A teen was reported missing Friday in the East River off Roosevelt Island in New York City, police sources told CBS News New ...

Pollution from New York City’s East River that flows into the Long Island Sound is slowly but surely reducing, according to a new study from Mamaroneck-based environmental group Save the Sound.

Skanska and E-J Electric Installation Co. crews will overhaul the century-old rail tubes that Hurricane Sandy damaged in 2012 ...

Parts of Manhattan, Long Beach and Coney Island are ... the effects on New York would be more acute. In this scenario, half of LaGuardia Airport would be submerged by the East River, as would ...

The MTA is formally calling on Amtrak to reconsider its plan to keep one of four East River tunnels linking ... result in rush hour shutdowns of Long Island Rail Road service, according to the ...

The Board of Aldermen of Long Island ... of the New-York and Long Island Railroad Company for a right of way for the proposed tunnel into that city under the East River, and voted to give the ...

Amtrak's East River Tunnel project is facing pushback from other transit officials and New York elected leaders ... from the east will be closed off. Long Island Rail Road President Rob Free ...

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