UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy lashed out Wednesday at a group protesting COVID-19 vaccinations. “These folks back there have lost their minds. You’ve lost your minds. You are the ultimate knuckleheads and because of what you are saying and standing for, people are losing their life,” Murphy said during a press conference. COVID VACCINE New York State book online here or call 1-833-NYS-4-VAX New York City book online here or call 877-VAX-4NYC Track NYC vaccinations by zip code Nassau County more info here Suffolk County more info ..read more

WEST NEW YORK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – New Jersey’s senior U.S. senator was on hand as his name was immortalized on a school in his home county. The new P.S. 3 in West New York bears the name Robert Menendez Elementary School. Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, grew up in nearby Union City. West New York Elementary School Named For Sen. Robert Menendez Naming the school in his honor was the idea of West New York Mayor Felix Roque and was approved by the local school board. “He never ever forgot his Hudson County roots,” said district superintendent John Fauta. Sen. Menendez spoke to sixth gra ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J.(CBSNewYork) — For many families Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year, there’s food, fun, and the little ones love it. After the Thanksgiving play at St. Augustine’s School in Union City, N.J. fourth graders told CBS 2’s Cindy Hsu that they had plenty to be thankful for. “I’m thankful for family, friends, and food,” Andrew Ta said. Maria Jose was thankful for all of the things that her family had given her. “A good education and a good life,” she said. Outside of the classroom Charles Green, 13, offered a simple explanation. “Be close with your family and be thankful fo ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Union City, N.J., man stood charged Monday with coercing a 15-year-old Minnesota girl to pose naked over a webcam. Daniel Derringer, 24, was arrested at his home on Sunday, according to the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office. He was charged with manufacturing and possessing child pornography. Prosecutors said Derringer initially pretended to be a 15-year-old girl himself on an unspecified social networking site, and persuaded the girl to take her clothes off on webcam as he recorded her acts, according to an NJ.com report. Later, Derringer contacted ..read more

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A man in Jersey City apparently stabbed one of the passengers in his car, after getting angry because the passengers wouldn’t tell them where they wanted to be dropped off. The passengers told The Jersey City Journal they had been hanging out with the driver at a nightclub in Union City on Thursday night. They asked him for a ride home and he obliged, but he began getting angry after driving around without being given an address to drop them off, the newspaper reported. Eventually, the man pulled over at Manhattan and Tonnelle avenues in Jersey City and kick ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Firefighters are still on the scene of a huge 3-alarm blaze that ripped through a New Jersey apartment building Monday afternoon. Investigators are waiting for things to cool down before they start looking for what started the fire in the four-story multi-family building on Bergenline Avenue in Union City. More than 20 apartments and at least two businesses on the first floor were destroyed. No one was injured, but dozens of residents were displaced in the fire. “We lost everything,” said resident Alexander Cruz. “In 30 minutes, one hour —  ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Twenty-four apartments, a grocery store and a barbershop were destroyed Monday afternoon, when a 3-alarm fire ripped through a building in Union City, N.J. As 1010 WINS Sonia Rincon reported, the fire broke out around 3:15 p.m. Monday in the four-story building at 411 Bergenline Ave., at 5th Street. The blaze burned for hours. 1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon reports https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2012/12/unioncityfire.mp3 While everyone got out of the building safely, the fire forced dozens of people on the street. One man, Alexander C ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – City Hall in Union City, New Jersey was raided by FBI agents Wednesday morning. The reason for the raid has not been made public and the FBI said the investigation is ongoing. WCBS 880’s Jim Smith reportshttps://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2012/11/smith1.mp3 The agents focused on the city’s Community Development Agency, WCBS 880’s Jim Smith reported. FBI agent carries items out of Union City City Hall (credit: Jim Smith/WCBS 880) The raid began at 8 a.m. and agents spent the entire morning inside City Hall, Smith reported. At the end ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — An overloaded power strip plugged into a wall socket was blamed Sunday for sparking a fire at a Union City, N.J., apartment building that left two residents injured and a dog dead. The fire broke out around 9 a.m. Saturday in a second-floor apartment, in the four-story building at 3501 Hudson Ave. in Union City, North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue officials told the Jersey Journal. The fire was mostly contained to the apartment where it started, and building residents were able to return to their homes later Saturday. The power strip was blamed for the blaz ..read more

UNION CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Officials say a New York woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in New Jersey. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Hudson County prosecutor’s office says a 26-year-old woman was sleeping in a car that had been parked and left running in the midtown area of Kennedy Boulevard in Union City. An unknown man allegedly got in the car while she was asleep and drove to the downtown area of North Bergen. Officials say the victim woke up to find the man sexually assaulting her. He then got out of the car and ran off. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests ..read more