Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton to retire
Cotton is the longest-serving Port Authority executive director since the 1940s. His successor has not yet been named.
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Cotton is the longest-serving Port Authority executive director since the 1940s. His successor has not yet been named.
As of Wednesday morning, essential government employees, like air traffic controllers, are working without paychecks until the FAA back pays them at the end of the shutdown.
CBS News New York's Tim McNicholas has more on the potential impact to travel into and out of of Newark Liberty, LaGuardia and JFK.
The crash happened at around 8:50 a.m. at 41st Street and Dyer Avenue. New Jersey Transit said two of its buses collided on the entry ramp that leads from the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
Dozens of people were hurt in a bus crash Thursday morning at Port Authority Bus Terminal on Manhattan's West Side in New York City. Chopper 2 was over the scene.
An accident at the Port Authority Bus Terminal injured at least a dozen people and caused delays for the Wednesday morning commute in New York City. CBS News New York's Natalie Duddridge reports.
Multiple buses collided Wednesday morning on the ramp into Port Authority Bus Terminal, causing a dozen minor injuries.
Port Authority Bus Terminal is closed and 14 people are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. CBS News New York's Derick Waller has the breaking news.
A 2-year-old boy was saved after climbing onto a baggage conveyor belt last week at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Construction on the first phase of the new Port Authority Bus Terminal broke ground on Thursday.
A man attempted to bring an invasive red-ear slider turtle through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, officials said.
The $2 billion project to restore the George Washington Bridge reached a milestone as the last vertical steel suspension rope was replaced.
Wednesday marks 32 years since the bombing attack that killed six people.
PATH train fare hikes started Sunday, after the first week of New York City congestion pricing and other toll hikes.
Expect jam-packed airports and highways in the New York City area as the holiday travel season kicks into high gear.
Drivers at the Outerbridge Crossing faced a ghost plate crackdown Tuesday morning on Staten Island.
There was a show of force Tuesday morning at the Outer Bridge Crossing, where dozens of police officers convened to target ghost plates.
Priscilla Sanchez-Gonzalez is making history as the first female captain of Hispanic heritage in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department.
This week's dockworker walk-out left a backlog of cargo in the ports of New York and New Jersey, Port Authority officials say.
A port strike has thousands of dockworkers on the picket lines along the East and Gulf coasts, including New York and New Jersey.
The port strike has hit home in New York and New Jersey, as 25,000 dockworkers walked off the job around midnight along the eastern seaboard. CBS News New York's Derick Waller reports form Port Elizabeth.
Both incidents, which police say are unrelated, took place inside the 8th Avenue and 42nd Street subway station.
Drivers should expect lane closures and delays at the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Bayonne Bridge and Goethals Bridge this week around New York City.
As CBS New York's Vanessa Murdock reports, the goal is to make operations faster and safer.
If you're hitting the road this Memorial Day Weekend, these are the best and worst times, according to the travel experts.
A home invasion shut down two schools in Fairfield, Connecticut, as police responded Thursday morning to the scene on Candlewood Road.
The New York accent is one of the regional dialects disappearing from everyday language, according to a new study.
The FBI has been in touch with the Mexican government and Mexican law enforcement regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
Heavy rain will impact most of the New York and New Jersey area on Friday morning, with communities farther north seeing snow.
NewYork-Presbyterian nurses and hospital officials will meet for their next bargaining session on Thursday as the largest and longest nurses strike in city history continues.
The New York accent is one of the regional dialects disappearing from everyday language, according to a new study.
Heavy rain will impact most of the New York and New Jersey area on Friday morning, with communities farther north seeing snow.
NewYork-Presbyterian nurses and hospital officials will meet for their next bargaining session on Thursday as the largest and longest nurses strike in city history continues.
Some pieces of New York sports history are heading up for auction: Tom Seaver's personal collection.
Newark Liberty International Airport reopened Wednesday evening after an aircraft emergency caused a ground stop.
