A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Manhattan, causing ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. Family members of the ...

New York lawmakers are calling for tougher safety rules on sightseeing helicopters one year after a deadly Hudson River crash. Officials gathered in Manhattan on Thursday to urge passage of the ...

Families of victims killed in a Hudson River tourist helicopter crash last year are urging Congress to tighten safety standards for sightseeing flights. Five of the victims were members of the Escobar ...

A bipartisan group of congressmembers has introduced a bill that would raise safety standards in the helicopter industry long criticized for lax regulation — one year after a helicopter crashed into ...

Relatives of the family killed in the helicopter crash in the Hudson River last year are suing the company that operated the sightseeing tour, as well as the company’s owner. The civil lawsuit, filed ...