We will be at 80 later on today which will feel a bit like summertime, june. It will get wet and colder as we head into this week. Heather is looking at the commute. Still have the problems on the belt parkway. We do. Now the ed koch, 59th street bridge. Check out this sea of brake lights as you leave queens over into manhattan. So, lets go to the maps and i will tell you what is going on. Ed koch, 59th street bridge leaving queens into manhattan, an accident on the lower level. Upper level has picked up a lot of volume as a result. The belt parkway, this is a big deal here eastbound between coney island and nap street, misplaced tractor trailer. All lanes are closed down on the eastbound side. Montauk closed both directions between venetian and buena vista because of an accident investigation. All lanes are closed down. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended. Metered in effect. We start with the developing story in queens. Nypd is putting out a call for help to find the
Blasio and the Health Commissioner late this afternoon assured new yorkers that Everything Possible is being done to contain this outbreak. Because we identified this as a cluster doesnt mean that we know what the cause is of these infections in these individuals but they are geographically linked and for that reason, the Health Department has already sought, identified and tested all of the cooling towers. Reporter hard Lessons Learned from this summers deadly outbreak in the south bronx. By the time a cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel was identified as the source, 12 people had died and 124 cases had been reported. They said they had it under wraps and now you cases have been occurring. Reporter now, the Health Commissioner said earlier this afternoon that because there is now a law in place requiring that these cooling towers be registered, it was much easier to get the ball rolling, get all those towers tested, 35 towers tested saturday and sunday. Those test results taken to
Construction worker basically the driver of this boom pulled a wheelie, that simple. We should note here that the general contractor is flint lock. Flint lock construction out of mamaroneck, westchester county. They built other hotels in midtown including fairfield in and suites a few blocks from here, another luxury hotel. What we can say about this is this flint lock has a history of some safety violations in the past few years. They have been cited by osha for four safety Violations Including in 2013 they were fined a quarter of a Million Dollars in the building of a hotel because they didnt provide at least osha alleges, fall protection workers. In the quarter Million Dollar fine, osha said that flint lock workers were, quote, one trip, slip or misstep away from a deadly fall. Injured. Whether 0 show comes in and investigates, usually they dont unless there is an injury or fatality but they could because of the potential severity of this accident. One final note here, the city is u