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It comes during a difficult time for Jewish people, amid the Israel-Hamas war and a rise in antisemitism.
Ali Bauman has served as a general assignment reporter for CBS News New York since spring 2016.
Prior to joining CBS News New York, Ali was a one-man-band reporter for News 12 the Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn, where she shot, wrote and edited all of her own stories.
Ali graduated Magna Cum Laude from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with dual majors in Broadcast & Digital Journalism and Political Science. She speaks Spanish and spent a semester abroad in Madrid, Spain.
Between classes, Ali worked part-time as a multimedia journalist for WBNG-TV Action News in Binghamton, New York.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Ali was the first and only undergraduate student to be accepted to the 2014 Newhouse Capstone in Washington, D.C. where she was the Capitol Hill correspondent for WETM-TV in Elmira, New York.
Ali is a proud millennial who embraces social media for storytelling to bring news to a new generation of viewers.
It comes during a difficult time for Jewish people, amid the Israel-Hamas war and a rise in antisemitism.
About 240 police officers from New Jersey attended, and most paid for the conference using taxpayer dollars.
When you compare this November to November 2022, hate crimes have risen 33%.
Police say a 42-year-old man came into a Bronx furniture store and got into a dispute with the off-duty cop.
Throughout the night, the NYPD tried to contain the group by holding lines and putting up barricades.
Police say a 17-year-old boy was struck in the hand and a 50-year-old man was struck in the ankle.
Students streamed out of school Monday supervised by dozens of police, school safety agents and school officials.
The announcement came after CBS News obtained a new assessment which points to increasing threats against the state.
Monday was probably the calmest Newark Airport is going to be for at least the next week.
The U.S. DOE is investigating seven schools nationwide for incidents of alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Major budget cuts are coming to New York City agencies.
Witnesses says the victim was struck by a BMW when he tried to confront someone who allegedly broke into his car.
It is a lose-lose situation for drivers who cannot get to their cars and train commuters who are now stranded.
Across the five boroughs, they left their classroom at around 11:30 a.m. and then took trains and buses to a rally outside the New York Public Library.
Demonstrators said it's important to come together united in heartbreak and solidarity for Israel.