the mta refused to post ads. the producer sued and they won their case. the ads will go up in 140 subway stations across new york city. for a closer look at the case, look at this report. >> the decision for adds in the new york transit system means they no longer advertises in radio stations. it was a blow to free speech. >> in america, the political debate is narrow. i think that people want to hear day. >> the mta board voted 9-2 in favour of the ban. majority. >> i thought we would be better, mta as a transportation authority. so they end up in a situation where the safety and security of our employees and our writes from which i have a fiduciary responsibility, is compromised. >> while the ads brought in revenue, money was not part of this debate. the mta says advertising accounts for 1% of the operating budget and political ads made up 1% of that. at the time of the ban, opponents said the policy cracks. >> there's no question that the slope. and people can, and i assume some will try and fashion advertising language, that they believe will meet the

peter albert mta. the question treated back to make sure i'm getting correctly will be the benefit this project might extend to the bayview. the one lesson we learned from how at&t park luncheon was the impact on the whole light rail line for special been happening at at&t park. so, while we used all the extra capacity and reliability that went to the central subway plan including the two-car trains the shoreline, we do want to compromise all those investments having a large event on site. so by building the passover tracks by adding the four streetcars will be done is we let the baseline remained the baseline demand the special been. it's to the extra capacity the shuttles add value to anybody living in the area. see my be in.patch started going to the warriors. the goods arrive all those extra vent service to that part of the city. don't extend all down to probably that cesar chavez and mr. ambitious walker, but the point of that is making sure that we don't have a negative impact on the quality of s

>> mta is full speed ahead building more subways. if we had all the money in the world, we couldn't have that many subways moving in 2016. >> reporter: the mayor today. >> we are all surprised to hear of the changes around the 2nd avenue subway. >> reporter: meanwhile, those who live and work must continue their frustrating commutes. >> what would the difference be to have a station right here? >> a huge difference. definitely it would be much >> reporter: the mta chairmen seemed to offer more assurance saying, if they could figure out any way to get that digging started before 2019, they'll ask for a special amendment to the capital plan so they can start even sooner. that's the latest, live in east harlem, andrew siff, nbc new york. >>> prosecution and defense delivered their opening statements this afternoon in a packed courtroom. sill rer ver is accused of accepting kickbacks and describing those payments as legal fees. silver insists he did nothing wrong. he insists prosecutors are misinterpreting the law. >> i will be vindicate

they are requesting funds as a match that would allow mta to do a few things to form with some based organizations and engagement methods and collaborations and gain insights on the public engagement process to help sf mta and muni serve as a more equitable system and found more muni for engaging. sf mta current data base tools are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the needs and concerns in the communities and don't translate to the experience of being a muni rider. the objectives in the screen identified challenges impacting selective neighborhoods and implementing strategies to help social related and environmental issues. this project will be completed in mid-2017. with that, we have representatives from the project sponsors from these projects and happy to take questions. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, commissioner yee? >>supervisor norman yee: i want to thank the study for the balboa park station. it's due time. there has been discussion from the city or the mayor's office to look at the balboa reservoir as a potential site for housing development and during those co

they are requesting funds as a match that would allow mta to do a few things to form with some based organizations and engagement methods and collaborations and gain insights on the public engagement process to help sf mta and muni serve as a more equitable system and found more muni for engaging. sf mta current data base tools are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the needs and concerns in the communities and don't translate to the experience of being a muni rider. the objectives in the screen identified challenges impacting selective neighborhoods and implementing strategies to help social related and environmental issues. this project will be completed in mid-2017. with that, we have representatives from the project sponsors from these projects and happy to take questions. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, commissioner yee? >>supervisor norman yee: i want to thank the study for the balboa park station. it's due time. there has been discussion from the city or the mayor's office to look at the balboa reservoir as a potential site for housing development and during those co

