New York City school bus driver strike averted
Bus service will continue for an estimated 86,000 students, including 27,000 with special needs.
Doug Williams has been reporting and anchoring in the Tri-State Area since 2013.
Prior to joining CBS News New York, Doug worked at the regional sports network, SNY. During his tenure, Doug covered all the big local and national sports stories as a reporter and anchor.
Doug started at SNY as a reporter while hosting their overnight sports show, "Geico SportsNite" on weekends. Doug went on to become the full-time anchor of the nightly talk show "Baseball Night in New York."
Prior to SNY, Doug produced digital content at the YES Network.
Doug is the son of two former local news journalists. He grew up in Connecticut. He went on to Elon University in North Carolina with a major in Broadcast Journalism. Doug has lived in New York his entire adult life and recently got married in October of 2022. He, his wife and dog Milo live in Manhattan.
Bus service will continue for an estimated 86,000 students, including 27,000 with special needs.
Banks and Mayor Adams outlined the future of city education during a "State of our Schools" address on Wednesday.
Hurricane Lee is expected to make landfall near Nova Scotia, but the storm is still impacting beaches in our area.
According to police sources, a man slashed him on a 6 train in the heart of the transit system during the morning rush.
Officials say 78 windows were shattered on more than three dozen trains along the N, W, Q, B, D and F lines.
It could be weeks before school bus drivers ultimately decide to go on strike, Banks said.
CBS New York's Doug Williams spent the day with a family from Colombia as their two kids returned to the classroom.
The New York City Department of Education says 80,000 students get to and from school via a school bus. About 25,000 have special needs.
Police charged Samuel Junker, 41, with felony assault after he allegedly pushed Xu Yanan, 34, onto the tracks.
The gunfire, following a case of road rage, erupted on Wednesday afternoon at Queens Boulevard and 70th Street.
Eric Duprey, a suspect police were trying to arrest, took off on a motorcycle when a cooler was hurled at him.
Witnesses said the driver was speeding and trying to beat a light before crashing into another car.
Those issues include replacing old buses and subway cars, adding elevators and other ADA upgrades.
Investigators say the gun had been fired into the air and was being waved around at pedestrians on Tuesday.
It happened around 11:20 a.m. at Amsterdam Avenue and West 82nd Street.