Using the app on your phone, quick and often cheaper than other options. It is less than getting a lemo. Companies like uber and lyft will no longer operate at new york airport or station. It appears to be on again following through announcing drivers will be ticketed and towed, it requires all commercial vehicles to pay to have licenses. She is an uber driver when the ban was supposed to take affect. Jeff, president of the Limousine Association of new jersey spoke with cbs 2 by phone believes it is a public we are thankful that the authorities are finally recognizing the Public Safety ultimately is in jeopardy because of the concern with lack of insurance, lack of background and fingerprint checks that all other passenger drivers have to comply with. As of last week uber told the drivers said instead of trying to restrict competition and consumer choice, newark should be welcoming the thousands of drivers who use uber for income and support their families. The mayor says the state leg
Traffic and weather on the 2s. High levels of lead discovered in the water. The taps now turned off as officials call for help from the state and federal government. Janelle burrell live in newark with more this morning. Reporter hi chris and mary, most of the samples were actually taken from water sources from sinks and polices where you would wash your hands these test results showed that some of the Drinking Water sources, some of the water fountains at this Charter School came back with lead levels ten times above the acceptable limits. The testing took 324 water samples, a sample from every single water source in all eight nontraditional facilities within the Newark Public School district for this phase of testing. A quarter of those samples came back with elevated levels of led. 16 of them were from Drinking Water sources, 10 of those Drinking Water sources were the newark legacy Charter School. The epas acceptable level of lead and water is 15 parts per billion and some of the s
Unfolding overseas. A egypt airplane was forced to fly to the island of cyprus. The hijacker allowed all passengers except four foreigners and some crew members to get off the aircraft. The hijacker has been identified as an egyptian man and is wearing an explosive suicide belt. The motive is not clear. There are reports hes seeking political asylum in cyprus. We will have more throughout the morning. And breaking news at home. A huge fire in east elmhurst, queens. Janelle burrell joins us live from the scene with more this morning. Janelle . Reporter chris and mary, the good news is the fire is under control here on 91st street and elmhurst. We want to get you to video of the enormous flames coming from the home at 91st street. Morning in one residential home, quickly spread to another and the chief says there were about three garages in the back of those residences and the fire consumed those structures, as well. The good news is that everybody did make it out safely. Hes telling us
And some victims were badly beaten. Janelle burrell has more. Reporter the same man is responsible for five attacks across the city. The last happening here over the weekend. They hope the newly released surveillance images lead to his arrest. Investigators said the new surveillance images were captured around the time of the attackers last violent encounter. The video released by police overnight shows the man saturday afternoon near the Apartment Building of aaron van schindel. The 83yearold badly bruised after the suspect viciously beat her. And i guess i got socked. I dont remember very much. Reporter its the same man they believe choked and robbed a noneyearold earlier this month. And choked me three times. He [ indiscernible ] reporter the suspect is responsible for at least five incidents targeting elderly during Daylight Hours, holding them up at gunpoint or knife point, attempting to rob them. The Police Believe that he first struck in ridgewood queens in january holding up a
Medics rush the 53yearold man out of the central park north subway station. At least one stab wound to his stomach area. By the time he got to saint lukes hospital, it was too late for doctors to save him. And i am over here saving him. You never know when its going to happen. It could be anyone. Reporter the victim was selling metro card swipes to a woman at the 116th and lennox station. The woman apparently changed her mind but police say the man grabbed a dollar from her anyway. That is when her male companion pulled a knife stabbing the 53 yearold near the turn styles around 9 wednesday night. For whatever reason, the victim got on to a downtown 2 train collapsing after one stop. Its scary. Its been happening a lot. Reporter the mayor said statistics show a drop in some Violent Crimes. A lot of people are wondering if that is an accurate picture of crime. The nypds statistics are quite clear that murders are reporter the mayor said that resources and manpower will be the difference