Up the mess left behind when the two freight cars jumped the tracks last night. Your commute this morning . Four hours. How are you feeing evening commute . Well see. How do you feel about the lirr. A lot of money. There was a 20 minute delay and i think there might have been extra stops. It seemed a little bit longer than it should have. Going home looks okay . I think so. I havent heard of anything p but im catching the 3 55. Fingers crossed. Thank you. Reporter and a lot of people want to keep those fingers crossed here about that. We have focused mostly on eastbound, but if youre heading in to the city tonight, the lirr suspending Westbound Service on the huntington, Port Jefferson Westbound Service suspended from will 00 to 4 00 to 00 8 00. A lot of people coming in for the made does an in a onna concert so youll need to make other plans. Rutgers football coach is facing a 50,000 fine and three day game suspension to violating school policy. A investigation found kyle flood made c
Right now Westbound Service on the huntington, Port Jefferson and ronkonkoma branches is suspended. Trains will not make westbound stops until 8 00 p. M. Eastbound, there are still delays and cancellations. Service on the Port Jefferson and ronkonkoma lines are restored and buses are linking the mineola and hicksville stations. Majority of kids in new york city Public Schools are still struggling to read by the time they reach the third grade. Today the mayor unveiled a series of education initiatives. His ten year plan includes 81 million to make Computer Science a requirement, a 7 a million annual commitment to high re reading specialists, and he aims to boost Graduation Rates from 68 to 80 over the next decade. Andrew siff has more. Reporter yeah, chuck, thats pretty ambitious agenda. He did successfully get universal prek and now hes raising the bar and promising to improve reading this particular at some of the citys most struggling schools. Equity and swlens excellence is what de
The future is now. We need help. The zadroga act provides Health Benefits to emergency workers who are suffering from illnesses. But the program is set to expire next month unless Congress Makes a change. This morning, Hurricane Sandy victims have a little more breathing room. They have another month to have reviewed. Days. Some Insurance Adjusters have allegedly blamed sandy damage on other factors. So far more than 20,000 claims have been reviewed. Hundreds have been approved, totaling more than 7 million. Coming up on almost three years. A lot of people have been out of money for a long time. 5 05 right now. Time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. Wow, chris, who would have thought we would have august in september. Here. Temperatures this afternoon heading back into the 80s with sunshine, low humidity. Starting out in the 50s and 60s. Not quite as chilly in some spots as the last couple mornings. A day filled with sunshine. Warmer, upper 80s this afternoon. The humidity
Back then, now at 23 . With that being said, i think ben carson is the last radioactive version of donald trump. The rest of the republicans continue to struggle. Jeb bushs support feel by more than half. Theyll try and step out from trump. Thats because of women in. Political Analysts Expect some of them to make their mark and outtrump donald trump. Reporting live in washington. Edward, thank you. Coming up, High Performance cars racing down a street. Police did not write a ticket. Well tell you why the federal government may now become involved in this case. Hi, cibele si sibila and david. A search for victims in yesterdays deadly flash flood. Fraternity brothers charged in the hazing death of a freshman plead. The new cold war. We take you to meet arctic where the melting seawaters has a rush. Up to speed. Everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 percent so you can get access to the Fastest Internet and inhome and fios gives so everyone in the house c
Changing weather with ur news 4 new york app. Tap the news 4 logo and select the weather tab. Updating breaking news right now, signal problems continue to cause delays on the l. I. R. R. Between penn station and jamaica. Thats right, chuck. Problems began around 5 30 this afternoon with signal trouble at penn station. Currently as we stand all Westbound Service temporarily suspended here at jamaica station. You can expect some cancellations and delays eastbound trains as well. No word on how long the repairs will make. Mta is cross honoring. There is a parking battle on long island. And if you ride the long island railroad, this may impact you. There is a proposal in hempstead to only allow residents to park what about everyone else . Reporter circling packed l. I. R. R. Parking lots has become a fact of live for many commuters here. Its frustrating to come down here and have to be stressed out that im not going to make my train because i cant find somewhere to park. Reporter its so b