the mta says they can't accept or reject ads based on, quote, how we feel about them. we found mta policy only prohibits advertising which disparages an individual or group. not every rider was out ds raged. >> it's not specifically targeting a group of people, it's just for a show. >> reporter: mayor de blasio called the ads irresponsible and offensive, asking the mta to take them down. now the mta is planning to unfold the ads and look at this as a history lesson. >> it was almost as if it went up the chain of command at mta and no one said, oh, this is a bad idea. >>> that does it for us. we thank you for watching. >> stay right here. the news continues at 6:00. >>> at 6:00, news4 investigates, learns that a teenage driver in a deadly crash should not have been behind the wheel by himself in the first place. >>> plus a postal worker in police custody tonight on hate crime charges. what he allegedly did to a brooklyn muslim woman that got him arrested. >> good evening. i'm chuck scarborough. >> and i'm sibila vargas. a violent accident that sent a man and his two son

an mta bus hits a woman and keeps going. this morning the driver is set to go before a judge. >>> and it is a growing problem. new information now about the e. coli outbreak linked to some chipotle restaurants. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. 5:00 a.m. on this warm wednesday, november 4th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. chris cimino here with the forecast. it's a good one. >> another bright day, above normal temperatures once again heading our way. city still holding on to some of the heat we enjoyed yesterday. we're now in the 50s. it drops off to the 40s in the some 30s showing up. 38 in poughkeepsie. it's again a chilly start in a lot of those distant suburbs north and west. it's a day that will feature nothing but blue sky and sunshine and warming temperatures. 67 by noon. forecasting a high of 71. let's get the latest on the commute a little after 5:00 a.m. here's lauren. >> good news. the bqe has finally reopened. we're going to take a live look outside at the eastbound lanes t

now i would like to introduce our director of sf mta, ed reiskin. >> thank you, good morning, everyone. i would like to thank ann and the team for her leadership and what the team referenced. to put on a big event like this does take a lot of coordination and planning and is really preparing us for anything that might happen and that planning is essential to making for a great event. it will be a great event as everybody else has said. i think this is a great opportunity for san francisco whether you like football or not, whether you are planning to participate in these activities or not. the super bowl being hosted here is going to bring a lot of people, a lot of excitement and a lot of goodwill to our city which is a good thing. from a transportation point of view, our task is really straight forward. we want to make sure that people can safely and readily access the event and from and to the event and everybody else in san francisco can go where they need to go whether it's work or school or just trying to make their way across town. we have been planning with the rest of the city p

on monday, a mta bus hit a man on the lower east side. a surveillance camera captured shocking video of that accident. fortunately, the man survived. tonight, back in brooklyn, the mta driver in this deadly accident has not been charged while the investigation continues. >> the mta is currently evaluating technology designed to cut down on bus pedestrian accidents. it would sense when people are crossing the streets and alert the bus drivers. >> it could be one of the biggest undertakings ever by the nypd. the mayor assures us there is no specific terror threat. law enforcement is not taking any chances. here is news 4's brynn gingras live in midtown. >> reporter: the temperatures are expected to be mild tomorrow. have the police commissioner expects record turnout at this parade. security will be at a max to protect all the people. an estimated 1 million people will be watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade from the sidelines of the route. among those paying close attention, the nypd. their presence noted by this family who came out

the mta announced that it will be delayed beyond the year 2019 and now the mayor wants the mta to reconsider the plan. >>> we feel that the we need to modernize that office and bring it into the 21st acceptability ring leader. >> and it looks like democrat mike michael mcmahon will get the chance in the -- democrat michael mcmahon will get the chance on staten island. >>> famous movie director says he is standing by his words against police brutality. why he says he will not let a boycott of his films silence him. >>> they should not be sitting at the conductor's chair, especially having a beer. >> security questions being raised after a cellphone video shows a passenger sitting inside an engineer's cab on the lirr train. the passenger is drinking what appears to be a beer. >>> traffic and weather on the 2s. looks nice out there. >> wow, i'm scratching my head but then i'm going to get ready for another nice day. i'm wearing the light colors. i have the summer vibe feel and the numbers are going the back me up. 57 right now, so cool out the door. more readings in the 40s around town the -- t

