Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Saturday to lower New York City’s speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph, saying slowing down will cut down on pedestrian and motorist deaths. The new limit is expected to go into effect in three months, once the city approves its own law formalizing it.
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The NYC Department of Transportation has issued a reprieve to the many drivers who received multiple tickets for driving in the bus only lanes along the B44 Special Bus Route on Nostrand, Rogers and Bedford Avenues, some of which were for violations that occurred as much as four months ago.
Safety on the Brooklyn Bridge was called into question Tuesday when two white flags appeared on the top of the structure’s towers. An NYPD investigation is ongoing, CBS News’ Michelle Miller reports.
For the first time this season, the Health Department has detected West Nile virus in New York City mosquitoes.
Records show that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to dramatically cut the number of unnecessary tickets given out to New Yorkers is falling a bit short, and that the total number of summonses issued over the first five months of 2014 is up from 2013.
A group of Park Slope mothers is demanding that the city ban the sale of ice cream in Prospect Park, in a bid to offset the inevitable tantrum when they tell their child they can’t have any.
At least 21 people were shot across New York City over the weekend, one of the bloodiest for the city in recent years. The shootings took place in all of the city’s five boroughs: Nine people were shot in Brooklyn, five in Manhattan, five in the Bronx, one in Queens and one on Staten Island, police said.
New York State’s highest appeals court has refused to reinstate former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on the sale of big sodas by restaurants and other vendors in New York City, striking a fatal blow to the controversial rule.
Federal investigators are now part of the inquiry into former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes’ financial dealings while in office.
Former longtime Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes is accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars seized from criminal suspects to pay for a political consultant, according to a report by the city’s Department of Investigation.
Carjacking has become disturbingly common in the Tri-State Area, with hundreds of cases terrifying drivers. As CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown reported, experts said everyone should be aware of the new modus operandi that criminals are using to get their cars.
More than 200 new speed cameras are coming to New York City and Long Island, after the state’s Senate voted to authorize them on Wednesday, two days after the Assembly did.
New York City families who have precious little space in their apartments are finding creative ways to find room for their babies and kids, including using bathrooms and closets, according to a report by DNAinfo.
A Crown Heights resident on his way home from work Sunday evening had a harrowing experience when a man attempted to carjack his vehicle as he was driving through the Bronx. The driver then filmed a dramatic scene unfold as the attacker attempted to break into several other vehicles, one of which he clung to for almost nine miles along a busy highway.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a 3.35 percent increase in water and sewage rates paid by homeowners and landlords across the five boroughs, in a proposal submitted to the New York City Water Board.
Today at the National Action Network’s annual convention, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised notorious anti-Semite and race baiter Al Sharpton by saying this: ”I just want everyone to know: I am proud to stand with Rev. Sharpton, To borrow a phrase from our youth, — he’s the real thing.”
New York City councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) is hoping to change alternate side parking regulations, giving locals and commuters more access to parking.
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