A home invasion shut down two schools in Fairfield, Connecticut, as police responded Thursday morning to the scene on Candlewood Road.
Heavy rain will impact most of the New York and New Jersey area on Friday morning, with communities farther north seeing snow.
An air quality alert is in effect Wednesday for the second day for New York City and parts of the northern suburbs.
Accumulating snow will return to the New York City area Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Valentine's Day will be mild in the New York City area, but snow may be on the way to end the weekend.
Heavy rain will impact most of the New York and New Jersey area on Friday morning, with communities farther north seeing snow.
There's a state of emergency in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, after two sinkholes opened up. One of them swallowed a dump truck.
The Gateway Tunnel Project is poised to get back on track after more than $200 million in funding that had been withheld is now back.
New Jersey's acting attorney general won't ask the state Supreme Court to review the dismissal of racketeering charges against Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III and those charged alongside him.
Springsteen is taking his "Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour" nationwide starting in the spring.
Heavy rain will impact most of the New York and New Jersey area on Friday morning, with communities farther north seeing snow.
An air quality alert is in effect Wednesday for the second day for New York City and parts of the northern suburbs.
Accumulating snow will return to the New York City area Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Potholes are causing even more crashes on an already dangerous stretch of New York 25 on Long Island, officials say.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
Just weeks ago, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was against the sweeps. He says now, however, they'll be unlike how they've been done before.
Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to do away with the statute of limitations on sex abuse and trafficking victims' right to sue.
The Gateway Tunnel Project is poised to get back on track after more than $200 million in funding that had been withheld is now back.
Transit crime has ticked up so far this year, according to NYPD crime data. The NYPD is blaming the recent cold.
An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration's deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader.
NYSNA ratified contracts with Montefiore and Mount Sinai, clearing the way for nurses to return to work Saturday after walking off one month ago.
The longest and largest nurses strike in New York City history is set to end after over three weeks as NYSNA says it has a tentative agreement.
Mount Sinai Health System and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield failed to reach a contract agreement by Dec. 31, which means about 9,000 physicians are no longer considered in-network.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The goal is to get patients drunk and high at a new research lab on the border of Nassau County and Queens.
Springsteen is taking his "Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour" nationwide starting in the spring.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert criticized CBS on Monday night, saying the network blocked his interview with U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico from airing.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection said there was a "significant reduction in water usage" throughout the Big Apple during his show. That changed as soon as his performance ended.
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
In Harlem, a hall-of-famer gymnast is inspiring the next generation in the sport.
Elana Meyers Taylor has won her first Olympic gold in women's monobob, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games.
Cleveland Browns safety Ronnie Hickman was assaulted inside a New York City hotel on Monday morning, officials said.
The short-handed Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 on Wednesday night.
Jose Alvarado scored a season-high 26 points and Mikal Bridges added 22 points as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 138-89 Wednesday night.
Multiple rezonings in Queens are paving the way for tens of thousands of new units, but some residents worry about how it could affect their communities.
Residents and skate advocates clash over a proposed Mount Prospect Park skate facility, as city officials promise an updated design this spring.
A Brooklyn community is fighting to turn a forgotten landmark into a heritage center.
Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
The former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday for suspected misconduct in public office stemming from the Epstein files. CBS News' Tina Kraus is tracking the developments.
It's a cloudy day, but all eyes are on the morning commute Friday. There will be heavy rain in New York City, with snow possible in neighborhoods to the north. CBS News New York Meteorologist John Elliott has the latest forecast.
Emergency and utility crews are on the scene of an underground gas fire in a Hillsborough neighborhood where homes have been evacuated. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan has the latest.
A home invasion shut down two schools in Fairfield, Connecticut Thursday. Multiple suspects are believed to have been involved, and all have been taken into custody.
The deadline for the city's Department of Corrections and legal department to submit a plan to limit the use of solitary confinement on Rikers Island. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