. >> right now on news4 new york, a brooklyn family greaves for a wife and mother struck down by an mta bus. i'm rob schmitt. >> and i'm natalie pasquarella. one family is planning a funeral. the 41-year-old mother was crossing ocean avenue mid block hit by an mta bus. >> john chandler spoke with her husband at their home today. he's in news room right now. >> the kann family planned for a big thanksgiving celebration and tomorrow looked forward to spending the day together holiday shopping. instead six children grieve for their mother. >> she spent her life caring for her six children. she died wednesday night, hit by an mta bus only steps from her home. >> she takes the kids to school all the time. this is her duty. >> she was a good mother. >> a good mother. >> he's overcome with emotion as he fondly remembering his wife. on thanksgiving day he and his family are grieving. their neighbors are grieving too. a steady stream of friends are visiting the home. >> the kids are beautiful, she's a beautiful nice quiet lady. we all get along here. it tears me apart. >> reporter: she was hit b

the mta relies heavily on the money if the city and state. a 2nd avenue business owner is glad for the delay after seeing how upper east side businesses have suffered during phase one construction. >> business is bad enough without getting disturbed. and once you get disturbed, you go out. >> reporter: better if you others looking to cut the commute time, work cannot start soon enough. >> less crowds and i would be able to get home earlier. >> reporter: the chair says the governor has made clear he wants them to accelerate work on the 2nd avenue subway and they are looking for ways to do just that. andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> congress members sent a letter to the mta chair yesterday asking for reassurance that the project is not being placed on the back burner. >>> day two of former state assembly sheldon silver's corruption trial underway. prosecutors are trying to prove that silver took millions of dollars in kickbacks. the charges stem from alleged deals with two law firms. he is accused of steering state grants to a doctor under the gui

so far,-it's taken over mta and it does not look pretty.i'll probably request with check >> thank you. we'll call animal of the next exhibit number people here. [inaudible] >> no member of the public want to discuss anything on the consent calendar. >> motion to approve >> second. >> any discussion queen all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. approved. item 11 >> item 11. presentation discussion of possible action regarding seven sisters paratransit services. >> thanks. inviting me. what i'm going to do for you today is to give you an overview of the paratransit program. it's very important component of sfmta services and something under the board is very interested in an president nolan fargo be helpful to have an overview of the program. it's hard to put it all down into a few words and so i'm doing the best i can put the highlights, but feel free to ask questions and we can all come back with more information. my name is annette williams and i'm the manager of accessible services at mta. there it goes. so, first to give you a little

so far,-it's taken over mta and it does not look pretty.i'll probably request with check >> thank you. we'll call animal of the next exhibit number people here. [inaudible] >> no member of the public want to discuss anything on the consent calendar. >> motion to approve >> second. >> any discussion queen all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. approved. item 11 >> item 11. presentation discussion of possible action regarding seven sisters paratransit services. >> thanks. inviting me. what i'm going to do for you today is to give you an overview of the paratransit program. it's very important component of sfmta services and something under the board is very interested in an president nolan fargo be helpful to have an overview of the program. it's hard to put it all down into a few words and so i'm doing the best i can put the highlights, but feel free to ask questions and we can all come back with more information. my name is annette williams and i'm the manager of accessible services at mta. there it goes. so, first to give you a little

roper has been driving an mta bus for exactly 15 years. >> he was hurt. he was really hurt. he was like oh, my god i don't believe this. >> reporter: roper has been arrested three times before. his attorney tells us he was never convicted and the mta tells us previous charges they say were dismissed and/or sealed so they quote did not pursue disciplinary action related to those dismissed charges. we're live night in down brooklyn. >> prosecutors say a former nypd transit officer accused of killing his wife confessed to police. he pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. he was taken into custody last month cut on the run. his wife was found dead in their home on long island. prosecutors say he told detectives he hit her with a baseball bat and strangled her. he faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted. >> testimony began in the federal corruption trial of sheldon silver. this afternoon doctor testified that he referred cases to silver's law firm in order to get research funding from albany. dr. robert taub told a manhattan federal jury that silver helped his children

