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Mayor Gets Back On East River Bridges Toll Bandwagon
NEW YORK (CBS 2/ WCBS 880) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg ignited another firestorm of controversy on Friday over East River tolls. Just when you thought the plan was out of gas the mayor is bringing it...
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Hudson Valley State Senators Want East River Tolls Instead Of MTA Payroll Tax
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - Five Republican New York State Senators say ditching the payroll tax in favor of East River tolls would bring in another $100 million for the MTA next year. WCBS 880’s Paul...
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DUMBO Wi-Fi, Free Wireless Internet Access, Unveiled In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A new Wi-Fi network has been unveiled in Brooklyn. It’s designed to provide free wireless access to the Internet between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. It’s named DUMBO...
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NYC Opens First Section Of East River Waterfront Esplanade
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other elected officials opened the first section of the city’s new East River Waterfront Esplanade Thursday. The first phase of the project — which...
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Calls Renewed For Tolls On East River Bridges
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - It was 100 years ago today that tolls on the East River bridges were lifted. WCBS 880’s Peter Haskell In...
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New Report Calls Into Question Safety, Soundness Of Bridges In New York City...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – We’re accustomed to the near-constant maintenance work on New York City’s major bridges. To Read The Full Report, Click Here Despite all that maintenance, a report calls into...
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‘Human’ Flying Machines Buzz New York City
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Have you recently thought you saw people flying over you around New York City? Well, you did, sort of. Several men modified three radio-controlled planes so they looked like...
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New East River Bridges Toll Proposal Goes After Everyone, Including Bicyclists
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The city’s former traffic commissioner has a new plan to put tolls on East River bridges. But this proposal has some novel “selling points,” including a first-ever toll for...
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LEDs Coming To East River Bridges, Highways, Central Park
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The way major parts of New York City are lit is in the midst of a big change, WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported. WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb On The...
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Firefighters Travel Deep Into Subway Tunnel To Fight Blaze In Cable Room
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A fire that caused cables to burn in a small manhole space several hundred feet into a subway tunnel made for many commuter headaches on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze broke out...
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Carpooling Requirement Creates Nightmare Commute Into Manhattan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Drivers dealt with a traffic nightmare Thursday after a minimum passenger mandate took effect early in the morning in an attempt to ease gridlock in Manhattan. Vehicles...
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Carpooling Restrictions At Manhattan-Bound Bridges And Tunnels Lifted Friday...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg has lifted carpooling restrictions at Manhattan-bound bridges and tunnels. The HOV regulations ended at 5 p.m. Friday. EXTRA: Click Here To Check Current...
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Bloomberg: HOV Restrictions Lifted, Monday’s Commute Will Still Be ‘Slower...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – You will not need three people in your car if you’re traveling into New York City on Monday. In a press conference Sunday afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the...
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Authorities: 4 Hurt After Tractor Trailer Overturns, Collides With Car On BQE
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A tractor trailer overturned and collided with a car on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway near the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, authorities said. Giant tow trucks with cranes...
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Manhattan Bridge Walkway Turns Into Nightclub For Overnight Party
by Adam Harrington, CBSNewYork.com NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The foot path on the Manhattan Bridge turned into a sizzling nightclub for a while Saturday night, and the organizer said it was all worth it...
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Police Tighten Bridge Security After Manhattan Bridge Dance Party
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — CBS 2 has learned that NYPD officers have been told to keep closer tabs on activity on city bridges, a directive issued two days after a flash mob party was held on the...
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Police Rescue Woman, 49, Found Floating In East River
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Wednesday brought a 49-year-old woman to safety after she was found floating in the East River under the Manhattan Bridge. The woman was discovered around 3:30 p.m.,...
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Former State Lawmaker Questions East River Crossing Toll Plan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — As December brings higher tolls to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey crossings, another effort is in progress to toll crossings across the East River that are...
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Witness’ Photo Leads Police To Alleged Driver In Lower East Side Hit-And-Run
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police this week caught up with a driver who allegedly struck and injured a man on the Lower East Side, after a witness snapped a photo of the driver and provided it to...
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Huge Pink Elephant Living Under Manhattan Bridge Looking For New Home
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Only in New York! A pink wooden elephant is up for adoption to anyone who can haul away the huge sculpture. As CBS 2’s Cindy Hsu reported, right underneath the Manhattan Bridge...
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De Blasio: ‘Interesting And Innovative Ideas’ In New Congestion Pricing Plan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A new proposal would add tolls to East River bridges – all of which are currently free – but lower the cost at crossings not well-served by public transit. As WCBS 880’s Monica...
