NYC extends pool hours to help cope with extreme heat
Wednesday was Day 2 of what's expected to be a week-long heat wave.
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.
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Wednesday was Day 2 of what's expected to be a week-long heat wave.
More than 600 restaurants in more than 80 neighborhoods are taking part this year, offering discounted meals for lunch and dinner.
But the upstate community is still recovering, and residents are split over whether they will shop there again.
Inside, there is a memorial waterfall and windows with the names and photos of the ten lives lost.
The clerk, who spoke exclusively with CBS2, says it was all in self-defense.
Police said an SUV was trying to make a left turn when it was struck by a red Mustang traveling at an "unsafe speed."
The 17-year-old was in the middle of lifeguard training Thursday morning when he felt something strange.
He spoke to residents, activists and leaders in Downtown Brooklyn.
New York and New Jersey have agreed to share the costs not covered by the federal government.
Murphy and supporters believe the new laws will make the state safer, but others say the new legislation goes too far.
The officer is being credited with saving lives after police say he spotted a man aiming a gun at a crowd during a Fourth of July celebration and took fast action.
There are dozens of delayed and canceled flights reported Saturday at Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports.
Flight demand is returning to near pre-pandemic levels, according to the experts.
Police say the woman was pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller when a gunman approached her from behind.
This means those free summer swim programs you're used to participating in may not be a thing this summer.