williamson lane is one of some 60 private roads in riverhead. roadsethat the town is not required bylaw to pl. but for 70 years riverhead did plow those roads until some homeowners threatened to sue the town for street damage down by plows. that's when the highway superintendent issued an ultimatum to residents, open these pr ate the roads the public or snow plowing would come to an end. >>ldf you want to stay private, then you stay private. 50 private streets agreed to no make their rods public ones. a few of them refused. on g days like today residents on williamson lane must resort to shovels and snow blowers to dig them self out. if there's ever any issue on the lane here, we're stuck. >> i think either all the roads should get plowed or none. >> reporter: tonight riverhead's town supervisor tells me the residents brought all that frustration on to themselves by refusing to open their private streets and their private beaches to public. we're live in riverhead tonight. >>> taking you now to queens flood cigarette a big problem in some neighb

. >> reporter: rob, we have a couple of inches of snow on the ground here in riverhead. we're long county roaw 58 which is a major east-wes thoroughfare thorough thoroughfare. you can still see blacktop still visible outohere. the bad news, the snow has been picking up cn intensity over the last half an hour or so. the winds as well. winter reminding us once again it's still here. for the second time in four days, long island drivers are facing a snowy challenge. >> i would barely see and it was pretty bad. >> reporter: despite her struggles, the consensus so far is that the roads here in riverhead aren't as slick as they were friday. that storm dumped about 7 inches island wide, police reported some 300 fender-benders and spin-outs. >> two storms in three, four days. >> unbelievable. we get done, we got another one. that's part of it. >> reporter: highway crews in riverhead began pretreating roads this morning with a brine mixture that includes beet juice. it's believed to be more effective in deicing the road. >> we can go to like minus 5 and it actually helps out. >>

you can see the snow from montauk to riverhead. that's kind of right on the border of nassau and suffolk county through new london county to bridgeport. you've got this snow and the temperatures have been falling here this morning. we will see temperatures of 37, 38 degrees dropping during the day. these will be our high temperatures. we have a fair amounts of wind out here. taking the staten island ferry. 26-mile-per-hour winds gusting to 33. the ferry will be fine. but you have issues of wind getting on and off the ferry. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. heather? >> we will talk about the subway status. problems at hoyt avenue. you have the cross bronx, going eastbound near white plains road, an accident with delays backing up getting into that spot. george washington bridge in the upper level, at the tolls, we have a disabled vehicle being worked on. the holland is a 5 to 10-minute delay. our street cleaning rules are suspended. metered rules are in effect. back to you. >>> a new york city police officer charged

we're live in riverhead with that part of the coverage. kristin. >> reporter: here we go again for suffolk county. that really hit the east end of long island. and again, it is the east end of long island expected to get the brunt of this storm. i want to show you riverhead -- at 58. everything is looking all right. you want to be careful if you're heading out. up to 8 inches of snow expected for some areas in suffolk county. no surprise that schools are closed today. we're going to show you some videos that we got on the lie -- around exit 71. it really was amazing to watch. as we were heading east around brentwood -- it was okay. then something happened. right when we hit -- it just got that all the sudden. traffic really slow down to a call. again, the east end of suffolk county -- a lot of areas in the hamptons will really be getting the bronze of this. up to 8 inches. if you do need to head out -- make sure to be careful. >> i think the roads are pretty good. you have to drive carefully. they are not bad. if you go too fast and it is

we have about five or six inches of snow on the ground here in riverhead. as janice said it's just the first-round of foul weather in what should be a busy week. in riverhead snow was the concern. and in nearby jamesport the issue was the rising tide. for the second time in four days winter reminded eastern long island it's notidone yet. >> very tired of it. i'm ready for florida. >> unbelievable. we get done and get another one. that's part of it. it's winter time. >> reporter: for drivers that one in which blowing snow sometimes made seeing what was ahead very challenging. >> i could barely see. d it was pretty bad. >> reporter: brianna made it to work on timebond okay. police are reporting slight increase in fender benders and ne in outs. >> i'm having a slick time. it's not good out there. >> reporter: joe was cents home from work early and some schools didn't open at all. making this an unexpected four day weekend that not eve yone relished >> definitely bette than just sitting inside doing nothing. reporter: the good news in all of this is that despit

