NYC Rent Guidelines Board votes to increase rents on 1- and 2-year leases
Board members voted for 3% increase on one-year leases and a 2.75% increase on the first year of two-year leases.
Elijah Westbrook is an Emmy award-winning journalist. He joined CBS News New York in January 2022.
Elijah graduated from Quinnipiac University in 2015 earning his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in marketing. His first job out of college was a news associate at "CBS This Morning" (now "CBS Mornings"). After spending a year working for that show, he landed his first on-air job as a reporter for WROC News 8 in Rochester, New York. There he covered high profile court cases, politics and chased major weather events such as blizzards and flooding.
In 2019, Elijah was then hired to work as a morning news reporter and later became a fill-in anchor for WBFF Fox45 in Baltimore, Maryland. There he exposed political corruption inside city hall, including being one of the first to break the news about a scandal that eventually led to criminal charges for former Mayor Catherine Pugh. Elijah also won an Emmy for his live in-depth reporting on a Black Lives Matter protest in the summer of 2020.
When Elijah is not on the air, he loves traveling, running, spending time with family and friends, and out of all things, watching documentaries about infrastructure. Fun Fact: Elijah wanted to be a civil engineer and design city neighborhoods prior to pursuing journalism.
Elijah and his family are from Harlem, NYC and avidly watched CBS News New York growing up. It's a full circle moment and dream come true for him to work with the station. He is excited to be reporting in the Big Apple.
If you have a story idea, you can message him on his social media accounts.
Board members voted for 3% increase on one-year leases and a 2.75% increase on the first year of two-year leases.
First responders had to rescue people from an apartment above the shop on Madison Street.
The MTA is replacing the Metro-North Park Avenue Viaduct, a major inconvenience to a well known business sitting underneath the tracks.
The boy was playing at Thomas Jefferson Park when witnesses say someone on a moped ran over him on the sidewalk.
Health officials urge people to avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors while the smoky, hazy conditions linger.
Police say it happened after the driver announced the B44 bus was going out of service and asked passengers to exit.
A 23-year-old man was killed crossing the street, and several other people were seriously hurt.
The Associated Press obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's jail suicide from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act.
Police said four trans rights protesters were charged with disorderly conduct out of dozens who marched through Washington Square Park.
Flames and thick black smoke filled the air, and nearby residents were told to keep their windows closed.
The Brooklyn Banks Skatepark was shut down for more than 13 years during renovations on the Brooklyn Bridge.
FDNY officials say clutter inside the apartment made it difficult for them to tackle.
It will feature an iconic flyover known as the Missing Man Formation and the laying of four ceremonial wreaths.
Jordan Neely's death sparked widespread debate and protests after he was put in a chokehold on the subway in SoHo.
Police say in the first incident, officers were trying to stop a stolen car that crashed into multiple vehicles.