With dennis and chopper 4 in a few moments. Remember, for the latest updates any time, visit nbcnewyork. Com. Now, to the weather. Last nights rain still causing problems across the tristate. This morning, some flooded roads were shut down. This is the Northern State parkway. It was partially under way. News 4s greg is live. We saw the water coming up, couldnt believe it. What a difference just a few hours makes. As you can see behind me, the Northern State parkway, traffic is moving well in both directions now. This morning at the height of the rush hour, this area was a major stress point for drivers. The torrential rains flooded both the eat st and westbound lanes here, forcing police to close the area for three hours. Three cars were trapped and suffered damage. Fortunately, no one was hurt. This of course has been a problem spot before. But still the speed at which the floodwaters rose here caught some drivers by surprise. I was going to my job and a lot of water in my car. Report
About the first day of school in less than three weeks. I dont know how were supposed to go back to school because thats an entire floor. That exploded. Reporter thats a reasonable question. Earlier in the day, the city said that school would be open in time. But late this afternoon, the mayor is now saying the School Building will not be ready, and all students housed in that seven schools in the building will have to be diverted to new locations. Again, School Starts in less than three weeks. Reporting live from marble hill, ida siegal, news 4 new york. Thank you for those new details. Take a look at video we just got into our newsroom. A man has been killed and a woman critically hurt in a brawl on an east harlem street corner. Police say this started as a verbal dispute and quickly turned violent. Ray villeda has been on the scene working on the details. Hes in east harlem. Police just left the scene about an hour ago after reviewing Surveillance Video. According to witnesses, this
Look up and down wood haven boulevard its a traffic nightmare. We will take you first to show you where the closure is in place. It is on the northbound side retaining here with the intersection of 63rd drive. This has been in place for the duration and were expecting at least this closure to last through the rush hours. These delays take you back towards saint jones avenue. You can see the traffic going in the other direction. Thats changed in the last hour. They did have the southbound side of wood haven boulevard completely shut down by dry harbor road. They have reopened that. Look at the volume because everyone is stopping to take a look. You have some stops because of the traffic lights. It takes you back towards queens boulevard. Its been a steady stream of bumper to bumper traffic. Getting around this takes you to the west or east as viable alternates. Shannon stone, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you. Now to our were breaking news, advice from most investment bankers, dont
Reporter there was only one question for debby holmes, and she needed an immediate answer. My mom, my grand mom. Thats the first thing that comes to your mind. Children. Reporter no one hurt, no one on the ride. For this grandmother, a prayer. We started praying and thanking god there was no child that got hurt. Reporter the Amusement Park owned and operated by a new jersey family for 111 years, a spokesperson telling news 4, their park employee started up the ride for a test run, prepping it for the day, when he smelled something. He alerted our mechanics, and the mechanic went to go get the necessary tool, and in that short period of time, there was a small electrical fire. Moments later, a fire tore through the ride. Black smoke filled the air. The park was evacuated and kingsburg amusement employee was being praised. He did a great job. You know, he noticed that something was not right, and he alerted the necessary people within our organization. Safety first for the people here at
View when police pulled him over for driving without his head lights on. Police say sanchez was also driving without a license. His children are ages 6, 3, and 1, all in the car with him and all three picked up by a family member. In new jersey, one man dead, shot and k led by police. Investigators say he was armed, and ignored orders from officers to drop his gun. The scene unfolded late sunday night on cherrywood circle in brick township when Police Responded to a 911 call. Tonight news 4s marc santia has new information. We come down, see all these policemen, just running. And you hear, like them hey, stlop. Like you hear them. Reporter the chaos, the screams, the police. Carol gomez has never seen anything like it in her brick township neighborhood before. Its brick town. Its a small town. I grew up here. And its just unusual to have this kind of commotion. Reporter it all started last night. Neighbors say there was a party at this home near burnt tavern road. A man called 911 sayi