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The plaque is unveiled, designating Adm. David Glasgow Farragut's grave site at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx a National Historic Landmark. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

Bronx Grave Site Of Civil War Naval Officer Designated National Historic Landmark

A ceremony was held Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx to give the rare distinction of National Historic Landmark status to a grave site.

2013/05/23

An Angry Community Rallies In Response To String Of Anti-Gay Attacks

A community is rallying against hate, and police are increasing patrols in some neighborhoods – in the wake of five anti-gay attacks in the past two weeks.

2013/05/20

Lawsuit: Bronx Group Home Workers Branded Disabled Man With Potato Masher

The lawsuit claims 24-year-old Eduardo Sandoval was branded with a hot potato masher by at least one staffer at the Leake & Watts residential facility last June.

2013/05/20

Dan Suraci, instructor with Bike New York (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

Course Helps Inexperienced Cyclists Prepare For NYC Bike Share

A week from today, Citi Bike stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn will go online, and thousands of inexperienced cyclists rolling out.

2013/05/20

Stretch Of Broadway Renamed For Man Believed To Be City’s First Immigrant

Three miles of Broadway in Upper Manhattan have a new honorary name honoring a man believed to be the first immigrant in New York City history – from the present-day Dominican Republic.

2013/05/15

Britain's Prince Harry in Seaside Heights, NJ on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Prince Harry Visits NYC After Touring Storm Damage In NJ

Britain’s Prince Harry began a tour Tuesday of New Jersey’s storm-damaged coastline, inspecting dune construction, walking past destroyed homes and shaking hands with police and other emergency workers with Gov. Chris Christie as his guide.

2013/05/14

A barge moves in to place as workers prepare to remove the Star Jet roller coaster that has been in the ocean for six months after the Casino Pier is sat on collapsed when Superstorm Sandy hit, May 14, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Crews Begin Demolishing Seaside Heights Roller Coaster Swallowed By The Sea

The work began Tuesday afternoon after Britain’s Prince Harry finished touring the Jersey shore. The project is expected to take about 48 hours to complete, said Casino Pier spokeswoman Toby Wolf.

2013/05/14

People walk by a newsstand on 42nd Street January 12, 2007. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Price Cap For New York City Newsstands Could Rise

Newsstand operators and supporters say the City Council proposal to lift the more than decade-old limit from $5 to $10 would help the venerable businesses keep up with the times.

2013/05/13

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announcing expansion of Brooklyn Bridge ramps to ease notorious FDR backups, May 13, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

City Unveils Wider Ramps On Brooklyn Bridge To Ease Congestion

New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan calls the congestion between the bridge and the FDR Drive “the Brooklyn Bridge Squeeze.”

2013/05/13

Mother Of Missing Brooklyn Woman: ‘This Has Been A Nightmare’

Sabrina Malone was last seen around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 115 Columbia St., along the East River in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, heading back to her home in Crown Heights after leaving her parents’ apartment.

2013/05/09

New York City Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota (file /credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lhota Slammed For ‘Offensive’ Comment Labeling Port Authority Police ‘Mall Cops’

The mayoral hopeful was answering a question about airport security when he made his controversial remark.

2013/05/08

Willie Wilkins with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, GI GO Fund Executive Director Jack Fanous and French Consul-General Bertrand Lortholary (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

New Jersey Veteran Gets Back Dog Tags He Lost In World War II

The Newark native lost the dog tags while serving in the Army’s Quartermaster Graves Registration Units in August 1944 in Southern France, where his job was to retrieve the dead bodies of American soldiers.

2013/05/08

Nick Porto speaks exclusively to CBS 2's John Slattery (CBS 2)

Victim Of Possible Bias Attack In Midtown Speaks Out

Investigators are looking for four men who allegedly yelled anti-gay remarks at two men who were walking near Madison Square Garden.

2013/05/07

Smoke can be seen from a fire on East 226th Street in Wakefield on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

5-Alarm Blaze Destroys Several Buildings In The Bronx

The fire started in a detached garage behind a building and then quickly spread, authorities said.

2013/05/02

Northern New Jersey prosecutors announce more than 100 arrests in heroin ring bust, May 2, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

NJ Prosecutors Post Photos Of Nearly 100 Alleged Heroin Users As Overdoses Spike

Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli says the probe was prompted by what he says was an alarming increase in the number of fatal overdoses and overdoses.

2013/05/02

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