The cases, the man followed women towards their homes on 16th street, and in one case, he exposed himself, telling the woman he lived in her building. She screamed and he ran off. What surprised neighbors here is at that hour, its already busy on fifth avenue. I come home by train all hours of the day and night, i walk the streets. I dont have concerns like that. I hope they get him. Reporter store owner angel panarro told customers checking out the poster, someone must have seen the man. Theres a lot of traffic in this area. That early in the morning. So its its kind of frustrating, though. Its upsetting. You just have to practice awareness and be very cognizant of your surroundings. Reporter back live now. Take one more look at this poster and this picture. Police are hoping its enough of a highresolution image you can do what a lot of the people who live and work in the neighborhood have been doing, take a good look at it. Police have hoping to get some leads, and make a quick arres
Claimed this stretch of lexington avenue near Grand Central because there is a lot of traffic and a Security Camera nearby. And she says she feels safer here than in a shelter. I have issues. I work in midtown so its pretty bad. Reporter most new yorkers we interviewed today told us they see more homeless on the streets. Im not used to seeing so many homeless people. I tend to give money. Reporter some give money or food. Others call 311. But today city officials are pushing back after reports that the number of 311 calls about the homeless jumped from 12,700 last year to more than 20,000 calls for the same time period this year. Mayor de blasio spokeswoman says since the city has been publicizing their new 311 app, 311 calls about all subjects are up. And that the percentage of calls about the homeless is still relatively small, and unchanged. City officials insist, street homelessness is actually down 5 since last year and they say that perception of homelessness does not equal reali
Trillion dollar cap for the entire week and Dow Jones Industrials wiped off 338 billion so a lot of loss across the board and indiscriminate selling across the sector and blue chip names in the dow are in bear market territory with apple down off 21 from recent highs. Walmart is down just about 27 from its high in january. So some real concerns here for investors but we have been talking to analysts all morning and the messages do not panic. A lot of fear being generated around china. But we still have some uncertainty in that region and a lot of people are waiting for the Chinese Central Bank to come in with additional easing measures and that could give markets a bit of a boost. For the moment, it is not looking pretty. Another down day on wall street. Looks like another rough zone for investors who better buckle up. Thank you, nancy. A terrifying scene at Pocono Raceway in california. He hit the wall around 220 miles per hour. He walked out of the car and into an ambulance under his
Contain it while wading in anklehigh water. Its rarely seen in this city that never sleeps. Sandy set a 13foot high wall of water rushing through new york harbor and that water pouring into the subway tunnels. The head of the mta calling it the worst damage seen in the 100year history of Public Transit here in the city. In a most dramatic fashion, sandys winds caused a twisted crane to dangle perilously more than 70 floors up over midtown manhattan. Look at that. Emergency crews worried that it would slice through like a hot knife through butter. When i saw is the reports of the firefighters in queens or Downtown Manhattan i could see in my minds eye not only the buildings and the planes, but the people. Its a lot to get you up to speed on and we are waiting for mayor Michael Boomberg to speak, and we do want to get the latest from the jersey shore which as we told you took the direct hit from sandy as that storm came ashore near Atlantic City in the southern part of new jersey. Nbcs r
Verrazano, head to the lower level to avoid this. On the Grand Central parkway, this is eastbound out by clear vie two lanes remain closed. Stick to the expressway. Breaking news in Staten Island, thats where police say a man was found dead near the Ferry Terminal. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in st. George with what we know now. Reporter were watching the investigation officers and detectives with flash flights are going down the ramp between the st. George terminal and the baseball park. Thats where they found the body of a man believed to be in his 30s on a park bench. Well show you some video of this investigation which started just before 2 00 this morning. Thats when officers received a 911 call about someone on the bench. When they arrived, they found the victim stabbed multiple times in the torso. He was pronounced dead added scene. Here, but they also dont know who could have done Something Like this. That is part of the investigation. This is also near a correct shun