well, it is new jersey, wouldn't surprise me. >> reporter: down one awful rabbit hole, steve langford,. >> reporter: >> the company -- steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> the company is cooperating with police and assigned other bunny role. >>> new information after a battle, fantasy sports leagues state till september. the attorney general announced today all bets are off for now. kings and fan duel. new yorkers built millions at the sites. both companies could go to the for now fans are outraged. >> over a million people in the state of new york who play on a weakly basis. for one person to decide they will take that away makes no sense. >> no company or individual is above the law. >> if fantasy sports leagues come back in the fall one measure would add a 15% state tax on the sites' gross rev news. >>> how much will it cost taxpayers in new york and new jersey who never use la guardia airport? cbs 2's jennifer mclogan reports you will now be asked to shell out more as a grand over haul plan checks in. >> reporter: will la guardia airport's redesign come in on budget? a source says no, t

cbs 2 steve langford reports. >> reporter: when 92 year old richmond university medical center after a possible stroke march 12 her family expressed concerns about her most precious piece of jewelry. >> we tried to get the wedding band off and it was very tough to get off so we just decided to leave it. >> the wedding band seen here with her engagement ring, given to her by her late husband leo 60 years ago, as son doug tells cbs 2 news. >> but i not was very special to my mother that had to be special that she never took it off. >> but in the middle of the night as the elderly patients condition faded someone took the cherished wedding band off her finger just before family members raced to the hospital. >> when they came back, the ring was missing. >> a few hours later, pauline twohig died. her family grieving and sickened. >> i think that it's pretty sad that somebody could actually do

live at city hall steve langford cbs2 news. >> thank you. >>> as we saw the guy was gray as marchers made their way across the brooklyn bridge. how long are the rain and clouds last? john elliott is in the weather center with a look at your forecast. >> good afternoon. we have wet weather marching through the area. i want to set the stage quickly and show you there is warm air in place. there is lift in the atmosphere adding to the instability around the atmosphere. look at the cool air around the lakes waiting to come in and cool us down for the weekend. let's talk specifics and draw your attention to this line. this is light rain. into parts of essex county around livingston through caldwells we are seeing heavy that will continue to move predominantly west to east. notice it is riding in and will affect burrgan county. behind it is cool air. we'll see a break by this afternoon. timing it out for you real quickly. this is a model-driven forecast. you can see now between now and the next hour or so could see intensifying of this storm. through staten island, brooklyn and lower manha

cbs2's steve langford reports on their calls for change. >> contract now! >> reporter: after five years out a contract or raise, new jersey transit railroad workers appear to have had enough. >> march 13. this park across from the woodbridge train station saturday as their strike deadline looms. just eight days away. >> if we go on strike, it will be financial devastation to this area. >> reporter: without train service more than 100,000 new jerseyans will have to scramble to try to find another way to work every weekday. >> we will not be able to provide the level of service or the capacity that our rail service currently provides to our customers. >> five years is too long! paycheck. >> reporter: there is a highly charged political backdrop to the showdown with a governor who ended his bid for president and now campaigns for donald trump. >> it's amazing that he continues to refuse to do the work that ordinary new jerseyans expect him to do. >> reporter: they met with the friday. they are scheduled to negotiate again here in new jersey on monday. >> it wi

. >> reporter: it has come to this, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> and jersey city ploys identified the man -- police identified the man and the parent. >>> no more daily fantasy forts for new york. draft kings and fan duel will stop operations in new york till september when an appeal could be heard. cbs 2's steve overmyer with more on what that means for >> reporter: these fans may not be just cheering for their team but for individual players they bet on. big. bullet now that is over -- but now that is over. two of the largest fantasy leagues, draft kings and fan duel will stop new york operations till september, the start of football. >> draft kings and fan duel did the right thing. >> reporter: big money. in one year new yorkers bet hundreds of millions. >> no company or individual, no matter how powerful is above the law. >> reporter: he sought to shut down the sites last night telling the companies to cease and desist. >> it lures in people. >> reporter: both companies launched a campaign to get signatures to the keep the sites open. as he moves to shut them down, fans protested

