Tag Archives: Manhattan

CNN reports: The helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday is shutting down operations immediately, the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday. New York Helicopter Tours was previously involved in two safety incidents investigated by federal aviation authorities. Michael Roth, the company’s CEO, has not yet responded to CNN’s request for comment regarding Schumer’s calls …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: Six people were killed after a helicopter believed to be carrying a family of tourists from Spain crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon. The crash was reported at 3:17 p.m. on the Hoboken side of the Hudson. In addition to the family of five — two adults and three children — a …

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: A helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River, authorities said. The incident happened at roughly 3:15 p.m. Thursday. Multiple boats gathered could be seen gathering near Jersey City, not far from the Water’s Soul sculpture. A police helicopter was also on the scene. The FDNY confirms they are responding to the incident. Emergency responders …

The New York Times reports: New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6 million in tolls during its first month, a strong start for the program that exceeded expectations and kept it on track to raise billions of dollars for the region’s decaying mass transit system. The revenue figures, which were released on Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are the latest …

The New York Daily News reports: A woman was killed when her speeding Tesla crashed, overturned, and caught fire on Manhattan’s FDR Drive early Tuesday, police said. The woman was zipping uptown when she lost control of the Tesla and struck a guardrail near E. 70th St. on the Upper East Side at about 2:45 a.m., cops said. The Tesla …

Gothamist reports: The launch of congestion pricing led to some 43,000 fewer drivers on average entering Manhattan below 60th Street each weekday last week than would be typical for that time of January, according to data released by the MTA on Monday. The data comes just over a week after the tolls went live. The decline in traffic only amounts …

Gothamist reports: New York City’s congestion pricing tolls turned on just after midnight on Sunday, marking the end of a decades-long saga to charge motorists to drive in the busiest parts of Manhattan. The tolls, which impose a base daytime fee of $9 of vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, mark the first program in the United States to …

Gothamist reports: What’s the most expensive neighborhood for rentals in New York City? That would be Tribeca, which has a median asking rent of $8,295, according to listing service StreetEasy, which has released a year end analysis of 2024’s residential real estate trends. In second place is SoHo ($6,100), and the Flatiron District came in third ($5,900). The report also …

CNN reports: As the manhunt for a still-unidentified suspect in the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan continues on its sixth day, police are missing key pieces of evidence and combing through what they have gathered for more clues. The NYPD is working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies across the country to search for …

ABC News reports: The backpack recovered by the NYPD that allegedly belonged to the suspect wanted in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, only had two items inside: a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and Monopoly money, sources with knowledge of the ongoing investigation told ABC News Saturday. The NYPD believes it is making good progress toward identifying the suspect but, …

The New York Times reports: A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heartthrobs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the words written on the bullets he used to kill a man in cold blood on a sidewalk on Wednesday have become, for some people, a …

CNN reports: NYPD investigators found a backpack in Central Park that they believe belonged to the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a law enforcement official told CNN. Investigators have yet to officially confirm the origin of the bag and are taking it to be forensically tested in a lab in Queens, the source said. The bag …

The New York Times reports: The shooter’s travels to and within New York City are gradually coming into focus, a senior law enforcement official said. The man arrived in New York on an interstate bus from somewhere south of the city on Nov. 24, the official said. The shooter had been in New York City for approximately 10 days before …

The New York Times reports: The authorities released two images they said depict the suspect without a face mask in the fatal shooting of the chief executive of one of the United States’ largest health insurers outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. During the manhunt on Wednesday, the authorities had only released an image of a suspect from surveillance videos …

Yahoo News reports: Police are said to have searched a hostel as they continue to hone in on the identity of the suspect who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, according to a report. Officers searched a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where they believe the suspect may have been staying, according to CNN. It …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: The words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News. They are also investigating whether the alleged shooter prepositioned an e-bike close to the scene of the incident …

The Huffington Post reports: The wife of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson revealed to NBC News shortly after his fatal shooting that he’d been receiving threats. “Yes, there had been some threats. … I don’t know details,” his wife, Paulette Thompson, told the network after her husband was shot in New York City on Wednesday morning. “I just know that …

The New York Post reports: Chilling video shows the moments a gunman calmly shot down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at close range on the streets of Midtown Manhattan. In the video, the unidentified assailant — clad in a black hoodie, black pants, gloves and wearing a gray backpack — can be seen methodically firing what appears to be a single-action …

The New York Post reports: The CEO of UnitedHealth was fatally shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack. Brian Thompson, 50, was at the hotel at around 6:46 a.m. when a masked man fired at the CEO and fled eastbound off of 6th Avenue, police sources told …

NBC News reports: The 98th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City will feature 22 big balloons, 34 fabulous floats, 7 wheeled “balloonicles” and more. NBC’s “TODAY” show stars Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will again host the 2024 parade. Thankfully, the parade will march on rain or shine, because the Big Apple is forecast to …