Two people in the east village. Dave carlin is live in the news room with the story. Dave . Chris and mary this tragedy was foreseeable, preventible and avoidable so the charges are severe for the buildings owner and others. This is new from the fdny of firefighters trying to put out the flames that engulfed three buildings on Second Avenue on march 2015. The Building Owner the son who managed it the contractor and arrested accuseed illegally rigging a gas line and send a strong message that creating short cuts can have consequences and result in jail time. You have in effect weaponnized the building and you could be held here the blast injured more than a dozen people and killed restaurant worker israel and diner patron Nicholas Figueroa and also a fifth person faces less serious charges. Cbs 2 news. Dave thank you. Thousands of cruise passengers are thankful to be back on solid ground after their seven day cruise turned into a nightmare. Janelle is live where the ship is docked. The
Were seeing a couple of below zero. White plains, 3 below. Newburgh, 4 below. Monticello 6 below. The day starts out with sunshine. More clouds for the afternoon. Its mostly cloudy by the end of the day and a High Temperature in the upper 20s. Colder yet to come. How cold . Ill tell you about that in a bit. Let check on this chilly friday commute. Good morning everyone. We have one accident out there on the roads. Lets head over to the fdr drive where northbound after 116th there. In addition to that, mostly roadwork on the roads. The midtown tunnel, the south tube remains shut until 5 30 a. M. The north tube is taking on twoway traffic. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. 4 31. Peter liang is a former nypd officer waiting to see how much he was convicted the shooting death of akai gurley. The lies of peter liang and a residents late last night tell us that they were surprised by the verdict. As for peter liang, clearly devastated. You see him here burying his face in hand.
Building that she owned into another. It was that hookup that eventually lead to the deadly explosion. Now this is a hookup that they say the general contractor dilbert kukich should have known was something that was potentially dangerous. Those yellow tubings have the potential to break, to fray to rip and it was something con ed initially had flagged as dangerous and had told maria herenko to shut down and to fix and to get approval. Con ed never approved it. She wanted to get the building filled with tenants and rented out quickly and she devised this illegal hookup to siphon gas. Its something officials caution and warn today is extremely dangerous. When you tinker around with the hookups as happened here, you have, in effect, weaponized the building and you can be held here, accountable for the harm to inflict. Explosion, nicholas figueroa. News 4 spoke to his mother today and she says, quote thshgs say Long Time Coming and we are excited. Our pain is still there and the loss of o
Victims of the deadly explosion in the east village. One year ago, the powerful explosion killed two people and also destroyed three buildings and left dozens homeless. This is what it looked like in the neighborhood before, and after the explosion. Today, family and Community Members gathered in the east village to remember the two victims. Eyewitness News Reporter diana is at the scene. Reporter tribute continues tonight. In a few minutes, a candle lit prayer vigil will be held to remember the lives of Nicholas Figueroa and moises locon. Nicholas mom tells me not a day goes by that she disease not think about her son and the way he died. Every day, that pain is there. It seems like it happened yesterday. I mean that pain is never going to go away. Reporter Nick Figueroa relives the smoke day. Its been one year since her 23 year old son went on a lunch date at the restaurant when a gas line exploded and the building collapsed. You know, i just hope that later on in the future nothing
Live from studio 46 this is cbs2 news this morning. Good morning. Its 8 a. M. On this sunday, march 27. I am dick brennan. I am andrea grymes. Happy easter. Meteorologist Vanessa Murdock is here with a look at our Easter Sunday forecast. A little cloudy out there right now . Yes. It looks grey. It will get a little bit brighter as the day progresses. Breaks of sun expected this afternoon with temperatures warming to seasonable levels. Along the coastline because of winds in generally out of the east it is going to feel much cooler than 50s. We will be feeling like the 40s along the coast there. Temperatures right now in the 40s for most of us. 43 great neck. Madison 37. What we havent seen a lot of this morning is movement of these numbers. That cloud cover is slowing us down on the warming front. As far as the vortex satellite and radar picture goes dropping any rain. It will be a dry sunday forecast. We will break it down for you hour by hour. By noon 49, feels like 47. Mostly cloudy