Calls mount to shut Randall's Island migrant shelter
The Randall's Island Park Alliance wants New York City to remove the migrant shelter this summer.
Marcia Kramer joined CBS News New York in 1990 as an investigative and political reporter. Previously, she was the City Hall bureau chief at the New York Daily News.
Her reports on the local, national, and international level have garnered her multiple honors, including a George Foster Peabody award, two Edward R. Murrow awards, nine Emmy awards, two New York Press Club Golden Typewriter awards, and a first-place award from the Associated Press for her investigative reports. Her work has been recognized in editorials in the New York Times and the New York Post, as well as in a piece entitled "Marcia Kramer: Journalism at its Best," which ran in the New York Observer in March 1998.
Kramer broke a story exposing the improper use of lights and sirens by city government officials. Her story led to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's crackdown resulting in the removal of lights and sirens from hundreds of vehicles. Other credits include a report on people stealing school supplies and selling them on the black market, a story on schools that served old food past its freshness date, and a film exposing school board members vacationing in Las Vegas on taxpayer dollars. She has also been cited for her reports on the Swiss banks and Nazi gold that culminated in a decision by the Swiss to finally give back the money. Kramer is also known for her 1992 interview with President Bill Clinton in which he confessed he "never inhaled."
The Randall's Island Park Alliance wants New York City to remove the migrant shelter this summer.
The head of the New York Civil Liberties Union says NYPD officers used unnecessary force during a pro-Palestinian rally in Brooklyn, but Mayor Eric Adams is defending the officers for handling "an unruly group of people."
The City Council is trying to get Mayor Adams to added more money to the budget for education programs.
The FBI and Homeland Security officials are raising concerns that terrorists may target LGBTQIA+ events and venues in New York City during Pride month.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman and challenger George Latimer continue to trade barbs in heated 16th Congressional District race.
New York's Office of Cannabis Management is being overhauled after a review ordered by Gov. Kathy Hochul found the state's rollout of legalized recreational marijuana has been a failure.
New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks testified about antisemitism in schools Wednesday during a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill.
New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks will appear before a congressional committee Wednesday to testify about antisemitism in public schools.
Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD are helping schools develop plans to deal with university protests, sources say. It comes after police arrested hundreds of protesters at Columbia and City College earlier this week.
Columbia University called in the NYPD and cleared protesters from campus, ending a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school's main lawn.
Do more people think it's OK to assault police? NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban weighed in on the rising number of attacks on officers.
On the eve of 4/20, Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a plan for law enforcement to lock up thousands of illegal marijuana shops.
CBS New York did some digging and found out just how much the MTA has budgeted for congestion pricing pollution mitigation.
New York City health officials are warning of a worrisome increase in the number of leptospirosis cases from contact with rat urine.
NYC Council Member Yusef Salaam, who was wrongfully convicted of rape in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, says the future of policing in New York City must emphasize "courtesy, professionalism and respect."