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NYPD Rescues Man From Jumping Off Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit talked an apparently suicidal man off the Manhattan Bridge Wednesday afternoon. As 1010 WINS’ Holli Haerr reported, ESU officers said they got...
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14 Injured When Department Of Correction Bus Crashes Near Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Department of Correction bus crashed on the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge Monday morning. The bus from Rikers Island was headed to court in Manhattan when it slammed...
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World Cup Fans Go Home With Heads Hanging As U.S. Loses To Belgium
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It all started out with so much promise Tuesday, as World Cup fever swept the Tri-State Area and the United States battled Belgium for a place in the quarterfinals. But fans’...
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Accident Shuts Down Eastbound Lanes Of Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Brooklyn-bound side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed Friday evening, after a taxi and a box truck smashed into each other on the upper level. The accident involving a...
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Pier 42 Offers Family-Friendly Fun This Summer
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There’s a new reason to stay in the city on a perfect summer day. Pier 42 between the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges is really taking shape as a park. On Saturday, the group...
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Police Investigate After Palestinian Protest Flag Is Unfurled On Manhattan...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police were investigating Wednesday evening after pro-Palestinian groups unfurled a political protest flag on the span of the Manhattan Bridge. The Palestinian flag was unfurled...
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Russian Tourist In Court After Climbing Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Now it’s very serious – Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to make changes in security at all city-controlled East River crossings after the second breach at the Brooklyn Bridge in...
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Schumer Wants Tougher Bridge Trespassing Laws
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer wants a federal law to prohibit trespassing on high-profile structures after incidents involving people who scaled the Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade...
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Sen. Schumer Proposes Bill To Make Trespassing On City Infrastructure A Crime
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The laws against climbing up famous New York City landmarks like the World Trade Center and the Brooklyn Bridge are too weak, according to Sen. Charles Schumer. As 1010 WINS’...
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New York Festival Of Light Kicks Off In DUMBO
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The imposing archway in the Manhattan Bridge anchorage in DUMBO, Brooklyn, has been transformed into a brilliant showcase of light. The first ever New York Festival of Light...
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Protesters Take Over FDR, West Side Highway Night After Ferguson Decision
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Fury about Ferguson took over in Manhattan for the second night Tuesday, as protesters angry about the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri first shut down an entrance...
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Couple Ties The Knot On NYC Subway
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A young couple in New York City decided they spent so much time on the subway they might as well get married there. So Hector Irakliotis and Tatyana Sandler exchanged vows...
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Protesters Crowd Stores, Shut Down FDR Drive Again Over Grand Jury Decision...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Protesters rallied for a third day Friday to protest a Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner. Late Friday night,...
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Outer Borough Residents Blast Proposal For Tolls On East River Bridges
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150313171209040AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Ardent protests erupted Friday against the latest attempt to put tolls on the free East River bridges as part of...
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VIDEO: Officers Rescue Man Threatening To Jump From Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)– New York City Police Department officers rescued a 22-year-old man who was threatening to jump off the Manhattan Bridge Wednesday morning. Officials said they responded to a call...
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Banner Touting Vladimir Putin As ‘Peacemaker’ Hung From Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A banner that appeared to praise Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “peacemaker” was hung from the Manhattan Bridge Thursday afternoon. The banner, 20 feet by 30 feet, was...
View ArticleTeen Killed In Crash Near Manhattan Bridge In Chinatown
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A teenager was killed in an early morning crash Tuesday in Chinatown. Police say the driver was speeding and lost control of the car shortly after exiting the Manhattan Bridge....
View ArticleCar Fire Snarls Traffic On The Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Firefighters are on the scene of a car fire on the Manhattan Bridge. It happened early Wednesday morning on the outbound, upper level. Traffic Delays: due to a vehicle fire,...
View Article3 Women Arrested Trying To Hang A Banner On Manhattan Bridge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It wasn’t exactly a banner day for three women on the Manhattan Bridge Monday morning. They were arrested trying to unfurl a large sign off the north side of the bridge at...
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DUMBO Residents, Commuters Frustrated With Flocks Of Photographers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s been named one of the most popular spots for Instagram pictures in New York City, but all of the people looking for that perfect photo opp are causing some safety concerns....
View ArticleDozens Arrested As Protesters, NYPD Clash Near Brooklyn, Manhattan Bridges...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Protesters clashed with police in the areas of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges Wednesday night. CBS2’s Dick Brennan reports two groups of protesters occasionally clashed with...
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