it happened on skillman avenue in sunnyside. police say the suspect was holding a coffee cup when he tried to talk to the 56-year- old woman. when she ignored him, police say he threw the corrosive liquid on her face. she is being treated for chemical burns at elmhurst hospital. >>> we check the commute with heather o'rourke. >> we have a very messy commute as far as mass transit is concerned. let's go over to the mass transit chart. i can tell you that the pascack valley line is suspended because of an accident in westwood, new jersey. we have pictures of the accident. a train and a car were involved in an accident. the train stopped on the tracks. this will be out there for some time. gladstone branch between gladstone and summit, 30-minute delay all because of earlier over head wire problems. new jersey transit trains and private buses will cross honor. we have pictures of that accident in westwood, new jersey. you can see we have a lot of fire department activity and ambulance on the scene. you want to avoid that. pascack va

one theory for what happened is that the creation of bulkheads in the sunnyside mine has acted bepools of water that may willing up in the other mines. in looking at some of the epa's documents on the sites, they noticed the increase in discharge in recent years from the mogul, the red and bonita, and the gold king mine following the installation of bulkheads in the sunnyside mine. that is a lot of complicated detail but it is a couple kid a problem. following up on the comments about the epa taking responsibility, members of congress not the only ones calling for firings at the epa. rockovich in the washington apology is not enough . the epa must fire people in the colorado spill. she will join us on this program tuesday. we will talk about this spill in colorado. in the meantime, bruce finley is with us, covering the story since it happened in the fifth. jefferies in alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. things to add. jobs, myon to regular father and both my grandfathers, we all at one time had small time cattle operations. family is no longer in the business because of these

. >> the attack happened in the sunnyside section. that's where we find darla miles with the new information. >> reporter: liz, the nypd is trying to determine what type of chemical mixture was thrown in this woman's face. sources are telling eyewitness news it was a thick liquid, almost like a gel. they say it played out in this intersection behind me. >> an emergency. i go over there right away. >> reporter: the face of acid. her domestic partner of 10 years says she will be in the hospital for weeks. >> somebody through it in the face because she wouldn't open the door. miss. the guy just ran. >> reporter: around 5:30 as the 59-year-old victim left her office, she was approached by man who said can i ask you a question? sources say the suspect may have called out to her on purpose to get her attention in order to toss the chemical in her face. police say the victim tried to drive away but couldn't stopping her car and screaming for help. felony likes alvarez saw where she abandoned it. >> i saw a lot of cops there and it was in the

sunnyside, queens area, the queenstown bridge, midtown manhattan coming down. there's another cluster of showers and storms coming down. these are all drifting off toward the east. the bottom line through this morning, isolated showers and thundershowers could pop up from time to time. expect a brief heavy downpour. the heat wave continues especially inland. temperatures get knock dound 8 ed down. right now lauren scala has more. what are the conditions like? >> on hillside avenue, there's a breakdown in the left lane. there's repairs taking place and on route 21. it's shut down in both directions. a spot to avoid. alternate side-of-the-street parking rules are in effect and we'll have your next weather and traffic update on the 4s. >>> a summit could help get the ball rolling on the funding fix for the hudson tunnel. tracie strahan joining us from penn station in newark. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, kerry. there was trouble on the tracks less than 24 hours ago. the train was delayed up to an hour yesterday because of a switch problem. there

. >> reporter: nypd detectives spent the day at dier's office in sunnyside, queens, wednesday at 5:30 she was approached by a man who got her attention then tossed a jell like chemical mixture in more face. >> she going to open the door for the car and i tell him excuse me miss. so she got go hard so it -- turn around like that and the guy throw away and run. [ speaking foreign language ] >> that was a little right there. >> reporter: felix alvarez saw where she abandoned her car in the middle of the street after trying to escape. did you see the woman who had been assaulted? >> no. no. no. i don't -- just see the car with the cups. >> reporter: a command center has been set up near the scene. officers fanned out from there thursday to canvass the area. this, as dyer's neighbors keep her in their thoughts. >> i hope that she heals and that she's okay now. >> i hope like the best for her and like she can still keep pushing through it. like -- yeah her parents may be altered -- appearance may be altered but hopefully she still has that heart to love. >> reporter: now, the suspect has be

