told me more than 80 Police Officers in all have called out sick between last night and today. And the reason, because of officers and the city. Now, this Police Officer who didnt want to go on camera for fear of backlash, told us hes been with the Police Department for 15 years, but says officers havent had a contract for three years and are not bein
Place. Rs in the woods. Cars on the median. Everywhere. The bus driver seen in this exclusive news 4 video told police he was distracted. Its unclear if it was by his phone, which he denied, or by a map. Beyond the carnage of vehicles on route 130, traffic was backed up for miles and hours. For jillian rosenthal. Almost an hour late. It was frustrating. I texted my boss im going to be late. Im sorry. Reporter and there were drivers stuck trying to make it across. We were trying to rock it back and forlt. Reporter we looked into the Safety Record of the bus company. We found four other crashes in the past two years. 22 citations by new jersey and new York State Police in that same time period. Mostly for speeding. The company has a satisfaction a little more than a fourth of all Motor Carriers have better ratings. That bus driver now identified as 30yearold Jamaal Penton of lakewood. There have been no charges filed yet. All though police say its under active investigation. They also sa