riverhead seems to be living up to its name the taconic overflowing its banks. so sidewalks, parking lots and streets are being blocked off by police. it was difficult for cars to safely negotiate riverhead streets so rodney tried riding a bicycle past the banks of the taconic. >> this is going to ice up. and it's really going to be inconvenient for bicycles, walkers and cars. >> reporter: hours after high, is it too deep out there? >> yes. very, extremely. i don't want to swim. too cold. >> reporter: in lindenhurst, code officers monitored streets, blocks from the bay that never usually flood. even school buses were turned away. off the south shore the surge of saltwater affected by winds and low pressure, high tides and new moons, overflowed canals. it came up through storm drains. >> every time at high tide, a full moon, high tide, and the >> reporter: there's a growing call for immediate federal and state funding for an army corps of engineers back waters bay water flow study. >> right now, the state has federal money that it should be releasing to our areas

he says it's 49 in riverhead. we've got lots of upper 40s and low 50-degree temperatures. he s says 52 degrees. we head into the lower hudson valley. one of the coolest temperatures i can find. mark and janine in pleasant valley, 42 degrees where they are. a spring like evening in february. we are taking a live look outside. this is from our camera high atop the empire state building and, yeah, seeing a few raindrops on the lens am we have some light rain out there. currently 50 degrees officially in the park. high temperatures today not as high as they were yesterday, but well above where they should be. yesterday upper 50s, low 60s. today 50s for the most part. 58 jfk. 57 islip and laguardia. 56 for bridgeport and new crack. central park a 55 degrees. that puts us 6 degrees cooler than yesterday. we knew yesterday, that was not happening again, right? huge spike in temperatures for your saturday. well above where we should be. 43 is the norm. 55 today. tomorrow will be at 47 degrees. tuesday, however, temperatures showing the rain moving across right now. again its prima

and again we have more of this beginning to work its way in through oakville and riverhead. now we'll go down to jersey. jackson right along 195 you've got some heavier shower activity. right now as the storm begins to work its way up, lots of moisture in a system stretching about 1500 miles from the top of the program. from the city on down to the jersey shore the impact is going to be low to moderate. the start time now is where we're seeing the rain. the end time probably noon friday. roadways are going to be wet and slushy. to three inches. now let's roll out to sections of connecticut and fairfield county all the way out through long island. the impact there moderate. the end time is 3:00 p.m. before all of this pushes out through the twin forks. roadways are going to be slushy. future tracker as we put things into motion, friday at 8:00 we have rain. that's well to the south in the atlantic. and we have snow stretching all the way and some heavy at times out to the island, fairfield county, in through the city, queens and prook brooklyn and even down through sections o

reaching the ground, but you're seeing them over parts of long island, the hamptons, back towards riverhead, and islip. the leading edge of the arctic air is right here, and that will be here in probably less than 12 hours. so mostly cloudy tonight, a few flurries, a brief snow squall, not that big of a deal in terms of snow. noontime tomorrow, once that wind kicks in, you're really going to kick it. the arctic air moves out on president's day. we get temperatures above freezing by then, but not before. and then monday night into tuesday, a storm system comes through that may start out as snow, changing to freezing rain, then to rain. look at the temperatures from sunday's 16 to tuesday's 48. so the sea saw continues. and it does warm up next week. but while you're snug as a rug bug in a rug in this morning -- >> a lot of people talking about the knicks tonight for some interesting reasons. christoph pour zing us made his mark. and why major league baseball and the rangers had the kings right where they wanted them. so what happened? that's just ahead in sports. >> and here's what jimmy fal