. >> the western part of queens more rapidly, long island city, astoria, sunnyside and woodside and jackson heights. ernie: manhattan is no. 1 when it comes to rents, but not by much. >> the state comptroller's audit found subway delays increased last year. between january 2013 and december 2014, the number of weekday trains that were on time fell from 81 percent down to just 74 percent. weekend trains fell from 85 to 81 percent on time. and that's what's happening right now. joining us here, hey, did i hear you talk about another heat wave on the way? >> it might be possible. central park officially has not had a heat wave yet because we haven't had three consecutive days of 90 degrees. other areas like newark and other sections have had it. and it looks like we're having a chance for another one next week. ernie: hot, hot summer. continue as long as it can. >> today it was nice and dry. very comfortable. ernie: it was beautiful. nice temperature. the humidity was good. >> made it fabulous. if you missed out today, you have you another shot tomorrow. we're expecting another beautiful one.

police say the attack was random, hammed in the sunnyside section of the queens and that's where darla miles joins us live with more. darla? >> reporter: david, we have breaking details here near the scene. sources are telling eyewitness news that this may not have been random at all, that this 56-year-old woman may have been targeted because she may have been alerted to some type of fraudulent activity. first of all, i want to show you the command center that has been set up here near the scene. this is a contingency of nypd officers, detectives from queens, command centers and homicide detectives. they are hear canvassing this industrial area trying to find if the suspect was caught on surveillance camera nearing the scene -- coming or going from the scene. let me show you video of the so far. the suspect allegedly ask you a question. that is what he said before splashing the coffee full of chemicals in her face. her car. she tried to drive away, got 200 feet before stopping and screaming for help and called 911. [no audio]. >> well, that was darla miles reporting. we had some proble

that are growing are the western part of queens more rapidly, long island city, than astoria, then sunnyside and woodside and jackson heights. >> reporter: while some acknowledge rents are pricing many out of the neighborhood -- >> i've seen a lot of people move out of the neighborhoods because of the increase of the rents. people can't afford them. >> reporter: -- others feel they're getting their money's worth. >> i guess to be close to manhattan is what's important to people. that's where the money is. that's where they make their money. and i think queens is happening. >> a lot of new buildings are being built. it's a really good developing neighborhood. i know in these buildings amenities. >> a lot of restaurants and bars and businesses bring people around. >> it may not be cheaper, but i feel you're going to get more bang for your buck. >> reporter: just to give you a sense that this new development, one bedrooms start at $3,000. with more new construction, ending. i'm baruch shemtov, fox 5 news. steve: anywhere you can get into the city easy. thank you. >> getting great hair without t

eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live in sunnyside queens with the story. >> the attack is horrific. a woman getting in her car around the corner from the 7 train in queens when this man holding a coffee cup approached her, wanted to talk. the woman ignored him and that's when he through that acid concoction in her face. he ran away. when she was screaming, someone nearby called 911. this happened around 5:30 yesterday afternoon. the woman about 56 years old has burns to her face from the acid like liquid. she was rushed to the hospital where she is expected to be treated for serious burns. she is expected to survive but has facial injuries. right now detectives are analyzing the substance to see if they can tell what is in the acid mixture and they are canvassing the area looking for surveillance video to get a better idea of who this guy is. he is still on the loose later this morning. they plan on interviewing the 56-year-old woman still in the hospital hoping to get a better description of who the guy is. kala rama, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> frightening stuff. thank you, kal

one theory for what happened is that the creation of bulkheads in the sunnyside mine has acted bepoolsf water that may willing up in the other mines. in looking at some of the epa's documents on the sites, they noticed the increase in discharge in recent years from the mogul, the red and bonita, and the gold king mine following the installation of bulkheads in the sunnyside mine. that is a lot of complicated detail but it is a couple kid a problem. following up on the comments about the epa taking responsibility, members of congress not the only ones calling for firings at the epa. rockovich in the washington apology is not enough . the epa must fire people in the colorado spill. she will join us on this program tuesday. we will talk about this spill in colorado. in the meantime, bruce finley is with us, covering the story since it happened in the fifth. jefferies in alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. things to add. jobs, myon to regular father and both my grandfathers, we all at one time had small time cattle operations. family is no longer in the business because of these n

. >> a woman was walking to her car in sunnyside when a man approached her, tried to talk to her. the suspect or guy tossed the unknown liquid onto her face and ran away. police say they were strangers. the victim did not know the assailant. she was taken to the hospital with serious burns, she's in stable condition. they're still looking for the guy who did this. be careful. >> all right. mayor de blasio from day one said he was going after the horse-drawn carriage, replace them with those the electric car, but now he seems to be backing down a little bit. he says it's really not up to him, it's up to the city council. >> remember, this is something he promised to do on day one, he would get rid of the central park horse carriages. hey, by the way, we love 'em. we like -- >> we're happy that he's backing down off of this. he says that it's clear he doesn't have enough support right now on the city council, and he told wnyw radio that he's read for it, but the advocates really want this to happen, they need to get council members on their side. >> the fact is the industry has a lo