Victim likely ruled out, police say they need the publics help. Theyre not very informative and theyre all anonymous. The desperation for information has led to an increase in the reward of 10,000. Vetranos body was found face down. Her teeth broken, her clothing in disarray after she went for the solo run near the belt parkway. This woman put up a fer f end, so she was beaten quite severely, which would suggest she put up a big fight. Wednesday police hacked away at the tall grass near the crime scene cutting it down with heavy equipment and raking through it for clues. The fbi has been called in to bring special equipment. A city official says the bureau has provided drones like this one spotted over the crime scene to search for evidence. In the neighborhood residents have wrapped street poles in white to memorialize the victim. Overwhelmed the closeknit community wondering who the killer might be. Drug addict or someone outside of the neighborhood. Were just really, really very sca
Light showers at that. Some of the wind gusts, laguardia officially 55 Miles Per Hour. Teterboro, 55. Larchmont, 67 miles an hour. The east end of long island, about 57 Miles Per Hour. Right now, its calm and quiet. Mostly cloudy, couple of sprinkles in spots. Temperatures will drop. Bounce back to the 50s and drop to the 40s towards the end of the day. Brisk and breezy. But no heavy rains to worry about or damaging winds. More on the forecast in a bit. Surveying the damage on the roads, heres lauren. Thanks. Im going to talk to you about two closures that will get in your way. Well start with the bronx River Parkway. All lanes shut down. Its a small stretch here. You can get around it. Head over to route 100 instead. Heading over to new jersey, we do have a closure on route 22 westbound. This starts at king george road. Thats also because of floofding. Two things to beware of. Lauren, thank you very much. The nasty storm, we all felt it. Knocked down trees and power lines and scenes l
Agreement, lift the threat of a strike off of the heads of our customers and move on. Reporter a former negotiator for the railroad tells us he also expects a resolution because the alternative would be so disruptive. This should be settled and it probably will be settled because a strike the risk of a strike far outweighs the benefits of whatever can come out of a future negotiations after a strike. Reporter who do you blame situation . The governor. Reporter he says that from his insider perspective that the reserve fund for nj transit shrank from 350 million to 34 million under Chris Christies watch. The deal he says that is in the works likely will be expensive because of the retroactive pay because they havent had a contract in recent years and he says it also will be expensive because it will have to be paid for without the reserve fund. He predicts fare increases. Live in newark, lou young, cbs 2 news. In the event of a strike, commuters heading to penn station will need a plan.
You may wonder why all of the cars, not a big problem. It was such a big accident that weapon wound up having a secondary crash over by union turnpike. You can see it right there. Only the left lane gets through. This is an on going accident investigation and it is going to be here for hours these delays take you all the way back to the Grand Central parkway back by laguardia airport. They wrap around onto the Jackie Robinson parkway. If there is a day to take lie, this is the day to do it. Shannon sohn. Channel seven, Eyewitness News. Thank you. Now to the latest efforts to prevent a new Jersey Transit strike. With 32 hours from a deadline that could result in major headaches for commuters trying to get to work. More than 100,000 people use new Jersey Transit to get to new york city every day and without a deal. Theyll be way in come monday. Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Burkett is in newark and begins our coverage. Reporter liz, Eyewitness News has learned transit negotiators came t
This is over and everybody can go back about their business and employees can go back to their business, which is what everybody really wants. Reporter well, lets hope that comes to pass. That was this morning. Now, the update on the talks, there was serious give and take all day. Official. Sources telling eyewitness tonight. Become available. Were live in newark, new jersey. The strike would be huge. Shoppers not shopping, workers not getting to work. Tim . Reporter bill, planning is key to be everything for both commuters and businesses. Lunch at havana was busy at times square. Plenty of staff on hand, too. If a new Jersey Transit strike occurs, this and many other businesses could be greatly impacted. Hour or two earlier to make it in on time. We really dont know. There are a lot of unknowns here. Reporter Restaurant Owner jeremy marren says he has 20 Staff Members and managers who must commute from new jersey. Scheduling and other costs could become complicated. The possibility of