Nice to have you here. Thank you for having us. Tell us about the inception of citymeals first, back in 1981. What was the founding concept behind it . Gael greene, a restaurant critic, read an article in the New York Times about what wanted to know what the city was doing for homebound elderly on thanksgiving and realized that they werent doing anything for that weekend. And so she rallied her friends and along with james beard, former restaurateur. And they raised 35,000 to feed 6,000 homebound seniors on christmas day. Wow. And that was back in 1981. Thats in 1981. And since then, it has grown to what it is today. Its grown to what it is today, yeah. And this is something thats not just in new york city, right . There are mirror programs like this all over the country. There are mirror programs all actually started in england during world war ii. We citymeals on wheels cover the five boroughs of new york. And now, ms. Kramer, youre a volunteer, as well. So tell us about what made yo
Warmer temperatures and how we can salvage the end of the weekend. Lets stick with weather. Weather is on the minds of a lot of people this morning as a lot of folks are bracing for more of it. Shelters are on stand by, just in case the governor calls for mandatory evacuations. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama joins us live from sea bright new jersey with the conditions there. Good morning to you. Michelle, good morning to you. I just heard amy talking about the temperatures. June seems like a distant memory with how cold it is out here. Wind at least has died down since was here just yet in the same area. The wind has died down. Thats good news to start off the morning. Heavy potted plants have turned Government Agencies were asking to bring just beyond here is the river. That river is the issue in sea bright. When it sees high levels these interior streets flood. They were seeing quite a bit of flooding yesterday. It has receded since then. Neighbors were prepared for this. On the
And gives us light rain on monday. Temperatures in the mid50s with a high of 56 in new york city. Ill have the rest coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. A nasty morning as you said is in store for many parts of our area. It is drizzly, damp, and chilly outside. People in new jersey are dealing with high winds and flooding on top of everything. Shelters on standby in case the governor calls for mandatory evacuations. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama joins us live from sea bright new jersey with what it looks like there this morning. Reporter michelle, good morning, it is a real warm drink kind of morning. Stay inside your home. It is raw out here. Its been misting all morning long, and the wind is just starting to kick up. Luckily its died down from yesterday morning and yesterday all day even overnight it was whipping winds here. Let me show you some of the debris left people took notice here and sort of cleaned up their yards, but you can see a heavy potted plant turned o
Ever stair climb at citifield where hundreds of firefighters will be climbing to honor their fallen comrades. Thanks for joining us this saturday, october 10th. Indeed. Good to see you again. Glad youre back. Whats going on . Too much. Isnt that always the case . Good morning, everyone, happy saturday. Im rob nelson. Im Michelle Charlesworth. Good to be with you. The National Fallen firefighters stair climb takes place this morning at citifield. It honors all of americas fallen firefighters. And that is where meteorologist amy freeze right in the thick of it, joining us this morning. Im glad you have a coat. Its chilly out. Oh, its cold. You know what . I did think about putting my glove 0s on, but i didnt want to freak people out. But it is a little chilly this morning. We are at citifield, and as things get under way this morning, yeah, this is an exciting place to be anyway because of monday night and looking forward to the playoffs and all that. But what a special day in front of u
Thanks for joining us this october 4th. Good morning, im toni yates. Im in for rob nelson this weekend. And im Michelle Charlesworth. What you got going on today . Whats up . Sleep. I feel that. Meteorologist amy freeze is here with a first look at this mornings weather. Hows the marathon training going . Good. Probably do another 20 miles today for training. The headliner actually at my house is will is turning 7. Oh, happy birthday will. Oh, thank heaven will is 7. There you go. Anyway, as we get started this morning, its going to be another day where we have windy conditions, maybes a few clouds coming and going. As we get started this morning were going to look for the temperatures to climb. Gusts right now up to 30 miles an hour are still happening in queens. Showing today there will be gusts above 20. We could have that persistent wind of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour through the afternoon. Temperatures in the 40s north and west. Down the shore 54 for belmont, 55 in islip. No rain. May