>>> today the mta bus driver charged running down a pedestrian in a city bus heads to court. >>> and connecticut voters apparently learning to forgive and forgot. electing a once imprisoned mayor back into office. and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm ken rosato, thank you for joining us, it is wednesday, november 4th. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> good morning everybody. lori thank you for the coof fee. helps to -- coffee. helps the start a day like today when you look outside and see this beautiful sunrise, here we go with the camera on the port lee side of the george washington bridge. sun is coming up and temperature 58 degrees that will be the 6:00 a.m. temperature. that's the normal average afternoon high temperature. we look at the hudson valley can kingston poughkeepsie. 39. 39 monticello and should be about 30 degrees there to 32. so it's way warm there. and the park is 58. should be about 45. it's 48 islip and 46 bridgeport. so 66 by noontime. 70 this a

we think it is important mta reluments shuttle in the city. it allows mta to require all drivers to be trained on safe driver practices and allows the city to charge a fee that covers the capital improvement on the street and requires better emission standsards. we are excited about the filegdsings in the shuttle program that there is decrease in [inaudible] and make the streets safer for all use rbs. we would like to see modification tooz the program to make it safer and more transparent. first we would like to development of a single clear way to feedback to be reported. we heard from a lot of the community partners about dangerous behaviors on the small non arterial streets of shuttles blocking intersection or muni stop squz people have to board in the travel lane so we are worried about ped safety there and think the mta should have a way to find out about the dangerous behaviors. we also like to see the near side shuttle stops moved. as staff mentioned when and have a near side shuttle stop the visibility in intersection is compromisedism

peter albert mta.e question treated back to make sure i'm getting correctly will be the benefit this project might extend to the bayview. the one lesson we learned from how at&t park luncheon was the impact on the whole light rail line for special been happening at at&t park. so, while we used all the extra capacity and reliability that went to the central subway plan including the two-car trains the shoreline, we do want to compromise all those investments having a large event on site. so by building the passover tracks by adding the four streetcars will be done is we let the baseline remained the baseline demand the special been. it's to the extra capacity the shuttles add value to anybody living in the area. see my be in.patch started going to the warriors. the goods arrive all those extra vent service to that part of the city. don't extend all down to probably that cesar chavez and mr. ambitious walker, but the point of that is making sure that we don't have a negative impact on the quality of serv

a system the mta is now testing and may expand to 100 buses. the idea is cameras on the side of the bus help compensate for an audio and visual warning if a pedestrian is in the buses path. many urged the mta to move forward now. what difference would it make to you? >> if somebody in your area or blind spot. >> our system can detect the pedestrians. there are displays for the driver. >> reporter: ben is vice president of roscoe systems. >> this is a metal fabrication factory. >> reporter: now, they are making smart vision sensors. >> there's a camera inside here. >> reporter: come pedestrians wonder. >> are they going to train them better? you can't just depend on technology. >> reporter: even if that technology can see something that until now has been frightenly hard to see. the mta is reserving comment on the pilot program that will be done in december except to say it's committed to improving overall safety. if it goes to something like cameras on buses, the mta is prepared to spend millions of dollars equipping thousands of buses with new

an mta bus has the green light, makes a left turn hitting and killing the woman. the driver stays on the scene. you've got all of that weight behind you and you have people's lives in your hands. >> two days later, this accident in brooklyn. 70-year-old carol bell crosses thyie street. the police say the driver hit term. roper then leaves the scene. roper's wife brings up a concern echoed by their attorney and other mta bus drivers. blind spots caused by the left-hand pillar of the bus. >> that behind spot, that one is really dangerous. >> the solution, the transit workers union says -- >> ordering buses with clear lines of sight, vision, more window and less frames. we're going to make sure there's some sensors on the buses like cars. my honda have a sensor. >> in a recent letter to mayor de blasio, the mta is looking into technological upgrades to determine their efficacy in our operation and value to our safety program. we'll implement more expansive rollouts of the technologies based on the results of our evaluation. >> reporter: back here live in queens, i ta

