Exchange for favorable treatments. Sheldon slivers defense team called no witnesses and sheldon sliver declined to take the stand in his defense. As jurors left the courthouse they said nothing. They spent 13 hours deliberating with two jurors asking to be executed. The judge denied both requests and they stayed on to issue the guilty verdict. The judge has not yet set a senting date but sheldon sliver faces up to 130 years in prison however he is likely only to get 20 years. He will be released till the sentencing date. Jessica schneider, cbs 2 news. Thank you. So now what happens to sheldon slivers seat . Law mandates anyone convicted of a crime be stripped of their position. So sheldon sliver automatically loses his seat. The next step will be a special election to replace him. The date for the election has to be determined by the governor. New at 6 00 p. M. Another black eye for the citys troubled schools. A principal is under investigation tonight on charges changing scores so more students would pass. Cbs 2s Marcia Kramer says the mayor is vowing serious consequentials for wrong doing consequences for wrong doing. Reporter on the endangered list, now it has a new problem, the principal under investigation on charges changing grades. The principal is a former deputy chancellor. He is under investigation for changing failing grades to passing grades without the teachers consent. For example a senior who got a no show great got it changed to 75. Another students 55 in english changed to a 90. A failing math grade of 55 changed to 65. Other cases were reported by teachers, in this case the department of education discovered the problem itself. My department initiated the investigation. And that investigation will proceed promply and if we find serious consequences. Reporter students were outraged. Makes me upset. Questioned. Changing the grades is not going to help anything. Urged teachers to raise their passerates to 80 . Pass rates to 80 . Marcia kramer,. A proud over having to a feud over having to pay to park. Cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff explains it is because parking lots are filling up to capacity. Reporter bay shore station with new parking fees, joining a growing number of railroad stations where you pay to park. That is what government that is the job. Reporter starting january annual permits cost 90. Nonresidents 200. 100 means a lot. Two tanks of gas. Everything is always going up. We dont get anything back for it. Reporter he says riders will get something back. We are moving in the area of security. Putting cameras up. People are looking more and more for us to show them that we are keeping them safe. Reporter the free ride as ridership grows and spaces disappear, 150 riders vie for 68,000 legal spots. The railroad says it cant involve the parking crunch alone. The mta offers to build elevating parking garages but many balk at that idea because they would have to open up parking to nonresidents. You have to leave 40 minutes earlier to find a spot. Reporter he says a regional solution is needed. We will have to address the problem. Pushing for a new parking commission. Carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. There saPublic Meeting tonight autosave is a Public Meeting tonight at 7 00 p. M. At the Public Library to let people know about the new feeze. For the second time in 8 days residents were inconvenienced by a water main break. An 8inch pipe ruptured after midnight and these pictures are monroe street. Flood. The water tonight has been restored. Thanksgiving week a 24inch main broke and a valve failed. The city says is focusing on updating theiging pipes. Their aging pipes. They are renegotiating the contract. Danger. A man rescued his disabled neighbor from a house fire. Neighbors home up in flames. Trapped inside the house. He was asleep after taking seizure medication, he rushed in to action. Heard the crash and the window breaking. Pulled him out of the window. Down to the ground. Some other guy whisked him out. It could take up to a year to rebuild his home and the garage that burned. Firefighters are investigating whether heat from a heat lamp fire. Arthur avenue in the bronx known for its italian favorites, well now controversy on the menu after the Tree Lighting ceremony is called off due to budget problems. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez reports, people say the fight is not over. One thing you shouldnt mess with, tradition. The christmas Tree Lighting ceremony has been canceled and residents say it is killing their holiday spirit. I am not sad. Reporter they told residents at a Community Meeting the funds for the ceremony are now being used to pay a Security Guard to deal with a panhandling problem in the little italy section. I dont get it. I dont see the need. Reporter they say the call business. The neighborhood is better. When we ever to hire security i think people will be afraid to shop. Reporter we reached out to them since saturday but no one responded to our request for comment. Today the new Security Guard was nowhere to be seen but the nypd is parks police were patrolling the area. Reporter we were here for several hours today and didnt see any panhandlers. Business owners say there are more present during the Weekend Hours and the owners say they are happy to see more security to help customers feel more comfortable. But a majority of the merchants want to save the Tree Lighting ceremony and may raise their own funds to bring it back. Hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. Do you have to rush to get deals on cyber monday . Coming up tonight how shoppers can take advantage of what is being called cyber december. Changes coming to new york city restaurants. The new warning labels that you will see now and what is killing all the fish . New concern after dozens of dead fish are found. Now we are watching a little bit of mistture make its way into the moisture make its way into the area. And coming up on the cbs evening news, leaders gather for Climate Change talks. We will have that on the evening news. 151 heads of state gathered in pairs to discuss claimant change paris to discuss Climate Change. The president of the United States said they dont have much