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ISLIP, N.Y. – Federal officials in New York are investigating an emergency alert system after a mistakenly truncated message about storm system Hermine wrongly advised TV watchers on Long Island of an ordered evacuation, authorities said Sunday. The Saturday night confusion started after Suffolk County emergency officials used an aspect of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's alert system for the first time since gaining access to it after Superstorm Sandy. They had hoped to advise viewer..>> view originalLabor Unions, Waning Nationwide, Stay Robust in New York
Photo More than a thousand people marched in Manhattan last year alongside union members, pushing for a $15 minimum wage. Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times Despite all the attention that has been paid to the union-backed campaign for a $15 minimum wage, the national decline in organized labor has persisted. Still, for three straight years, New York City, the birthplace of the Fight for $15 movement, has bucked that trend, according to a report that was to be..>> view originalJay Bruce denies he tried to avoid coming to New York
Jay Bruce admitted New York wasn’t his preference for a new home at the trade deadline, but he denied a report Sunday he sought to avoid the Big Apple. A story in the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News said Bruce asked the Reds to trade him anywhere except for New York City. After going 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the Mets’ 5-1 win over the Nationals at Citi Field, Bruce said the report was wrong. “That’s not how it went,” he said. Bruce, from Beaumont, Texas, reportedly had eight teams on his limi..>> view originalOysters Are Nearly Extinct in New York Waters. Meet the Team ...
Photo A floating cage containing hundreds of oysters was pulled into Jamaica Bay from Bayswater Point State Park in Queens on Thursday. Credit Dave Sanders for The New York Times Torrential rain poured down on the team of scientists and conservationists on Jamaica Bay as their small boat slowly towed about 85 cages packed with 36,000 oysters, a species that once blanketed New York Harbor but is now nearly extinct there.“We are quite the sight,” Casey Stokes, an environm..>> view originalCops use helicopter to rescue woman in New York Harbor
Two cops who were lowered from a helicopter rescued an injured woman marooned on a tiny island in New York Harbor Sunday. The woman had been on a boat with two men when it lost power and crashed into Hoffman Island. She and one of the men climbed out onto the island. The man made it safely, but the woman, 68, tripped and was caught between the island and the boat. The man who remained on board radioed for help. An NYPD chopper was dispatched, and its crew members searched the Lower Bay until th..>> view originalNYC should prep for heavy winds, floods as Hermine rolls through
Local officials took a page out of the movie “Jaws” over the weekend, telling holiday revelers to stay out of the water — even if the pending storm seemed more ...>> view original3 Killed, 1 Wounded In Separate NYC Shootings
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities say three people have been killed and one person injured in separate shootings in New York City. On Saturday, police responding to a 911 call around 6:30 p.m. found a man shot on the Harlem River Drive. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, and has been identified as 31-year-old Lester McLeod of the Bronx. In Queens around 9:30 p.m., authorities found two men with gunshot wounds at Jamaica Avenue and the Van Wyck Expressway. An 18-year-old was pronounced..>> view originalNew York City always special for Joakim Noah and his father
Yannick Noah was proudly wearing a Knicks cap, but for the moment he was all about tennis as he cheered on fellow Frenchman Lucas Pouille, the 24th seed, to his magnificent upset victory over fourth-seeded Rafael Nadal on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The match lasted four drama-filled hours, but it won’t be long before Noah, the former tennis star, is all about basketball and cheering on his son, Joakim, the Knicks’ 6-foot-11 free-agent acquisition from the Bulls. “It means the world to him,..>> view originalHermine Moves Back Towards Shore, Causing Concern for Coastal ...
What to KnowHermine is now considered a post-tropical cyclone.Hermine has moved farther out to sea than expected, which means it will most likely bring a negligible amount of rain.Coastal communities still face a mild to major threat of isolated flooding.Hermine took a turn towards the coast on Monday morning, a concern for coastal communities worried about storm surges and flooding, but most of the tri-state area was in the clear. The post-tropical cyclone was backing up towards Atlantic coast ..>> view originalCould Donald Trump win New York in November?
Buoyed by an uptick in national polling, Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to outline the reasons he still thinks he can win heavily Democratic New York as he accepts the small but influential Conservative Party’s nomination for president. Trump, who will deliver an evening address as the Conservatives wind up their convention at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, “thinks he can win New York, as difficult as that may seem to people out there, if the stars align correctly,’’ a senior Tru..>> view original
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