cbs 2 steve langford reports. >> reporter: atlantic city, may face even greater odds, now that new jersey voters will decide this fall whether to allow gambling in north jersey. the governor, he likes the idea. >> the state, somehow, that we could be some island unto ourselves and keep things in atlantic city, we will not expand to the northern part of the state where will is greater population an also -- there is greater population ang also greater competition from pennsylvania, excuse me, from new york, i think new jersey has to get into the business. >> reporter: one of the proposals calls for a massive $4 billion casino, hotel and and entertainment facility on this property in jersey city. the other major proposal, a cassini at the meadowlands -- a casino at the meadowlands, with a rock and roll museum and more. >> and assemblyman ralph caputo is one of the sponsors to >> in a convenience area with 25, 30 million people with the income to support, that they become very successful. >> i don't support it. especially around here. >> in jersey city this afternoon, not much support for cas

cbs 2's steve langford has the video. >> reporter: that sinking they face security lines like this painfully clear this morning at newark airport a maddening shuffle toward the tsa checkpoint at terminal c the line snaking down halls and upstairs far out of sight of the security area leaving hundreds wondering if they will even make their flights. >> the security lines are terrible. they always are. >> reporter: the tsa recommends travelers arrive at the airport at least two hours two hours. >> i get people coming through screaming at me on social media and the like just so frustrated about this particular airport. >> reporter: on capitol hill this week, a u.s. senator's plea to the head of homeland security to reduce lines that look like something out of the soviet union in the 1970s. >> can't we do something it alleviate this outrageous problem that rightfully is angering people at the newark airport? >> one of the things you can say to your constituents, senator, is, you know, join tsa precheck for the shorter >> reporter: tsa precheck an expedited security screening program available for

cbs 2's steve langford reports it's a timeless ceremony that connects with today's world. >> reporter: the sirens blare on but in the middle of this turbulent city and time a sacred silence as the way of the cross is honored in this most remarkable religious ritual. from brooklyn and across the famous bridge that bears the name of the borough of churches, the procession led by timothy cardinal dolan and brooklyn bishop nicholas dimarzio, a manifestation of great faith perhaps now more than ever. >> it's a tough world. we just saw the brussels events. we are going to ground zero. we recognize that the power of evil is great and can destroy many lives but the power of love is even greater when we exercise it. [ singing ] >> reporter: five of the stations of the day of christ observed on this journey across the bridge and through lower manhattan with an especially reverent stop at ground zero. [ singing ] >> really moving. to see so many people. >> reporter: so many people together in peace. >> it was beautiful. it was a blessing. >> reporter: an example for all. in lower manhattan, stev

cbs 2 steve langford reports. >> reporter: midnight at 96th and broadway, where a 129-year- old man, wait -- 19-year-old man, waiting for a bus is confronted by four suspects who chase him to the pedestrian plaza at the subway station. the victim is slashed and robbed. police say the man was slashed, across his head, his hans and his back. he was rushed to saint luke's hospital. >> we need more protection in our community. did you hear me deblasio? >> reporter: snore slashing in a citywide spree that has some wondering if this is some kind of a coordinated crime wave. >> it is like people here, scaring everybody. i don't know what is happening. >> we will be responding >> reporter: mayor deblasio this week declaring a new focus on the city's slashing spree as cbs 2 marcia kramer raised questions about the renewed emphasis. >> my question is, what made you change your mind? >> i believe the nypd was on the right track before, i believe they are on the right track now. >> i don't understand why people want to slash each other, you know. >> reporter: some in this busy upper west side ne

happened and now a new jersey woman says she has been ripped off by a contractor and cbs 2's steve langford reports, she is not the only one. >> reporter: a few hundred yards from raritan bay the home that's been in mary lou's family for 60 years, the home that got hammered by superstorm sandy, the home that's now at the center of one nightmarish contractor dispute. >> i gave him the money of. wasn't thinking very well. i gave him $137,000. >> reporter: the 61-year-old woman struggles with a neurological disorder said she recovery money to rick woodward a contractor. >> he was supposed to raise the house 8 feet. >> reporter: but it never happened and rick woodard disappearedded last year. we found him in florida what happened to the work on her home? >> it's complete, he says. >> that's not what she says. >> reporter: woodard who would not agree to have his voice recorded for this story denies getting over $100,000 from the woman and says he is no longer in business. you're saying that the company no longer exists? so you don't have any responsibility is that correct? the state of florida's

cbs 2's steve langford tried to solve the mystery of why they have been abandoned now for a decade. >> reporter: if you are looking for a public bathroom in new york city, this off the beaten track lane toward a warehouse in an industrial section of queens will lead to you more than a dozen of them brand-new automatic self- cleaning restrooms that for some reason have been sitting here unused for about a decade. these public toilets are operated or should be by a company from france but currently there are only four installed on the streets of the city. the one we found at corona plaza, queens, wasn't working. a vehicle from the spanish- based company samooza that previously had the public bathroom contract with the city approached the out of order restroom while we were there but the staffer didn't want to talk and left the scene. people do need to use the restrooms. >> reporter: not counting new yorkers, those who work or visit here every day, there are more than 50 million tourists who come to the city each year and just about all will at some point be looking for a bathroom. when