of a laser pointer being used to attack an mta bus driver. >>> there's a possible break tonight in a cold case murder in new jersey. three men now facing charges for allegedly killing a teacher. police say tips led them to gregory jean-baptiste and james fair. both appeared in monmouth county court today. the two men and this one, a third suspect, ebenezer byrd, are accused of beating jonelle melton to death in her apartment in red bank in 2009. melton taught social studies in red bank. she was also a wife and beloved sister. >> her children loved her in the school. we loved her. she was my baby sister. >> the offenders had intended to break into one apartment but chose the wrong one. they chose jonelle's. and once they encounters heard, they brutally murdered her. >> all three men serving time on unrelated charges. the third suspect appears in court tomorrow. >>> the fbi busted a drug distribution ring in newark. nine people in custody tonight including the two alleged leaders of one of newark's largest heroin distribution rings. investigators say the group operated out of an apartm

of 96th street, local leaders are speaking out about this and they are not too had been about the mta's decision. a live report coming up. juliet: i am juliet huddy. ben: i am ben simmoneau, it is november fourth, 5:00, thanks for being with us. juliet: let's check the unseasonably warm weather. ben: spectacular yesterday. are you concerned about our debt? >> meteorologist: not even a little. juliet: are you concerned about our bat? she is not. inches of snow by new year's day. ines is on our team. juliet sided with robert moses. hand sam. it is interesting. >> meteorologist: we will see. with the mozilla exo it is not -- at the hump day, every one. ben: did he say we need to know? >> meteorologist: we need rain to catch us up. we're eight inches behind but the rain is not in our future. we have 57 degrees in central park, 53 in newark, 48 in bridgeport and islip, 58 in montauk, temperatures well above normal, more reflective of your average high this time of year, the average high today is 50 degrees, we are at 57 still dropping but the sun will be up fairly soon and it will come back

i would like to reiterate to our partners of the mta and to partners over the past several months in safe and reliable transportation and solutions for not only the guest of super bowl 50, but for the residents and the bay area commuters who work here and live here. we are conscious of all of that as a host committee. as we are looking at plans for super bowl city and finalizing that final foot print and working hard with mta to come up with a plan, a reconfigured plan to work with the city that all of our stakeholders are expecting but still not have an impact on the muni wires and keep them in place. we will not be removing those overhead wires at any point in time during the super bowl celebration. it's important that we recognize that this event will be a great event for everybody involved, not just those who are visiting but for the bay area residents as well. we'll continue to finalize our plans for super bowl city and we'll be announcing more details on that in the coming weeks and we want to thank our partners at the mta and all the public safety officials who are here to sup

he's been an mta bus driver for 15 years. the victim is seen on surveillance video pushing her walker across fulton street yesterday in brooklyn when that mta bus took a left. police say the bus driver struck the 70-year-old woman, stopped for a few seconds, and then he drove away. this happened about 6:00 in the morning. people who were there when it happened and saw it say the bus driver had to have known he hit someone but then he took off. >> there was crutches on the ground. if you're looking in your rear view, you can't tell me you didn't see a person laying on the ground. that's insane. >> reporter: and that bus did not have any passengers on it. again, the bus driver has been with the mta for many, many years. even though he faces numerous charge, some of his friends are coming to his defense. we'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour. back to you. >> thank you very much, katherine creag. >>> today a former nshlgs ypd transit officer faces arraignment on long island. he was arrested last month. he was foun

the proof will be inment implementation by the city, the mta and warriors. we need the additional cars for the t-line and to go to caltrain and not terminate. the ferry landing is critical, because the giants are telling us that a large percentage of their patrons are coming by the ferry boats. so a ferry landing would also help mission bay. the e or end line needs to be extended to 25th street and needs to be pcos and a livable street s for dog patch and potrero. we have speeders and people running stop signs and significant problem because of applications like waves that route people on to our streets instead of keeping them on the freeways. thank you for your time and at this time the boosters are not endorsing the project, but would like to continue to work with mr. albert and the committee. >> thank you, mr. castro. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, carla tucker, native san francisco and academic enrichment program. we also have a group of wonderful supporters from various communities and organizations, which brings me to talk about our nba champ

