Five residents have been displaced. The can you see cause of the fire remains under investigation. A former new york governor drought e brought down by a sex scandal. Elliot spitzer is accused of attacking a woman in a hotel. The former governor may have another scandal on his hands working to determine if those allegations are true. Crime scene investigators parked across the street from the hotel sunday night after allegations from a woman in her 20s that former new york her. The woman claims she and he had been friends for two years. The alleged altercation began saturday night because she was planning to return to her the woman claims the verbal argument turned violent with him pushing her and putting his hands around her neck. A spokesperson issuing a brief statement saying there is no truth to the allegation. In 2008 he resigned as governor after being involved in a proses fusion scandal. The woman in had i most recent case was taken to the hospital after attempting to cut meriwe
Reporter a Family Birthday Party transformed to tragedy when Jose Contreras was killed by a driver in a black s. U. V. Getting on the cross bronx expressway at webster. The vehicle fleeing. The victims son found his father. He was trying to walk back toward the hall and it happened while he was crossing the street back. Reporter when you have the walk sign along here you have traffic barreling both sides to get on the cross bronx. In the middle of the night, 2 30 a. M. In jamaica queens a 22yearold woman hit in a crosswalk by a silver minivan. The victims condition unknown. The driver gone. 3 30 a. M. In manhattan, a 30yearold man on spring street at 6th avenue hit by a car. The victim is in stable condition. The car speeding away. 4 40 a. M. In queens 111th street another deadly hit and run. The man was here. And he was laying right here. Walking home when she saw something on the street. I was like and we looked and realized it was a body. Reporter a 46yearold died when he was gettin
And up to 45 minutes or departures. Council speaker Melissa Markviverito gave her state of the city address today and the proposals about criminal justice is already causing controversy. Dick brennan has the story, speech an reaction. Reporter thats right. The speech targets criminal justice reform. The speaker wants to shrink the size of the rikers population and is pointing a new commission to track the entire criminal justice system. Today, im announcing a new independent commission chaired by jonathan lippman. Reporter the City Council Speaker wants what she calls fairer penalties for low level quality of life offenses and warrants. Spending the night in jail on a 10yearold warrant for being in the park after dark senseless. Reporter markviverito proposes to create a system to clear some of the 1. 5 million summons for those who spent years or decades out of the idea has the support of brooklyn d. A. Ken thompson. But warrant amnesty is getting fierce opposition from the police. Pb
Island . All this snow. Reporter canceling school again for the kids, making getting to work treacherous. We traveled on Ocean Parkway to sunrise highway. Whiteout conditions and cars and plows kicked up ice and slush. What are some of the things youve seen driving around the hamptons. Multiple cars sliding off the roadways. A lot of februaryer benders, and accidents with injuries. Tell us the most difficult thing in the hampton. The traffic, the traffic. People dont know what theyre doing. If you go to back up, theyre in the way. Reporter this is a complete sheet of ice. No dot about that. If youre driving cautiously, you can be safe. But if you can avoid being out there, you should. Reporter beach erosion and high tides. Roads but not too bad. And as the waters recede. Well be opening the roads. The snow seems to be tapering off. And were hearing bouts of snow, and stiff winds on the way. Something many of these east enders say they would gladly do without. Jennifer mclogan. Cbs 2 ne
Forever home. Should live from the cbs Broadcast Center in new york city this is cbs2 news at 11. Right now assault spitzer. The former governor under investigation for what a woman says happened at the plaza hotel. Frozen and frustrated. As the thermometer reaches a painful and dangerous low. More Winter Weather on the way. A woman is making shocking allegations against Eliot Spitzer. Years ever a prostitution scandal forced him to resign as governor. Reporter the nypd is trying to determine what did or did not between Eliot Spitzer and an unidentified woman. A visable Police Presence outside the Historic Plaza Hotel sunday night, including a crime scene unit van across the street 24 hours after an unidentified woman accused former new york governor Eliot Spitzer of assault. Police sources tell cbs2 news the woman claims a verbal altercations turned physical inside one of the rooms. When the woman says spitzer pushed her and put his hands around her neck. Sources say the woman was tak