John Slattery

John Slattery is an Emmy Award-winning general assignment reporter for CBS 2. In more than 30 years of reporting, he has won wide recognition for his work.

Slattery has covered a wide range of award-winning stories, including the attack on the World Trade Center, the crash of US Air Flight 5050, the December 1994 subway explosion, and the blizzard of February 11, 1994.

On 9-11, he was one of the first reporters to arrive on the chaotic scene, having seen the second plane strike the Trade Center with a camera crew, while emergency vehicles were still trying to make their way to the disaster. Once the Towers fell, Slattery was one of the few local reporters still able to broadcast because unlike other stations that had transmitters only on the Trade Center, WCBS-TV had a tower atop the Empire State Building.

Slattery’s stories have ranged from the alleged police abuse case of Abner Louima to the World Trade Center bombings. In the courtroom, he has covered cases involving sportscaster Marv Albert, Amy Grossber and Brian Peterson, Woody Allen, Mike Tyson, Bess Myerson, Bernie Goetz, Robert Chambers, Jean Harris, and Paul Newman salad dressings. He has also covered New York’s world-famous ticket-tape parade tributes to Nelson Mandela, Gulf War veterans, and Vietnam veterans.

On the sports front, Slattery competed against sportscasters and sports writers to cover the 1996 World Series when the Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves. Overseas, Slattery has journeyed to Saudi Arabia to report on the Gulf War and traveled to Ireland with Archbishop John Cardinal O’Connor and former Mayor Ed Koch. Other foreign assignments include a trip to the Vatican for the consistory that elevated New York Archbishop Edward Egan and Fordham University Theologian Avery Dulles, S.J. to cardinal.

Slattery joined the CBS 2 news team in October 1984. Prior to his work at WCBS-TV, he spent five years as general assignment correspondent for WABC-TV in New York. Before moving to New York, Slattery served as reporter/weekend anchor for WCAU-TV in Philadelphia where he also won numerous awards for his coverage of a shootout between police and the RADICAL group “MOVE.” Prior to WCAU, Slattery was a TV-reporter in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. He also reported at three radio stations in Springfield and Peoria, IL.

Slattery has an A.B. in economics from Xavier University in Cincinnati AND a master’s degree in religious studies FROM St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, NY.

You Go Girl: Quick-Thinking College Student That Snapped Pic Of Groper Speaks Out

She’s a fearless college student who bravely took on a subway groper! Shyane DeJesus turned the tables on him by not only fighting back, but also by snapping a picture of him.

2011/11/03

Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan (credit: CBS 2)

DA: ‘Rich And Shameless’ S.I. Couples Claimed Thousands In Fraudulent Medicaid Payments

They lived the life of luxury, but allegedly accepted handouts that you paid for.

2011/10/27

Another Bronx 5-Year-Old Permitted To Walk Right Out Of School

In the latest case, a Good Samaritan returned the child to school, but as CBS 2′s John Slattery reports, his family is still concerned for his safety.

2011/10/25

Mark Madoff (credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Madoff Daughter-In-Law: I Will Tell My Young Children Their Grandfather Was Evil

Stephanie Mack (formerly Madoff Mack) told People magazine recently that the final months before her husband, Mark Madoff, killed himself he was in agony over what his father had done.

2011/10/19

Queens homeowner Jack McNeill is fighting to get a sewer line fixed in front of his Woodside home. (credit: CBS 2)

Queens Resident Fights Red Tape To Get Sewer Line Fixed

Jack McNeill has contacted an alphabet soup of agencies, trying to repair the pipe, which right now is putting raw sewage in plain sight.

2011/10/12

Former Proskauer Rose CFO Says She Was Demoted After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Elly Rosenthal said that her case constitutes “gender, age and perceived disability discrimination.”

2011/10/06

Threatening Letters, Suspicious Powder Sent To Staten Island Neighborhood

The street is called Tone Lane. It features attached townhouses of many immigrants. But anonymous mailings are frightening the people here, calling one neighbor, for example, a “deadbeat, child molester and degenerate.”

2011/09/29

Rough Economy Has Tarrytown’s Lyndhurst Mansion Facing Financial Shortfall

The National Trust, which operates 29 properties, says Lyndhurst’s annual operating cost of $1.5 million a year is facing a shortfall of several hundred thousand dollars.

2011/09/28

Boozing At The Movies: Opinions Vary On AMC’s Dine-In Theaters

AMC theaters in West Orange, Edison and Bridgewater, New Jersey offer recliners along with a menu and cocktails for those over 21.

2011/09/26

NYC May Lessen Burden On Homeowners, Change Policy On Underground Water Leaks

For generations, in New York City if there’s a water leak below ground, in front of your house, it’s been your responsibility to pay for the repair, even if it’s in the street. But that policy may soon change.

2011/09/13

Todt Hill Residents On Edge After String Of Overnight Burglaries

You’re sleeping and they’re stealing. Police are searching for burglars that are targeting homes in several posh Staten Island neighborhoods in the middle of the night. It’s happened at least five times.

2011/09/12

Service at Interchurch Center (credit: CBS 2)

Exhibits, Ceremonies & Memorials Held Across NYC Marking 9/11 Anniversary

Outside St. Paul’s Chapel near Ground Zero, ribbons adorn the iron fence, with messages of hope. Across the street, in a landmark building on Broadway, the tragedy of 9/11 is displayed in hundreds of photos.

2011/09/09

Advances In Technology Making Identification Of 9/11 Victims A Less Arduous Process

In the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, more than 1,000 victims remain unidentified. But that might not be the case for much longer. Ten years of advances in technology are speeding up the process.

2011/09/07

New Jersey Rabbi Uzi Rivlin Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Charges

Police arrested 63-year-old Uzi Rivlin on Tuesday for allegedly having sexual contact with two 13-year-old boys.

2011/08/17

Artist Designs Comprehensive Map Of Central Park Detailing Every Tree, Pond And Trail

The park is considered Manhattan’s jewel of nature, featuring 843 acres and home to 19,933 trees. How do we know? Ken Chaya and an associate counted them and put them on a map.

2011/08/16

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