🔌🌡️ Thousands of people were without power on Monday in New York City as extreme heat envelopes the northeast, and Con Edison had crews working quickly to try and restore electricity for thousands. Nearly 10,000 people experienced an outage in Queens near the Long Island border, while thousands more saw outages in the Bronx and on Staten Island. 1010 WINS spoke with residents struggling with their power, and what the outage meant for them amid the heat. 🔊 Mary-Lyn Buckley reports: | 1010 WINS

BREAKING: A 43-year-old Long Island man accused of killing his 75-year-old father—a retired Suffolk PD detective—with a shotgun has been arraigned. “I plead not guilty by insanity,” he told a judge. More here: https://bit.ly/4iFB3FV | 1010 WINS

4-legged mammal mischief in Harlem. Furry burglars. 1010WINS LIVE. | 1010 WINS

💸☃️ Sunday's storm left New York City coated in snow, and with freezing temperatures, swirling winds and dangerous roads, many stayed home. The hit the extreme weather took on small businesses was real, and many are hoping to recover amid plowed roads and easier conditions on Monday. "So yesterday we tried to open, thinking like 'OK, we'll do some business,'" owner of Bellucci Pizza Leo Dakmak said. "We did open, but our drivers refused to go in this weather, and usually we have a partnership w

The first major cold spell of the season plunged parts of New York and New Jersey into low temperatures Tuesday, and delivering a shock for 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida and Georgia. 📸 Glenn Schuck/AP News/Nam Y. Huh @apnews @apphotoarchive 🔗 Click on link in bio to read more 🔊 Tune into 1010 WINS at 92.3 FM for more local news #nyc #newyork #weather #snow #localnews | 1010 WINS

While a brutal cold wave has claimed 18 lives across New York City, Robert Sottman, a crossing guard at East Brook Middle School in Paramus, braves six-degree temperatures. Sottman uses a unique "acclimatization" method—refusing to turn on his car's heat during his commute—to prepare for the shock of the outdoors. Despite the "struggle" that has proven fatal for some, including a recent victim on East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx, Sottman maintains a hopeful outlook for the warmer months ahead. "Y