million lawsuit from a massachusetts man injured in last month's deadly crane collapse 73-year-old thomas o'brien says he was sitting in his parked car when the boom fell on his car. the suit claims the city was negligent in monitoring the which placed most of the boys with the foster father says it is cooperating with the investigation. >>> a major scare at jfk airport after the tsa spotted a suspicious item inside a bag some agents thought it looked like a bomb but the passenger who put it in checked baggage said it was actually a piece of art. in the end they confirmed it was harmless and the man was able to fly. >> firefighters in new jersey spent more than 6 hours battling a large brush fire. starting late friday afternoon near beth anne way and quickly spread and threatened several homes. firefighters finally got the upper hand around 9 p.m. no one was hurt and no homes were damaged. >>> new york city is now facing a $30 million lawsuit from a massachusetts man injured in last month's deadly crane collapse 73-year-old thomas o'brien says he was sitting in his parked car when the boom fell o

thomas o'brien of massachusetts was sitting in his car when the crane slammed onto his roof. he is still recovering from his attorney says the city did not take appropriate precautions despite the weather forecast for wind and snow. the 38-year-old man was killed in the same collapse. >>> the former nypd officer convicted in the shooting of akai gurley has requested that the judge vacate the verdict that police procedures did not allow liang to administer cpr and that he was inadequately trained. a police academy trainer was questioned whether she provided adequate training. >>> john rowland is appealing his latest corruption conviction. he faces a sentence of 2 1/2 years in prison. he was convicted of conspiring to hide payments for work he did for republican congressional candidates. he resigned as governor in 2004 during a corruption scandal he's currently free on bail. >>> art lovers are celebrating opening weekends at new york art. the met bringer opened its doors for the first time the whitney. the upper east side gallery space is debuting with three main spaces you can

the 73-year-old thomas o'brien's spine and skull were fractured when the crane fell on to the parked car he was in. the buildings department's negligence, recklessness and accident. another man was killed when that crane fell. dari: protestors say two guns taken from schools in queens this week are part of a larger disturbing trend. steve: lidia curanaj shows us why some critics want more security at public schools. >> reporter: on the steps of city hall today, the group families for excellent schools announced a shocking surge of weapons recovered in new york city public schools. >> the number of guns went up 30 percent. the number of tasers and stun guns have went up more than 1,000 percent >> reporter: according to the data, the number of weapons found in city schools jumped an overall 25 percent in the 2014-2015 school year. the nypd tells fox 5 of the 13 guns found in 2015, four were not removed from students. one by one, though, parents spoke about the violence they say some students encounter on a daily basis. >> the scary thing is these concerns are more real than we really t

after a construction crane collapsed in new york last month has filed a lawsuit. 73-year-old thomas o'brien from massachusetts was sitting in a parked car when the crane's boom crashed down on his roof. he is now suing the city of new york for $30 million, saying the city was negligent in monitoring the manhattan construction site. >> and a wall street worker was killed by that same crane collapse. his widow also plans to file a suit. >> a 22-year-old man sentenced to five years in prison after hitting and killing a horse and injuring her rider. fox 35 kelly joyce has more on the strict sentence. >> reporter: christopher todd was given five years in prison and five years probation. he's accused of running down a of 2015. he says it was an accident. the victim says she believes he intentionally ran her down because one of her friends yelled out a racial slur because he was driving too fast. he will spend five years in prison followed by five years probation. his lawyer says he feels like that's too steep. >> a million dollars payout from the city of orlando after a man is hurt when a tree fe

thomas o'brien of massachusetts planned to sue over injuries he sustaine in the collapse. o'brien was taking his daughter to a doctor's appointment on worth street when the crane hit his car. the suit says he suffered brain and spine injuries and he blames the city for not blocking streets. >>> a grand jury subpoena that taped city workers in patterson doing work on a mayor's home. this is secret video of those workers doing various cleanup and moving jobs at the home of torres. there are now questions about whether taxpayers were billed for that private work. the tapes will be turned over to state prosecutors. >>> the ika virus has now reached connecticut. the department of health state. a patient in their 60s contracted the illness (f while in a zika area this month. the patient is recovering. >>> if you use the path train to get around, you may have to leeave your hover board at home. not may, you do. hover board now banned from trains and platforms as well. officials areeciting of course safety concerns that the popular gadgets have been linked to fires. >>> coming up

the 73-year-old's thomas o'brien said he was sitting in his parked car when the crane's boom crashed down on the roof last month. the crane fell while being lowered in high winds. the suit claims -- claims the monitoring the construction site. a spokesman for the city's law department said it will review o'brian's claim. >>> and we turn to meteorologist vanessa murdock with a check on the forecast. >> and clouds are beginning to make their way in and note some precipitation to the west. we could see a few showers well south of the city today. southern ocean county might see some this afternoon. for most of us, it's a dry day, 46 degrees and below the norm. overnight fallling to freezing. mostly cloudy skies for many of us with snowflakes again south of the city. tomorrow, a high of 39. with that, we're looking at a possibility of wet snow and some rain mixing in close to the coast. most of us get about a trace to two inches of snow at most. it wraps up by monday morning. janelle, back to you. >> thank you, vanessa. >>> and very much, our newscast is here at cbs 2 and we're always on

lawsuit filed by thomas the massachusetts man was taking his daughter to a doctor's appointment when the crane hit his car. he suffered brain and spine injuries. the crane killed one man and o'brien and two others. >>> the fallout begins after our exclusive i-team story about us patterson and why employees were seen doing work on his home. a grand juryesubpoena has been issued for those videos. we have more on the people who e demteanding the answers. reporter: the tape shows city workers doing jobs at the mayor's house from moving debris to hauling in a beer cooler for a party. and doing onstruction work at a site linked to the mayor's nephew. and some city records appear to show some over time may have been billed to taxpayers at a time private work was being done. outside city hall today, some residents of this working class >> if the mayor is stealing from us, he needs to go to jaeail. >> thisvean gets away with it. >> reporter: but others support mayor torres saying they don't see a problem with the mayor calling employees to do jobs around his house. >> it's hard to find people out there. and they want tons of money to do things for them, your house and stuff like that. i w