National Guard members sent to help beef up security in NYC subway system National Guard members sent to help beef up security in NYC subway system 02:39 NEW YORK — Following a series of violent incidents in the New York City subway system, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a new five-point safety plan that …
NEW YORK (WABC) — Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to reveal her plans to bring in state resources for combatting subway crime in an announcement on Wednesday. Hochul says she wants commuters to feel safer underground, but recent data shows an uptick in crime in the subway system. Officials last week released stats showing violent …
NEW YORK (WABC) — After several violent attacks over the weekend, Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to announce an increase in law enforcement in the subway system. Police are hard at work to find the suspect behind the unprovoked attack on a 64-year-old man at Penn Station. Officials say the victim fell onto the tracks …
NEW YORK (WABC) — A new consumer protection law went into effect Sunday amending and clarifying New York’s existing credit card surcharge law. Now business transactions imposing a credit card surcharge must post the total price of transactions, including the surcharge, prior to the sale. New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the law on December …
ByEyewitness News Thursday, October 26, 2023 3:31AM NEW YORK (WABC) — Local leaders reacted Wednesday night to a devastating and deadly active shooter situation in Maine that claimed the lives of at least 20 people and left dozens more injured, sources told ABC News. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, no stranger to mass casualty events …
New York City began drying out Saturday after being soaked by one of its wettest days in decades as traffic resumed on highways, subways and airports that were temporarily shuttered by Friday’s severe rainfall. Record rainfall — more than 8.65 inches (21.97 centimeters) — fell at John F. Kennedy International Airport, surpassing the record for any …
Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:59AM NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The federal government is clearing the way for a large number of New York City’s asylum seekers to live and work in the country legally. President Joe Biden is granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country. …
ByEyewitness News Monday, September 18, 2023 2:51PM NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — New York City goes back to court over the migrant crisis on Monday for a hearing in a lawsuit over the mayor’s effort to limit the long-standing “Right to Shelter” law. The city was sued by homeless rights groups over the change in …
NEW YORK (WABC) — As Hurricane Lee churns in the Atlantic Ocean, coastal communities in New Jersey and Long Island are warning of dangerous rip currents and high surf at their beaches. While the storm will remain far off shore, Lee will cause dangerous conditions and beach erosion along parts of the East Coast as …