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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.

NYPD Kicks 73-Year-Old Out Of Park Because She Doesn’t Have Children

A woman sitting in a New York City park was struck by a ball, but she was the one who ended up getting tossed out. At 73, Harri Molese doesn’t look like a threat to society, but as she walked into Ruppert Park she became a law-breaker.

2011/08/15

Levi Aron is arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jesse Ward, Pool)

Levi Aron, Accused Of Killing 8-Year-Old Leiby Kletzky, Gives Jailhouse Interview

“It hurts too much to think about it,” Aron reportedly said, discussing what he calls “the incident.”

2011/08/12

Assemblyman William F. Boyland. (credit: assembly.state.ny.us)

Police Investigate Brooklyn Shooting That Damaged Assemblyman William Boyland’s Car

A New York State assemblyman and his young son found themselves caught in the crossfire on Wednesday night. No one was hurt, but the two had quite a fright.

2011/08/11

Queens Man Details 5 Years In Jail After Being Falsely Accused Of Murder

Ryan Dufort was a 15-year-old sophomore at Bayside High school when he was arrested at a karaoke club in Flushing in October of 2006.

2011/08/08

87-Year-Old Bronx Priest Accused Of Inappropriately Touching 16-Year-Old Girl

A longtime priest at a Catholic church in the Bronx has been arrested, charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old employee. What’s most surprising in this case is the priest’s age.

2011/08/04

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Exclusive: Large Number Of Tri-State Residents Do Not Use E-ZPass; Question Is Why?

Call it a cash crunch. Despite access to E-ZPass, a sizable percentage of drivers have not signed on, and are content sitting in long lines, and paying full fare.

2011/08/03

Sketch of Upper East Side serial groper suspect (credit: DCPI)

NYPD: Sexual Predator Fondles Woman Near Gracie Mansion

The latest incident happened almost in the shadow of the landmark Gracie Mansion. A 31-year-old woman was grabbed in the buttocks Wednesday morning at a building near 85th Street and East End Avenue.

2011/07/14

25 Years Later, Paralyzed NYPD Detective McDonald Still Inspiring Others

He has turned tragedy into inspiration. In an instant, a gun shot changed Officer Steven McDonald’s life. While the injury paralyzed McDonald, it never immobilized his commitment to serve others.

2011/07/12

Nearly 4 Decades Later, Former N.Y. State Cop Still Looking For Missing Sister

It was 37 years ago that a 20-year-old woman disappeared from a Brooklyn disco. And while it’s a decades-old cold case, the woman’s brother has not given up on finding out what happened.

2011/07/08