in order to reallocate transit service and traffic enforcement and others services the mta provides i should mention we're the before the mta board later today with a resolution considering both ceqa adoptions and finding as commenting to the transit service plan at implementation of the mission bay fund if adopt by the board. >> turn back to sally. >> thank you adam before we turn to the design phase i'll ask the commissions parish to let me correct the record i misspoke for the correction for mitigation t r-9 d i'd like to reread the correct correction that is the event center interior lighting in the 5 bullet of that mitigation measure it will anyhow read avoid void the light helipad landing area and adding new language where feasible for the television flash lighting screens around the the 16th street or third street and then strike where feasible thank you. >> so, now i'm going to turn it over to e turn to the other project approvals for the major concept and schematic design as as you recall staff has several workshops including a draft major phase in january of this year and

they are requesting funds as a match that would allow mta to do a few things to form with some basedizations and engagement methods and collaborations and gain insights on the public engagement process to help sf mta and muni serve as a more equitable system and found more muni for engaging. sf mta current data base tools are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the needs and concerns in the communities and don't translate to the experience of being a muni rider. the objectives in the screen identified challenges impacting selective neighborhoods and implementing strategies to help social related and environmental issues. this project will be completed in mid-2017. with that, we have representatives from the project sponsors from these projects and happy to take questions. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, commissioner yee? >>supervisor norman yee: i want to thank the study for the balboa park station. it's due time. there has been discussion from the city or the mayor's office to look at the balboa reservoir as a potential site for housing development and during those communit

the pedestrian was struck crossing the roadway mid block by the mta bus, the pm-1 mta bus traveling south on ocean avenue. that male pedestrian taken to a local hospital in critical condition this hour. you can still see the mta bus pulled over to the right shoulder along ocean avenue. a lot of police activity down below. we have a full accident investigation underway by nypd and as a result we do have ocean avenue that is closed between avenues j and k until further notice. reporting live, dennis protsko, back to you in the studio. >>> now to a home invasion, a burglary caught on camera and it's so creepy it just might give you nightmares. after breaking into this queens home in the middle of the night, the suspect went into the bedroom, sneaking around on his knees. you can see him right next to the victims. what's he reaching for. we have an exclusive interview from the victims at the scene. >> reporter: the victims tell us they believe the guy was dangerous. they say he walked into their home in the middle of the night and he had a knife with him as he wandered from room to room for 4

. >>> two deadly accidents involving mta buses in three days. both happened when the buses were making right-angled left turns. the driver are say a blame design of the buses. sheldon dutes investigates what's being done to prevent accidents. >> drivers tell us they're tired of being treated as targets even as their hearts go out to two more victim, pedestrians killed in krshs. new surveillance video of a q 23 bus hitting a woman on this residential block on sunday. two days before driver paul roper slammed into a woman using a walker to cross the street in brooklyn. roper charged with leaving the scene. and traffic safety advocates, at a vision zero conference said the recent tragedies underscore -- >> if you don't yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk now, there are real consequences. >> but the transport workers union told 4 investigates -- >> sometime we're a target. >> saying they're facing new pressure to drive safely. >> what would you like to see in >> better technology, more window. you got a lot of blind spots in there. >> these drive

we think it is important mta reluments shuttle in the city. it allows mta to require all drivers to be trained on safe driver practices and allows the city to charge a fee that covers the capital improvement on the street and requires better emission standsards. we are excited about the filegdsings in the shuttle program that there is decrease in [inaudible] and make the streets safer for all use rbs. we would like to see modification tooz the program to make it safer and more transparent. first we would like to development of a single clear way to feedback to be reported. we heard from a lot of the community partners about dangerous behaviors on the small non arterial streets of shuttles blocking intersection or muni stop squz people have to board in the travel lane so we are worried about ped safety there and think the mta should have a way to find out about the dangerous behaviors. we also like to see the near side shuttle stops moved. as staff mentioned when and have a near side shuttle stop the visibility in intersection is compromisedism

