Gene Michaels

Dangerous Billboard Hangs Over Queens Boulevard, Leaves Neighbors Furious

A deteriorating and potentially dangerous sign hangs over Queens Boulevard, and a neighbor has been complaining that no one has taken action to prevent a tragedy.

2013/03/12

Winter Weather Advisory In Place As Wind, Rain, Snow Heads Toward Tri-State

A winter weather advisory is in effect from 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Thursday for parts of Conn., northeastern New Jersey, New York City and western and central Long Island.

2013/03/06

Expectant Couple Killed En Route To Hospital

A young Orthodox Jewish couple expecting their first child was killed in a car crash in Williamsburg as they headed to the hospital.

2013/03/03

Subway turnstile at Penn Station (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

MTA Fare Hikes Take Some Commuters By Surprise

Bus and subway fare hikes took effect at midnight, while tolls on the MTA’s seven bridges and two tunnels went up at 2 a.m.

2013/03/03

Advocates: Federal ‘Sequester’ Cuts Would Hit Medical Research Hard

Doctors, patients and researchers Sunday painted a grim picture of what the human cost will be if Washington lawmakers don’t avoid across-the-board budget cuts this coming Friday.

2013/02/24

Alex Rodriguez (credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Alex Rodriguez’s Only World Series Ring Going Up For Auction

Alex Rodriguez’s only World Series ring is up for auction, although Rodriguez himself is not the one who consigned it.

2013/02/24

Pope Benedict XVI (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

New Yorkers React To Reports Of Vatican Sex Ring Scandal, Pope’s Resignation

Many New Yorkers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Saturday – but not all – dismissed the reports that a scandal had a role in the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

2013/02/23

Man Struck, Killed By Car On The FDR

A man was struck and killed by a car early Saturday on Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive.

2013/02/23

Photo Of Crime Scene Tape (John Li/Getty Images)

Brooklyn Woman Brutally Stabbed To Death; Husband Arrested

A woman was stabbed to death and reportedly nearly decapitated in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Sunday morning, and a relative said her husband was arrested.

2013/02/17

State Lawmaker Seeks To Ban Pub Crawls

While pub crawls might be great fun some, many neighbors find them to be enough of a nuisance that a New York State assemblyman has introduced legislation to ban them.

2013/02/17