For a short time, as opposed to a wall of somewhere less tall buildings, like the wall of Apartment Hotel buildings along Central Park South that cover a segment of the southern portion of the park for much of the day throughout the year. Here to talk about that is new York City Council member thank you for being here. Youre a tough negotiator. Born and raised in new york city. You love the city and the people in it. Youve been fighting for the rights of the community. Tell me what youve been doing. Well, we have endless numbers of development questions on the east side of manhattan. Not just the super tall buildings, but the sale of stiveson. Weve spent time trying to make sure that the public is getting a decent and fair shake out of these projects. Christina i like the idea of negotiating with the Companies LikeSl Green Realty and saying if youre going to build this large skyscraper, youll have to give the Community Something in exchange. What happened . Thats right. Its a perfect example of a building which is going to have huge Economic Development opportunities for new yorkers, but its going to have impact. We know that if youre going to put a large commercial building right next to Grand Central, its going to mean more people will be using the terminal. It will mean that more people will want to access the lexington avenue subway, more than do today. So we demanded that in exchange for the Development Rights that they were going to get to build their building, that they put in significant improvements to Grand Central. Christina 220 million. What does that buy you . A lot. Its unprecedented, the amount of improvements youre going to see all done by the private developer. They cant occupy their building until those improvements are done. It includes adding new entrances and exits for Grand Central, changing the platforms so the trains can move more quickly in and out of Grand Central so you can have more trains passing through. Its a bottleneck at that point. Were going to free it up and open up and create transit halls to give people a safe, clean, easy way to access mass transit. Thats what this needs to be about. Thats what we were able to deliver in connection with that rezoning. Christina you hit on a real key point of what happens when one of these super skyscrapers goes up. You have relatively small footprint, thousands and thousands of people live there. Theyll put stress on the infrastructure. What else do you think might hit your concern list . Weve seen this happen. We saw a Development Boom in the years when i first came into office in the public schools. They were crunched. We had wait lists for kindergarten. You see it now in our conversation about commercial zoning. What do we need to do to accommodate Office Workers we hope will come and stay and make district. Now you have these oddities, the super tall residential towers, which are really not designed to be residential buildings for new yorkers. Theyre more for the russians and people who can spend 100 million. Christina or the chinese. Whoever can afford that. They create opportunity costs as to what you might have otherwise been able to do. Youve got the shadow impacts. Christina lets talk about the shadow impacts. Some people say we need sunshine. It might shade most of South Central park where its 20 degrees colder in the winter. What are we going to do about the children and elderly that want to enjoy sun . Its a fair concern. A lot of the area is in shade already because of existing buildings. Theres no question that you have incremental additional impacts. Its like the tail is wagging the dog a bit. The question is what is the buildings . Theres no transit improvements like we got in vanderbilt. Theres no housing being created for average new yorkers. People are asking what exactly are we getting out of these developments . Christina youve made an historic landmark decision. Youve really done something good for new york. Well, thank you. We want to continue that conversation and make sure when particularly where theres public approvals, that we are delivering certainty to the public and improving our infrastructure and taking a look at the question of broader rules and whether these super towers should be so and whether theres a certain point in which the public should be involved. Christina looks like the public gets a winwin here. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Christina youre fighting the all right. Turning to some news right now, an explosion in bangkok, thailand, killed 18 people, and injured more than 100. It happened at a popular shrine, a key political protest site. Another bomb was found nearby. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Police on long island arrested a suspect wanted for a murder that happened outside a wedding back in 1999. The man pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the shooting death of a 19yearold. Prosecutors say the man fled the country after the shooting and spent 16 years on the run until he was captured in trinidad. We knew who we wanted. We knew who our suspect was. It was a matter of time to apprehend him. Im sorry for the pain i caused everyones family, the destruction to the family. Im sorry. Christina if convicted, he could face life in prison without parole. Donald trump was sent home duty. He reported this morning and was released at the end of the day. Outside the courthouse, he said it was nice to see how the system works and he met some lovely people. Really lovely people. And this is lovely weather. Its a little hot. How are you . Christina heat wave. Its official. We have hit our first heat wave in central park. I know its happened across new jersey, but with our third day in the 90degreereadings, its