cbs 2's steve langford is joining us from brooklyn federal court with more information. >> reporter: marcia reynolds is charged with intent to distribute 68-pounds of cocaine. night at 7:00 p.m. terminal four. that's american airlines terminal. she has a couple carry-on bags with her. she proceeds through the first level of security because she has airline i.d. but then she is told she is selected for a secondary check. panic. she kicks off her shoes, drops terminal. authorities don't chase after her because they are concerned about explosives. instead they found 68-pounds of cocaine in her luggage. yesterday her whereabouts we are unclear but she surrendered to police in new jersey. >>> the man hunt for brussels spread across belgium. one is seen in a surveillance accomplice in the train station bombing. tuesday's attacks were likely the capture of the master mind from the paris bombings. >> reporter: this afternoon there are a lot of questions about that second suspect. so far authorities have not revealed any information publicly about his identity or been. cbs news has learned th

. >> steve langford is joining us live where he spoke with the victim. >> reporter: it happened at 1:00 p.m. on ninth street. a 91-year-old woman brutalized by a man with a gun. police say the same suspect in a similar home invasion struck >> he came up to talk to me and told me shut up. >> reporter: this 91-year-old relating the cruel mugging she endured here in her building lobby wednesday at the hands of this suspect caught on video near the scene. >> i said please leave me alone. i'm a sick woman. >> reporter: the suspect pointed a gun at her before a neighborhood, michael appeared and was confronted with the barrel of the gun, too. >> did he take money from you? >> yes. the traumatized and confused. police have just posted signs $2500. the poster featuring another photo, the same suspect after a home invasion not far from here in february. >>> three suspects are in custody after a slashing of a yellow cab driver in brooklyn. it happened overnight. >> there was a lot of blood from my forehead. >> reporter: this cab driver feels lucky the slashing on his forehead is not worse than

as cbs 2's steve langford reports, they're urging the person responsible to step up and return the heirloom. >> reporter: when she was rushed to the medical center after a possible stroke on march 12, her anxious family expressed concerns about her most precious piece of jewelry. >> we tried to get the wedding band off. it was very tough to get off, soy we just decided to leave it. >> reporter: the wedding band seen her with her engagement ring given to her by her late husband, leo, 60 years ago, as son doug tells cbs 2 news. >> i know it was very special to my mother that, you know, had to be special that she never took it off. >> reporter: but in the middle of the night as the elderly patient's condition faded, someone wrenched the cherished wedding band off her finger, just before family members raced to the hospital. >> when they came back, the ring was missing. >> reporter: a few weeks later, pauline died. her family grieving and >> i think it's pretty sad that somebody could actually do that to a person that's in her final hours. >> reporter: the hospital says it is working with the n

cbs 2's steve langford reports on what police say is a pattern carried out by one suspect. >> reporter: 91 years elizabeth gioino the survivor of a vicious attack at the hands of this man, the suspect mugging and man handling the poor woman at gunpoint as she came home from the library yesterday about 1 p.m. >> he come in here and he choked me. shut up. shut up. give me money. >> reporter: the suspect caught on surveillance video near the scene of the crime, here in the lobby of her building on 9th street in park slope. >> i said, please, leave me alone. i'm sick woman. i'm old. leave me alone. he choke me, give me money, give me money. i don't have no money. >> reporter: a neighbor tried point convenient but had the gun pointed at him -- tried to intervene but had the gun pointed at him. he robbed him, too. >> did he take money from you? >> yes. >> reporter: police now are offering a reward linking this mugging to another similar home invasion just over a mile away about a month earlier. february 11, 2:30 in the afternoon, here near the corner of prospect place and sixth avenue, that

in lower manhattan, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> now, the way of the cross procession across the brooklyn bridge has been an annual tradition for 21 years. >>> breaking news out of bergen county right now where a crash has clogged the commute on route 17. joe biermann is in chopper 2. joe. >> reporter: yup. major collision and investigation here up in ramsey up in bergen county, southbound 17 at lake street. couple of hours ago, collision between a motorcycle and an automobile. there were injuries. major police investigation. at times all southbound lanes of 17 are closed at the scene. southbound 17 bumper-to-bumper for four miles. down through lake street, we watched an ambulance trying to come through the traffic and it took him 20 minutes with garden state parkway is your alternate. joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >>> still ahead, murder on the upper east side! his apartment. questions about the cause of >> a beloved dog shot to death now she wants answers from the trigger. >> think flu season is done? think again. the new warning about an extended season. >> spring is here so what are some

