MLK Day celebration set to return to BAM
New York City will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an annual celebration at Brooklyn Academy of Music. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook has a preview.
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New York City will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an annual celebration at Brooklyn Academy of Music. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook has a preview.
Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.
Dozens of landmarks across New York were lit in red, black and green, the color of the Pan-African Flag, to celebrate Dr. King's life and legacy.
Dr. Clarence Jones says the alliance between the Jewish and Black communities helped transform the nation during the civil rights movement.
Dr. Clarence Jones is a Civil Rights attorney and law professor who was one of Dr. King's closest advisers and speechwriters.
The Village of Hempstead's annual MLK Day parade honored not only the Civil Rights icon but the family of a surgeon who once saved his life.
The Village of Hempstead honored the Civil Rights icon Monday, along with a Harlem doctor credited with saving his life back in 1958. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
It's a day to honor Dr. King's vision, work and legacy. This year also marks 60 years since the passage of the 1963 Civil Rights Act, which his work helped pass.
Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the afternoon of Aug. 28, 1963.
The event honored outgoing house speaker Nancy Pelosi and others who have worked to advance King's civil rights mission.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is holding its annual tribute to the civil rights icon.
Slumping Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in a three-run fourth inning and the Mets beat the Dodgers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Max Fried threw 7 1/3 sharp innings and the Yankees broke open a tight game with a 10-run fifth to beat the reeling Rockies 13-1 on Saturday.
Jonquel Jones had 26 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 23, leading the Liberty over the Fever 90-88 on Saturday.
An explosion on board a sewage boat docked on the Hudson River killed a New York City worker and injured two others.
Mary Calvi talks to bestselling author Annabel Monaghan about her new book "It's a Love Story"
An explosion on board a sewage boat docked on the Hudson River killed a New York City worker and injured two others.
Teens in Brooklyn's El Puente Bike Club are preparing to cycle from New Haven to Boston for the 2025 Youth Bike Summit.
Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Pacers beat the Knicks 114-109 on Friday for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
It is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and CBS News New York is highlighting the growth of the nonprofit Heart of Dinner.
Queens Council Member Julie Won says she's working with the city to deliver expanded waterfront access as part of OneLIC.
Teens in Brooklyn's El Puente Bike Club are preparing to cycle from New Haven to Boston for the 2025 Youth Bike Summit.
New York City-area Republican members of Congress were able to include a huge increase in property tax deductions in the so-called "big, beautiful bill" passed on Thursday.
The wet, windy weather continues today around the NYC area, and the rain could be heavy at times.
Saturday turned out to be a nicer day than expected, despite a threat of isolated strong-to-severe thunderstorms.
The rainy weather lets up some today around NYC, but thunderstorms are back in the forecast to close out the week.
The Trump administration is suing Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City and Paterson, N.J., for allegedly obstructing federal immigration agents.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation reopened two eastbound lanes of the I-80 on Wednesday night, just in time for the Thursday morning commute.
"Arrive early," the oldest travel strategy in the book, has a new meaning for Memorial Day weekend at troubled Newark Liberty Airport.
New York City-area Republican members of Congress were able to include a huge increase in property tax deductions in the so-called "big, beautiful bill" passed on Thursday.
Many beach towns on the Jersey Shore require you to purchase a beach tag, also referred to as a beach badge, to gain access.
Suffolk County police and multiple banks are warning the public about alerts coming from made-up and sometimes spoofed fraud hotlines.
The Islanders on Friday hired ex-Lightning assistant Mathieu Darche as general manager and head of hockey operations.
The Jones Beach Air Show is back for 2025 on Long Island, and the Memorial Day Weekend tradition features the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
New York City-area Republican members of Congress were able to include a huge increase in property tax deductions in the so-called "big, beautiful bill" passed on Thursday.
The House passed President Trump's domestic policy bill by just one vote, in part because Rep. Andrew Garbarino, who would've voted to support it, was asleep at the time, House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
The last time President Trump gave a speech at the U.S. Military Academy came amid nationwide reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
"I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, US Steel will REMAIN in America," President Trump wrote Friday afternoon.
The Trump administration is suing Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City and Paterson, N.J., for allegedly obstructing federal immigration agents.
The Trump administration says Columbia University violated a federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students.
It is Harvard's second suit against the Trump administration.
Authorities in Hong Kong say COVID-19 levels are the worst in at least a year.
New Jersey health officials are warning people who attended Thursday's Shakira concert at MetLife stadium that a concertgoer had the measles.
Staggering numbers show a record number of children died in New York state from influenza over the winter.
The 40th Annual AIDS Walk New York drew approximately 10,000 people to Central Park on Sunday, organizers said.
A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport for several hours while infectious Monday, health officials said.
Billy Joel canceled his upcoming tour, including all of his scheduled concerts up to early July 2026, after a recent diagnosis with the brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalus.
A group of New York City Councilmembers are fighting a decision to cancel a free Kehlani concert in Central Park.
Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, testified in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial about his relationship with Cassie Ventura.
Beyoncé is bringing her Cowboy Carter tour to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Here's what the BeyHive needs to know.
New Jersey health officials are warning people who attended Thursday's Shakira concert at MetLife stadium that a concertgoer had the measles.
Slumping Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in a three-run fourth inning and the Mets beat the Dodgers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Max Fried threw 7 1/3 sharp innings and the Yankees broke open a tight game with a 10-run fifth to beat the reeling Rockies 13-1 on Saturday.
Jonquel Jones had 26 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 23, leading the Liberty over the Fever 90-88 on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the New York Mets in a wild rematch of last year's National League Championship Series on a rainy night at Citi Field.
A day after the Colorado Rockies made history with the worst 50-game start since 1901, they made a surprise win over the New York Yankees Friday night.
Teens in Brooklyn's El Puente Bike Club are preparing to cycle from New Haven to Boston for the 2025 Youth Bike Summit.
Queens Council Member Julie Won says she's working with the city to deliver expanded waterfront access as part of OneLIC.
Eight New Yorkers who survived cardiac arrest met the EMTs and paramedics who saved their lives during a moving FDNY ceremony.
The arrival of a new policy for New York City's commercial waste means only three carters will be permitted to operate in each of a series of citywide zones.
For more than a year, Brooklyn Community Board 5 members say a broken elevator lift has kept some from attending meetings.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Tens of thousands of people flooded Manhattan streets on June 2, 2024 for the 60th annual Israel Day on Fifth Parade.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
The 50th Annual Village Halloween Parade drew massive crowds, celebrating the theme "Upside/Down:Inside/OUT."
CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo has learned the blast was so strong, sewage flew onto a nearby dock.
CBS News New York's Craig Allen is calling for a high in the upper 60s on Sunday and in the low 70s on Memorial Day.
Tens of thousands of people have descended on Jones Beach this weekend for the FourLeaf Air Show.
While airports remain packed, many are driving. CBS New New York's Ali Bauman caught up with some on the road in New Jersey.
CBS News New York's Alecia Reid has more on some of the disturbing evidence investigators have gathered.