official for central park. 95 in the park today. That ties the record set in 1944 when it was 95. High temperature at newark was at 97. We were in the 80s across islip and montauk. Factor in the humidity and it was uncomfortable. On saturday, we had a high of 92. Sunday, 93. Todays high of 95 makes it the First Official heat wave in central park since 2013. Hear were warm across the region. Were in the 90s across newark and belmar where it was a nice day this morning and all day long. 84 is the current reading there with 80s across montauk and into islip. Here is factoring the humidity, we get a heat index value in the 80s to low 90s. It is feeling pretty stifling. Air quality alert for those of you with respiratory problems. You want to be aware of that. A couple of showers earlier. Ill leave in the chance for the rest of the evening, but most of us should stay dry. Its quiet. We have High Pressure in control. The area of High Pressure is west. That front is igniting showers and storms from the great lakes down towards the southeast. With this area of High Pressure over us, its keeping that cold front to our west and that front wont affect us until thursday and friday. Until then, the heat and humidity will continue to build across the eastern seaboard. It will be uncomfortable for a couple of days. Futurecast is indicating partly cloudy skies tonight with an isolated shower. Tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds. That will be the trend for tuesday. With a little instability in the afternoon north and west of the city, we could see a couple of popup showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm after 1 00, 2 00. Long island, jersey shore should be fine. Great day to be at the beach tomorrow. Now our futurecast indicates wednesday well see more in the way of cloud cover. Therell be sun peeking through. You could see the skies brighten. Theres a chance of a shower, but more substantial rain will arrive with the front thursday and friday. Through the rest of the forecast, well see partly cloudy skies for tonight. Well have a chance of isolated showers north and west with 70s. Its going to be warm and muggy. Tomorrow, were expecting a mix of sun and clouds with a couple of stray storms north and west of the city. Long island, jersey shore, youll be fine. Everyone will be humid. Temperatures come down a little bit. Its quite warm with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Looking ahead, if youre going to the beach, great day to be there. It will be pretty sunny with a u. V. Index at a high of 7. Wear your sunscreen. Water temperatures in the low to mid 70s. Heres a look at the next several days. Humid. Temperatures come down a bit. Well be in the 80s which is where we should be. With the humidity, its going to feel uncomfortable across the tristate. Thursday and friday is when the cold front approaches. That will ignite showers and thunderstorms, which could give us a soaking rain. Things clear out in time for the weekend. Were expecting nice weather for saturday and sunday. Make your plans now, christina. Christina good to know. Make our plans together. I love doing things together. Christina we have fun. With all the talk about heat, the other big weather story has to do with another dreaded four letter word. Snow. We look at two different long range forecasts to get the best idea of what you can expect this winter. We hope to see you tomorrow for a look at doing the right thing. How a simple question on a college exam exposed something at the heart of many of todays problems. Well be right back. Christina crowds flocked to gunnison beach to beat the heat and shed their clothes. Its the only legal nude beach in the state. And as it turns out, the people of new jersey love being naked or naked. Thats according to a recent survey that found garden state residents prefer to be in the buff more than any other state. Who knew . In this kind of heat, were looking forward to cooler temperatures. What kind of winter can we expect . I guess it depends on who you ask. Arthur chien has more on the two very different longrange forecasts that have come out over the past few days. Reporter here we are, knee deep in the dog days of summer and someone wants to talk winter . Fine. Maybe not so fine. Whos warning a brutal winter is on the way . The farmers almanac, the equivalent of a psychic. We went to the chief meteorologist at weather 2000. Its a handy and fun reference for people to look to, such as record highs and lows and sunrise and sunset information. I dont know too much about the science that theyre using for their longterm predictions. Reporter the farmersal i hope theyre wrong. Reporter theres a chance to make things more confusing, more scientific models, including the National Weather service, already see a strong el nino building, which in the past meant an easy winter for us. Even el ninos impact on the east coast has been losing power. Some prefer to deal with their forecasts in realtime. Ill see what happens when winter comes around. Reporter maybe thats about strategy. Part of the problem is farmers almanac is so broad. It will be brutal for somebody. Until they can narrow it down, maybe well feel better about the hot temperatures. Christina like groundhogs day. Enlightening. Thank you so much. Times change. And so do attitudes about things that were once considered taboo. Russ joins us next to talk about baseball history after a gay player comes out of the closet. Wednesday we expect the changing landscape of the entertainment industry. Going wireless, cord cutting is at high and better devices make it easier to watch our shows and channels on the go. What does that mean for the future . Well look at that and more on wednesday at 6 00. Check out the fox 5 ny weather app featuring daily and hourly forecasts, a live interactive radar to track storms right where you are, plus you can get weather headlines and storm alerts, even warnings, when lightning is nearby. Download the free app today. Search for fox 5 ny weather in the itunes store or google play. [music] switch now, new york and get installed as early as today. Mom switched. We switched. I switched to Time Warner Cable and knew exactly when they were coming. Thanks to their 1 hour appointment window. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 100 meg internet, hundreds of hd channels, u. S. , puerto rico, canada, mexico, china and india. And for a limited time, you could get a 300 reward card plus tv equipment and epix included. Get installed for free as early as today. Call 18003419716. Christina a passengers Rights Group ClaimsDelta Airlines is shaming customers into buying more expensive upgrades to their tickets. Everything from wider seats to more leg room, even priority seating. According to fliers rights. Org, delta reminds you if you buy a low cost basic ticket, youll be among the last to board. Delta says its not trying to shame people. Just making them more aware of what theyre buying. Time for sports with russ and history and baseball. The first openly gay player in the minor leagues. David dinson came out over the weekend that he is gay. I guess its kind of a good thing, because not a lot of hoopla is made about it. When i say its a good thing, maybe its because its becoming more matter of fact or acceptable. Christina he wants to be a ball player. Russ thats what he is. He came out. The organization, from top down, his teammates. I think it started as a joke. Somebody, as guys do in locker rooms, made a reference. He said better be careful. Might be true or something to that effect. He started thinking about it and came out, admitted it. He seems very he sounded very comfortable in his skin. Christina thats great. The barriers are being broken every day. Opening doors for others. Russ the biggest barrier, youve heard it as a cliche, all athletes, if youre a gay athlete, you dont want to be known as a gay athlete. Maybe youll break barriers. You want to be known as a ball player. Hes 20 years old. He wants to be known as a ball player. But he wants to look in the mirror and be comfortable in his own skin and not hiding anything. That probably takes the pressure off him and will help him be a better player. Christina well get new fans. Russ without question. Christina lets talk about the yankees. Yankees made a little they had a good weekend taking two out of three. As always is the case, because thats what happens, controversy sells. The biggest story today, if you will, is c. C. Sabathia got christina look at that. Russ i should say he didnt get into a scuffle. He was restrained from getting into a scuffle. Late friday night or the wee hours of saturday morning after the yankees took the first game of the series christina that could have been bad. He could have gotten hurt. Russ he said he didnt handle himself well. Thats just the aftermath. He wasnt involved in that. But, you know, it was one of those heres what i think its all about. Its a pennant race. Whether it sounds ridiculous or not, its a pennant race. Nerves get the way they are. Fans can get ugly. Its a pennant race between the yankees and blue jays. Weve heard it all between the yankees and the red sox. Christina oh, yeah. Please. Russ listen to talk radio and mets and yankee fans. Christina you used to tell me stories of fenway park. Russ speaking of the mets, theyre off tonight. Yankees are home against minnesota. The next two nights are interesting. The mets are in baltimore. Theyll not only have a chance to help themselves, but baltimore is in the race with the yankees so they can help their cross team rivals. Christina russ salzberg, thanks a lot. Pittsburgh steelers linebacker James Harrison is teaching his kids a lesson that is causing debate. Hes making his sons, in elementary school, return any participation trophies they got claiming they didnt earn them. However, some parents see the value of an award as an incentive to try something new. The smile on their face is incredible. Its not a bad thing. As a psychologist, i have to tell you there are youngsters that need to be encouraged in any way possible. Christina harrison is proud of his boys and doesnt want them to feel entitled saying sometimes your best isnt enough and they should strive to want to do better. Do you love Stevie Wonders music . Can you get to central park within the next hour . Get yourself together. Well explain in the [music] christina the legendary Stevie Wonder will be taking the stage in central park in an hour. Its his third concert of the day. He kicked off his tour promoting his fall tour at armory hall in washington, d. C. , this morning. If you cant get to central park, he is returning for a gig at the guardian november 24th. And that does it for us tonight. Thanks so much for joining us. Im christina park. For all of us here live in studio 5 and the control room, have a great night. Well see you again tomorrow. [excited yelling] ah, yes you cant stop it aww. Your mom liked my post. Youre friends with my mother . Whoa. Another episode . Definitely. We all use it differently. Same way . Call Time Warner Cable to get the Internet Speed you need. Are you guys texting each other . Whether its 3 megs or 300 megs. Yeah. For the right price. From 14. 99 Everyday Low Price internet, to 300 meg ultrafast internet, we have you covered. Even with wifi at home and on the go. Plans start at 14. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc to switch today. Time warner cable. Enjoy better