at brooklyn criminal court, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> today perrone's own court appointed defense attorney said of his client with whom he rarely saw eye to eye, quote, you can't get into the minds of these people because it's like going into a swamp. >>> now to the stunning new developments today in the o.j. los angeles police reveal they are investigating the discovery a knife found buried on simpson's former estate. dick brennan here with more with the trial of the century. >> it never ends. it's a bombshell, discovery or dead end. a knife found on property once owned by o.j. simpson's but is it the knife used in one of the most notorious double murders in american history? tonight marcia clark is reacting to the news. >> it's a remarkable development if it does turn out to be connected to the murders of ron and nicole. >> reporter: the case with all its wild twists and turns has kept the nation fascinated to this day. the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. but now is one of the enduring mysteries finally solved? more than 20 years later another possible clue. >>

steve langford went to find out why. if you are looking for a public bathroom in new york city, this off the beaten track lane towards a warehouse in an industrial section of queens will lead you to more than a dozen of the brand new automatic self-cleaning restrooms that for some reason have been sitting here unusedded for about a decade. >>> these public toilets are operated or should be by the company in france but currently there are only 4 of them installed on the streets of the city and the one we found at corona plaza queens wasn't even working. a vehicle from the spanish based company that previously had the public bathroom contract approached the out of order restroom while we were there but the staffer inside left the scene. problem. people do need to use the restrooms. >>> not counting new yorkers or those who visit here every day there are 50 million tourists who come to the city and who will be all looking for a bathroom. >>> when i worked in paris 30 years ago they had public toilets like this all over the

in bay ridge, brooklyn, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> and the mayor says the new expanded ferry service will create at least 155 new jobs. >>> according to the national travel safety board, st. deadliest holidays of the year. today, nassau county law enforcement teams up with mothers against drunk drivers and local businesses to announce a complimentary car service to make sure everyone gets home safely. according to the board, alcohol-related crashes claim every kill someone every 46 minutes last st. patrick's day. >>> a very challenging commute in washington, dc tonight. it was a slow go during the morning rush following a an precedented shutdown of the dc subway metro system. crews are conducting emergency track inspections in the wake of a series of electrical fires. hundreds of thousands of commuters had to seek alternate transportation creating traffic backups and long lines for buses. >> out of the blue it's like every line shut down for one day. it's a bit concerning. >> federal workers could work from home or take the day off. >>> some new information about a hacking scam that

cbs 2's steve langford has the story. >> reporter: 67-year-old sal perrone entering court to face sentencing and hear from the families of the three brooklyn shop owners he is convicted of shooting and killing in 2012. >> may this animal rot and suffer in jail for the rest of behind the bars alone. >> reporter: but perrone guilty of three counts of murdering three men [ all foreign names ] in separate killings has plenty to say, too, whether the victims' families like it or not. >> my sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. from there. perrone not only denied he killed the three men but claiming in mind-numbing detail how he says he didn't get a fair trial. >> absolutely no one appeared in this courtroom for my defense at the trial. >> reporter: all this dodging and rambling from the man convicted of destroying their families is too much to take. >> every friday night we have dinner in the basement. >> you're a liar. >> liar! >> reporter: in short order the families exit the courtroom en masse unwilling to listen to this serial killer. the families finally returned

in brooklyn federal court, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> reynolds' parents and friend cosigned the bond. tomorrow and is suspended from her job. >>> a crime spree in brooklyn has residents on edge and police looking for two bold suspects. cbs 2's mark morgan reports from east williamsburg. >> reporter: it's scary. it freaks me out. >> reporter: residents in east williamsburg and greenpoint are stunned at what has happened in their brooklyn neighborhoods. in the last 5 weeks, a string of 17 burglaries has jolted these quiet streets. police have released these pictures of two men who are wanted in connection with the robberies. >> most of the incidents took place in the early-morning hours between midnight and six a.m. with thieves grabbing credit cards, debit cards, cash and electronics. according to what police are telling residents, many times the thieves entered through unlocked doors. >> people would leave their apartments unlocked. these guys would run in, take whatever, and then come back and i just really kind of thought, well, i mean, that's ridiculous not to lock your apartment.

