The number of cases is 100, ten fatal. Mayor de blasio announced that any building with a cooling tower will have the system tested asap. The order instructs the owners or manager to test and disinfect their cooling tower within the next 14 days. Failure to comply with the commissioners order is a misdemeanor. Reporter the state is getting involved as well. Today the Bronx Borough president invited the state Health Commissioner to tour concourse plaza, a Shopping Plaza where one tested positive for legionella, the bacteria that can grow in water based systems. Time is not our friend. We need to make sure that the borough is safe. The governor ordered that the state provide testing of cooling towers for free. Incredibly populated area. A lot of people, a lot of cooling towers and we are trying to figure out how it started. Reporter the mayor says the required testing is out of an abundance of caution. Until the numbers come down, wendy rivera plans to avoid the affected neighborhoods. I
Newscopter 7 is over the newark penn station area where firefighters doused the flames. All lines are back up and running but many are delayed we are told up to 45 minutes. Firefighters put out the small fire quickly. Its not clear what on the tracks was burning. Its long been a long leveled criticism. New york city has largely ignored those with Mental Health problems. Tonight a groundbreaking campaign by city hall that will affect tens of thousands of people including homeless people. Mayor de blasio now pouring millions of dollars in to try to tackle the problem. Here is stacey sager. Reporter 10 30 this morning on east 125th and lex where an emotionally disturbed homeless man is restrained by police. They wait for medical help. Ask anyone in east harlem, he is one of many that the homeless situation has exploded here in recent weeks largely because of k 2, a synthetic marijuana causing some to lash out. This woman, a recovering addict herself explaining the problem. They dont want
His 21yearold mother taken to Jamaica Medical Center for observation. There were three other adults in the apartment at the time who are still being questioned by police. And while taylor resa heard the aftermath, his brother overhead noises minutes before the infant was tossed. We live right below them, so he heard like a huge tantrum of a kid crying and like just running up and down. Thats all he heard. Reporter now, this is a live look at the Apartment Building where this child was tossed from. You can see theres still an nypd officer guarding the front entrance of this building. We are told by sources they are still serving a search warrant on that apartment and those family members are still being questioned at the 102nd precinct but no charges have been filed in this incident. Reporting live in richmond hill, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. New information about a disturbing discovery in rockland county, a fetus found in a sewer grate, the county now tel
The person who called 911 was also taken into custody. The officers injuries are not life threatening. A mother and child are in Critical Condition after a ferocious fire in newark. The fire began early this morning on the third floor of a home on bergen street. Flames quickly spread, several people were injured and dozens of families faced the weekend without a home. Today residents returning to their charred homes searching for whatever was not destroyed but grateful that no lives were lost. Three of them, boys, and they are too young. How did you get them out . Thats why i have to leave everything, i have to just bring them outside. And they are okay . They are okay. We thank god. The calls to the the cause of the fire is under investigation. New york senior senator Chuck Schumer fending off a lot of criticism right after deciding not to back president obamas deal with iraq. Schumer is in line to lead the senate, a major Party Fundraiser and while advertise decision wont likely dera
And the sun is just glistening off. Yes , it is. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being with us. Im rob nelson. And im toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. Good to have you back again. Michelle is wrapping up her vacation, good to see you. That is a long vacation. She is enjoying it. Shes a shore girl in her heart. Shes having a good time, perfect weather. You have given her a nice week off. Reporter the weekends we have had, looks so nice. There was one weekend i was off. I cant be responsible for that when it rains, but every other weekend has been so nice. The temperatures are right on the climate average, normal for this time of the year. Lets get started, august 8th, and wow, 84 would be the normal, going for 85 today. Happening right now, and then sunset 8 05, should be spectacular. Everyone is out on long island this weekend, and all the beaches and down the shore will be great this is right on the money. Temperatures still . The 50s for the areas off to the north and n