but the mta is blaming budget cuts and plans to put off the project until at least 2019. that's not sitting well with listen up. >> we are calling on tom pendergast and the mta to restore full funding now. not in five or 10 years and certainly not in 100 years. >> the mta says the money was cut because the project needs more time. >> the airbag recall scandal is costing takata big bucks. government today fined the japanese company $70 million. the explosion-prone airbags are responsible for at least eight deaths and more than 100 injuries nationwide. takata has been ordered to stop making the airbags until they can prove they're safe. >> these nasa images show a rare cyclone as it makes landfall in the middle east. in some parts of yemen, the storm is dumping up to a decade's worth of rain in one day. three are killed. many are missing. it is the second strongest cyclone on record in the arabian sea. that's what's happening. nick, this is what you follow. you're a meteorologist. amazing pictures. nick: it is. a rather rare event to have it happen there. and certainly that

right now the bus driver, identified by the mta as paul roper, is right here at the 733 precinct e mta says roper has been suspended without pay pending the investigation. take a look at the woman in the ogreen sweatshirt stand og a brooklyn street corner. she liens on her walker looking both ways. seconds later, mta bus number 1738 comes to a stop. traffic clears. the grandmother begins to cross. she gets to fulton street. we decided to stop the video there. she was hit by the bus on the driver's side. the bus driver pauses for three seconds, then continues down fulton street before disappearing. witnesses were stunned by what they saw. >> the bus plowed right through her. >> bell's walker shattered into pieces and scattered across the intersection. david can't erase what he watched happen before his eyes. >> i saw her head was missing, you know. i mean, she literally got just mauled by the bus and they kept going. >> i don't kno whether he knew, but he stopped. stopped and kept going. i don't know if he was nervous or didn't realize -- i have no idea. >> reporter: this surveillance v

yorker and another delay from the mta. it's already decades delayed. we've now learned the latest new opening for the line now set for 2019, delayed from 2017. a.j. ross with angry residents and businesses on the upper east side. a.j. >> reporter: this intersection here is a hot mess with construction equipment, cones, and narrow crosswalk space. it to say that this is a headache for people who live here, that's an understatement. now with this project being pushed back even further, people are sick, and they're tired. >> it's like you think you live in a war zone in the middle of manhattan. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a remedy for congestion but the lingering construction of the second avenue subway line has proven to be more of a nagging pain. >> construction, they're taking all our parking spots here, so we had to move to different vehicles to make it convenient. >> reporter: while some have found ways around the detours, others, he is special businesses in this corridor, have no choice but to stay put and endure. despite the mta projecting a

we think it is important mta reluments shuttle in the city.ws mta to require all drivers to be trained on safe driver practices and allows the city to charge a fee that covers the capital improvement on the street and requires better emission standsards. we are excited about the filegdsings in the shuttle program that there is decrease in [inaudible] and make the streets safer for all use rbs. we would like to see modification tooz the program to make it safer and more transparent. first we would like to development of a single clear way to feedback to be reported. we heard from a lot of the community partners about dangerous behaviors on the small non arterial streets of shuttles blocking intersection or muni stop squz people have to board in the travel lane so we are worried about ped safety there and think the mta should have a way to find out about the dangerous behaviors. we also like to see the near side shuttle stops moved. as staff mentioned when and have a near side shuttle stop the visibility in intersection is compromisedism 13 perc

. >>> an mta bus driver charged in the deadly hit-and-run of a woman in brooklyn. carol bell, using a walker, crossing at the corner when she was hit by the bus which was making a left turn, right into her. police say the driver, 4-year- old paul roper, just left the scene leaving the victim to day in street. >> she was a generous person, her death is just shocking. >> loper is expected in court tomorrow. >>> infuriating news for new yorker and another delay from the mta. it's already decades delayed. we've now learned the latest new opening for the line now a.j. businesses on the upper east side. a.j. >> reporter: this intersection here is a hot mess with construction equipment, cones, and narrow crosswalk space. it to say that this is a headache for people who live here, that's an understatement. now with this project being pushed back even further, people are sick, and they're tired. >> it's like you think you live in a war zone in the middle of manhattan. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a remedy for congestion but the lingering construction of the second ave