time. We will have that story and evening news at 6 30 p. M. Son, the Holiday Seasons just like football season. You got your big games. Cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Thats my boy fill your cart with everything you need this season, cyber monday shopping deals, some,perts say it will extend into cyber december. Cbs 2s emily smith shows us how to get in on all the deals. Reporter some of us have been all line shopping all day but even if you missed out so far, there is still bargains to be had. The trend for the Holiday Season is falling prices from now till the alds are over. Holidays are over. Prices sometimes go up near christmas, this year they will go down. Reporter here is a trick. Once you get to the final stage of a purchase, reviewing pavement information, dont click buy. Close the browser. A retailer may email coupons that could lead to more savings. If you have the patience to wait a couple days and sometimes only takes a couple hours, you might really get that final incentive which will get you to the rock bottom price. Reporter if you go in the stores the best sale items could be found in the back. Remember, for every dollar you charge the amount can double due to Interest Rates in months. 100 deal, if it is not paid off in 90 days could become 150. Reporter come up with a holiday budget. Then buy gift cards in 50 increments. When they are gone you are officially finished shopping. That is right. Buy gift cards for yourself to spend on others. Plan how you will pay back what you charged if you cant do that. Emily smith, cbs 2 news. Experts suggest be careful with your credit. Racking up credit cards at each store for the deals can lower your credit store quickly. Lowering salt intake is part of a menu change. Menus must now include a salt shaker item for items that have more than the recommended daily limit. The menus explain high sodium can increase Blood Pressure and the risk of Heart Disease and stroke. Concern tonight over a potentially large fish die off. It follows several large kills off long islands east end. The state needs to find the cause. Cbs 2s elise finch with the story. The entrance from the creek seems normal but it is teaming with bunker fish and competing to survive. A lot of fishane small area. They fish in a small area. They are fighting to breathe. Reporter desperately trying to draw in more oxygen. Dozens have already died. Others floating to shore. Waiting for an easy meal. Reporter this follows a massive fish die off on the east end. Fisherman had to be paid to haul them away. They believe this is caused by a lot more than a lack of oxygen. We could understand the science better about what is happening and we can put into accountable. Reporter he says the state needs to go after tankers spilling oil in the sound and the state should target leaking septic tanks. People are not doing enough. I dont know that i am doing enough. I still use fertilizers on my yard. The hope is colder temperatures will help boost oxygen levels and prevent another die off. Elise finch, cbs 2 news. Time now to speak with lonnie quinn about the first week of december which starts tomorrow. Right. Feeling the chill already. Down to 3, 34 degrees 33, 34 degrees. Out, cloudy, temperature 44 degrees. That was your view of bryant park. Rain is on the way. A couple chances for rain this week. Tomorrow and wednesday. Wednesdays rain looks to be more impressive. Satellite and radar, couple rain drops. Notice how they move east and dissolve. Air mass is too dry. It is going to get to the point where we will see rain out there. What is going on. The biggest storm on the map, there is three of them, minneapolis, this snowstorm will go north of our area. That is not in the cards for us. We will watch this rain around the carolinas and virginia. That will give us a chance for rain on tuesday. And then wednesday, this is what we are watching. Flow from the gulf. That will give us more intense rain on wednesday. Here is how i see tuesday. Rain there. During the day you could see spotty showers. On again. Off. On again. Off. That is tuesday. Wednesday, watch this. Gulf moisture gets in here. That is bouts of heavy rain. Not everybody gets it. You could see it on wednesday. Wednesdays rain will be more impressive and clears out thursday. Thursday sun comes back. Temperatures drop. Tonight, a chance of rain late tonight 40 degrees over night lows. 52. 52 degrees. On december 1. 4 degrees above the average. This was today. Today 49. The average on this day is 49. And although the final numbers for november havent been tabulated yet, 2015, the history. We will see if it drops into second place, i doubt it. I think it will be the warmest november we have had. 52 on tuesday. 58 on wednesday. Warmer. A better chance of rain and heavy rain. Thursday 49. Cooler but the sun comes back. 50 on friday. Sunday 53 degrees. Remember you should be 48, 49 degrees. Thank you. The jets and giants renew the rivalry. Steve overmyer with sports. The jets and the giants head into the show down. We will take you inside their locker rooms next in sports. We work weekends here. Because it works for our patients. 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Yesterday the giants failing to take advantage of a chance to put a strangle hold on the division. Three eli manning interceptions. Including one into the end zone. The redskins win 2014. They take the Division Lead from the giants. If the giants dont win the division they are most likely out. 5 games to go. And if we can get back winning, again, it is up to us. Up to us. We have another opportunity this week coming up. It will come down to how we handle it. We will have a full preview of the jets, giants game on thursday night. Will host. We will find out what happens on sunday. Right here on cbs 2. The battle of new york. It will have more on the line than just the trophy. Water. The rangers missing a key piece for a little while here. He will be out 46 weeks. The Rangers Center was injured in fridays loss to boston. The nhl reviewed the late hit him. The nfl cracked down on touchdown celebrations so when we get a good one we must share. Made the end zone his personal dance floor. 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