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you know, look, riverhead about a quarter inch of rain. 9:30 tonight is that we think maybe the back edge of that storm could, eh, reignite a bit and give you another round of rain. it's not definite. the warning is out there to err on the side of caution. so what to expect, rain overnight and a one-day event gone tomorrow. then it's all about two, two, two mints in one. two chances for snow out there. one would be overnight thursday night into friday morning. the other monday into tuesday. now maybe even wednesday, it's moving a little slower. neither are huge storms. here's what it takes for monday, tuesday, wednesday -- now it's pushing more towards boston, but inland it would be cold enough for snow. it's taking more of this east track. this is new information today. the bigger numbers in our area would be east, montauk. not a huge storm. but depending on the track, it could be. and as we know, the track of the storm they change every day so please keep it tuned right here. 53 degrees for your day tomorrow. leftover clouds slightly cooler than today. 42 on friday. remember, thurs

east of bridgeport to new haven across to riverhead, the twin forks, and shelter island, and hampton, montauk, with that line of showers. and clear out this afternoon with sunshine and the next front comes by with some colder air. so we will have an early shower, from the afternoon, and now that is going to be winding down. it will be a beautiful sunset. and the temperature around 59. and tonight, partly cloudy around 38. and then tomorrow, we have some sunshine. and it a nice day, and the rain comes in around midnight tomorrow night. and it lasts through the morning commute on wednesday. and then the temperatures drop on down to 26 for the low wednesday night. and we are looking at sunshine, chilly weather for thursday. and we have 28 on thursday night. right there. that will set us up for another little system coming by with some precipitation that will give us some snow and it doesn't look to be a lot. but it looks to be enough to be a nuisance. where that can louse up things for travel on friday if you're trying to get into or out of the city friday into friday night. and then we

. >>> a man will be sentenced today in riverhead for the grisly 2011 murder of his former high school classmate. kyle underhill, the 18-year-old was found in a marsh three days after thomas liming's beating and choked him, living underhill to die. submerged beneath a sheet of plywood. he faces a sentence of 25 years to life. >>> 6:44. learning more about the women seriously injured trying to protect her you can son from an out-of-control taxi. the 41-year-old mother reportedly shielded the boy when a light pole crashed down on the upper east side. the yellow cab slammed into the post. a woman in the cab was also hurt. the driver told police he swerved to avoid a collision. no citations were issued. >>> starting today, nassau of sorts to scofflaws. it's for traffic and parking tickets written before the start of 2014. during the program, offenders have the opportunity to pay their fines without affecting their credit. they also have a chance to negotiate reduced fines and a payment schedule. the program runs until may 22nd. >>> 6:45. time check on the accuweather forecast. >> meteorolo

he's being treated in riverhead. and there have been other pup sightings in the area. is. if you see it, don't touch it. call and report it and they'll get it. steve: very nice. weather-wise, it's 56. we have tropical rain moving through. dari: and perhaps snow. we're just -- nick: we've got a lot going on. that should be no surprise the way the winter has been unfolding all along. definitely it's going to be a tale of a couple of days. today, warm and wet. tomorrow we'll be talking about a transition towards cooler temperatures and going to come into snow in the area tomorrow night into friday morning and another shot next week. way above average. so far, about two-thirds of an inch of rain. the average high is between 39 and 27. 56 now raining in the city. humidity, high wind out of the south and the pressure 29.93 on the rise. the rain continues. you look at fox 5 sky guardian. you can see we had some good downpours over the city into southern connecticut. the back edge of that is moving through here. this has the southwest to northeast movement. we still have a couple

