Brooklyn woman struggling after being wrongly deemed dead by government
A Brooklyn woman who was wrongly marked as deceased by the government in 2022 says the problem has caused a years-long struggle.
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A Brooklyn woman who was wrongly marked as deceased by the government in 2022 says the problem has caused a years-long struggle.
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A Brooklyn woman who was wrongly marked as deceased by the government in 2022 says the problem has caused a years-long struggle.
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A woman died Wednesday after being struck by an unmarked police vehicle in Brooklyn, police sources say.
A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday.
A Brooklyn woman who was wrongly marked as deceased by the government in 2022 says the problem has caused a years-long struggle.
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Nearly a dozen families and therapists say New York's Early Intervention Program services have grinded to a halt due to a new state database.
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A woman died Wednesday after being struck by a van in Brooklyn, and police sources say it was an unmarked police vehicle.
A banana duct-taped to a white wall sold for $6.2 million during a Sotheby's auction in New York City on Wednesday.
Every year, the government wrongly marks thousands of people as deceased, according to audits done by the government on itself. It can negatively impact the ability to get a job, a loan and more, and it happened to one Brooklyn woman, who said the problem has caused a years-long struggle. CBS News New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas has the story.
A routine tree-trimming job turned into chaos in Morris County, New Jersey on Wednesday when a crane fell onto a house. Thankfully, no one was hurt. CBS News New York's Naveen Dhaliwal spoke with the homeowner.