. >> and steve largeford spoke with -- steve langford spoke with commuters. price of a single subway fair starting in 2017, service to and from rockaway, south brooklyn, and astoria to wall street and east 34th street in manhattan. expanding the year after to and from the soundview section of the bronx and the lower east side. >> so many people in the community that i have named can look and see the jobs here in manhattan. they can see them far away, but they're hard to access on many levels. citywide ferry service will help to change that. >> reporter: here in bay ridge brooklyn, they're talking a four-stop ferry ride to wall street, taking about 48 minutes. staten island ferries will continue as is, existing east river ferry service as well at the new reduced subway fare rate. the expanded citywide service to be operated by hornblower, which will operate boats that carry at least 149 passengers each. >> and i think it will be fabulous. >> reporter: on a sunny day at rim, it's tough to find anyone who doesn't like the news. >> i think it's a great idea. save

steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> and commissioner bratton looking for additional witnesses. that effort included returning to the scene, one week later, at exactly the same time. >>> new york city students will soon have a new school choice. one headed by shawn diddy comes. the rapper, record producer and clothing designer and actor is the founder of the new capital preparatory harlem charter school at east 104th street and 5th avenue. it will open to 6th and 7th graders this fall. combs says creating the school is a dream come true. >> as we continue here, fighting over air. many drivers pay for it. pumping it into their tires at gas stations, they don't even know, they don't have to, the it could actually change under a new plan. >> it is a big drainage issue that they are apparently not going to address. >> they fought for our country. but now, the final resting place for many veterans in new jersey sits in a puddle. cbs 2 is demanding answers. shot to death by the nypd, and now, the commissioner is >>> that was in fact the sun today, right? >> yes, it was. >> rain, sun,

in tea neck, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >>> and trees were no match for 50 mile-an-hour wind gust, some residents on long island awoke to find yards littered with snapped limbs and broken trunks. a tree came crashing down on patsy williams' home in massapequa, and the winds were so fierce at times, it sounded like a jet coming through. >> all of a sudden, i heard the crash. boom. and it scared me so badly. to thousands in new jersey, as well as long island. and the utility company says much of the service has been restored. >>> westchester was not spared mother nature's fury, either. take a look at the damage on raymond place in younkers. toppled tree, crumpled an suv underneath the tremendous weight. and now the winds have died down, what is next? lonnie quinn will have much more on what we can expect in the full forecast coming up. >>> the campaign manager for donald trump faces charges. after a reporter claims that he got into a tussle with her. cbs 2 dick brennan is live now in the newsroom with more on this. dick? >> reporter: the legal concept here is simple, no grabbing, keep you

. >>> cbs 2's steve langford reports conartists are renting out abandoned houses known as zombie homes. >> over the past two years we've counted about 15 homes, some of the homes that have been rent out by unsuspected renters. >>reporter: suffolk legislator kate browns says those scams were in her own district. foreclosed zombie homes. lawmakers say scammers are now advertising rentals for these abandoned homes, sometimes even fixing them up enough to cheat renters out of thousands of dollars. >> it's very heinous because a lot of times we're talking about people's life savings, to come up with that deposit or downpayment. >>reporter: police say this abandoned foreclosed home in lindenhurst is one example. squatters moved in and portrayed thementz as land lowers -- themselves as land lowers to prospective tenants. neighbors became suspicious >> they're doing illegal activities there because people will be coming an going all hours of the day. >>reporter: after survailing the property, police ultimately arrest the alleged scammers, part of a crackdown ordered by the department's new pol

as steve langford reports, she is not the only one. >> a few hundred yards the home that's been in mary's family now at the center of one nightmarish dispute. >> unfortunately i gave him the money, wasn't thinking very well i gave him about $137,000. >> a 61-year-old woman who struggles with a neurological disorder says she handed over most of her sandy recovery money to handle rick. he was supposed to raise the house. i think it was 8 feet. >> the house elevation job never happened and rick water disappeared last year, no longer returning her calls. but we found rick at his office in florida. what happened to the work on her home? complete, he says. >> that's not what she says. >> he would not agree to have his voice recorded, denies getting $100,000 says he is no longer in business. >> you are saying the company no longer exists so you don't >> it shows his name as the corporate agent. and in new jersey the department of consumer repairs reports 7 complaints last year. and the mercer county prosecutor says it has one criminal complaint for theft by deception on a home construction deal.