how towards riverhead. anyhow, if you have. a lot afraid out there. that did do little for the damage here and there. lots of pictures of tree limbs down and things like that. we still have some clouds hanging out. they should be picking up as time goes on. when coming in from the west, northwest. the cold front has gone by. again, still some clouds lingering from the time being. cooler still dropping into the tri-state. high-temperature goes up to 42 degrees today. a small shower chance friday night into saturday morning. let's bring in ines rosales. let's see what we have on the roads. >> good morning. expect delays as you approach central avenue. there was a so earlier westbound. if you are taking the bqe, traffic also chance although it period you are fine westbound. the fdr drive. hearing about flooding right now. the fdr drive here, slow. they just throw away. some good news there. if left to 15 minute delay with the trains ended out of penn station. >> thanks a lot. it seems like there's president already. >> president bush talking about donald

this is in riverhead. our photographer eddie alonzo is feeling pretty strong wind gusts as well. katherine creag is? babylon. she's with a look at what crews are doing to keep the roads safe. some of the stalt alt from where you are, kat, is hea ng to where eddie is. >> reporter: absolutely. the winds are starting to pick up up. the slightest flurries, we just started to get some a couple of minutes ago am we want t show you this video. there are so many workers out and about. public works crews out in the streets preparing for the snow at's forecasted. ey'vece been treating the streets. 100 of them are on the job right now. they received word around 4:00 in the afternoon yesterday that and they arrived for work today at 3:00 in the morning. we talked with the foreman here the department of public works who said it helps them if vehicles are off the streets. it makes it easier to treat the streets with salt and clear them. they also talked about what their job entails today. take a listen. >> we're deploying our trucks to get loaded and headed out to the assigned areas to pre tre

again, really the eastern half of suffolk from riverhead through the hamptons. south hold area. maybe a touch of light snow. east of stamford along 95. then you go further west, a little bit of light snow into warren county and hunter don county. it won't amount to very much. mostly cloudy, above the freezing mark in the city. i think we stay above freezing the bulk of the day today. upper 30s should to it. more than a few flurries early and few breaks in the afternoon cloud cover. let's get over to lauren lauren and see if there are problems this morning. >> no real problems. nice morning commute so far. no unplanned detours out there on the buses. everything looks good. seastreak has a couple of service changes in effect today. major commuter lines and subways all running on the regular routes and schedules as well. alternate side of the street parking parking is -- >>> the results of the first primary vote. in new hampshire, the polls are correct at the top. bernie sanders easily defeated hillary clinton. >>> donald trump won as expected. in a surprise, john kasich came in se

biologists at the riverhead foundation for marine research and preservation received a call about the pup. they found the 1-month-old pup on the beach lethargic and underweight. biologists are trying to fatten him up and nurse him back to health. >>> take a look at the shocking new video showing the only known jaguar currently living in the united states. lieu siff life in arizona. he's been photographed several times the past few years but never captured on video until now. two conservation groups released this video yesterday. most jaguars live in remote parts of central and south america. it's a rare and special treat to be able to see one of those. >>> 6:49 now. up next, find out which city has most attractive singles. it is not new york city. >> no? >> no, it's not. >> i think there's a lot of attractive people. you are good looking people. don't you fret. don't forget to follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. darlene4ny. michaelg4ny. you're watching "today in new york," you good looking people >>> welcome back. 56 degrees out. it's thursday morning. looking at times squar

just trying to do the math in the studio 45 in riverhead, 40 long island 32 cooler south wind that makes sense however we've got 45 all the way up north. 34 for christie who wants to know about the snow on friday. it is a little too early to tell but mark 39 in pleasant valley and this is a great shot. beautiful, thank you for that half moon there as we are seeing moon lit skies give way to glorious sun and then rain by midday. it is going to be a busier day today than we saw yesterday. still not too bad. just a little umbrella. middle part of the day where we'll see showers clear and 51 in the city wind out of the southwest still makes it feel pretty good. that southwest wind you'll see cooler readings stanford down to the south shore in the chatham is at 30 and might be a little cooler. might be a little warmer but obviously cooler north and west. well north and west where you'll get a sense of the shower. this loin of showers pushing through so what can you expect during the course of the day today? well for the most part dry for the morning rush a shower well north and west a few sho