we thank our community partners and mta for doing a great job and moving those forward. we connecting off some work with commerce -- commissioner yee on the balboa plan study. and potential planning project on san jose avenue near balboa park station. we hope to bring the district six proposal forward in the coming period. that's getting closer. our deputy for policy and programming joined with staff across the city agencies to have a workshop on vision zero to assess projects over the last couple of years. it's been a productive first two years as well as to look ahead to see what might be on deck in terms of the next generation of vision zero capital improvements and noninfrastructure, so called outreach in education initiatives as well as enforce. we will be bringing results of that workshop to the december 10th committee meeting as well. on project delivery, i wanted to highlight here in my report, a few projects that are being funded by our transportation for clean air dollars that the authority programmed. one is the goldengate national recreation area. we've provi

the mta claims after once this is not about money. it is about having the right machinery and place. there is no point in putting a billion dollars in and therefore funneling when we will not get to it. >> reporter: the mayor encourage the authority to rethink its decision. >> a surprise to many people that there was a change in the funding. make sure everything is being done to move phase two. >> reporter: the mta saying if they can speed up the environmental review process, if they can get the engineers and, if all of these things, maybe they may be able to expedite the process. we should also mention phase one. that is set to open and be finished later this year. that is the latest. back to you. greg: things a lot, teresa. rosanna: the federal corruption trial of sheldon silver is expected to continue today. greg: he was arrested several months ago. he is accused of take a new lot of money. something like $4 million to pay off kickbacks. rosanna: mr. silver -- they say he's used the firm to earn more than $3 billion. greg: look at

part of mta's contract with the clear channel is that the vendor is a responsible for installing and maintaining their bus shelters. there are four options available for the contract, and with the those four options there are only four that will fit on this platform. one was the one that we originally presented to architecture review. that one included ad panels and seating but no canopy so canopy was a requirement for the federal transportation authority so that was illuminated and actually a good change because now there are no more ad panels on the platforms. a second shelter or the ones that are currently on market street for the f line -- those don't have seating and that was determined not to be desirable for this location so we ended up with the current proposal which is a narrow canopy or shelter with no panels with just a muni information panel on one end and the wavey canopy but the current contract allows for three colors, so red and yellow is currently being used and so what we're proposing here is that we take advantage of the opportunity to have a third color and the th

in order to reallocate transit service and traffic enforcement and others services the mta provides i should mention we're the before the mta board later today with a resolution considering both ceqa adoptions and finding as commenting to the transit service plan at implementation of the mission bay fund if adopt by the board. >> turn back to sally. >> thank you adam before we turn to the design phase i'll ask the commissions parish to let me correct the record i misspoke for the correction for mitigation t r-9 d i'd like to reread the correct correction that is the event center interior lighting in the 5 bullet of that mitigation measure it will anyhow read avoid void the light helipad landing area and adding new language where feasible for the television flash lighting screens around the the 16th street or third street and then strike where feasible thank you. >> so, now i'm going to turn it over to e turn to the other project approvals for the major concept and schematic design as as you recall staff has several workshops including a draft major phase in january of this year and

the mta right now evaluating technology that alerts a bus driver when someone is crossing the street. >>> also this morning, we're getting a look now at the man who police say put passengers on an mta bus in the bronx in danger. police say this is the man who aimed a laser pointer at the driver's rearview mirror. that light temporarily blinding the driver. when the driver pulled over, the man jumped off the bus and ran away. he has not been arrested. >>> the woman who left a newborn baby in a nativity scene at a church in richmond hill, queens l not face charges. security video from a 99 cent store shows is the woman buying the towels that the child was found wrapped inside. authorities have not released the woman's name, but the queens da says she was tracked down. she was interviewed. since she did make an attempt to follow new york safe haven law, she will not be prosecuted. is suing porsche over the "fast and furious" star's traffic death. he claims they failed to build in certain protections that could have saved his life. the wrongful death lawsuit was filed yesterday in los ang