Chantee Lans

6 days ago | abc7ny.com | Chantee Lans

KEW GARDENS, Queens (WABC) -- Authorities announced the takedown of an auto theft ring, targeting all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island and beyond. The massive crackdown was carried out by New York State Police and the NYPD, in Howard Beach, Queens. The location was just one of nine across New York City. Twenty people have been indicted as the ring leaders and masterminds behind 126 stolen vehicles from across the five boroughs, Long Island and New Jersey.

2 weeks ago | abc7ny.com | Chantee Lans

BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A smoky three-alarm fire burned through a store in Brooklyn, leaving residents in the apartments above homeless. Fire appears to have broken out inside Savon Shoes, a first-floor store on 13th Avenue at 39th Street in Borough Park just after 2 a.m. Monday. Heavy smoke spewed through the building, forcing people to evacuate. Some residents reported smelling gas and hearing an explosion at the time of the fire. No one was injured.

4 weeks ago | abc7ny.com | Chantee Lans

ISLAND PARK (WABC) -- Top officials across Nassau County are coming together in opposition to lithium-ion battery storage facilities on Long Island. The main concern is unpredictable and uncontrollable fires that firefighters in the county are just not trained to deal with. The rally was held by County Executive Bruce Blakeman to oppose placing a lithium-ion battery warehouse on Long Island.

1 month ago | abc7.com | Chantee Lans

ByChanteé LansTuesday, April 15, 2025 12:54PMBAY SHORE, Long Island -- A woman from Long Island is celebrating her 100th birthday, but even more impressive than that milestone... she can do things that many 20-year-olds can't manage. A typical aerobics fitness class is anything but typical for Geraldine "Jerry" Leo. "April 11th is my 100th birthday," she said. It's not just her high tempo, pristine hearing and hand-eye and foot coordination.

1 month ago | abc7ny.com | Chantee Lans

NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's a new street drug that is proving to be deadly and Eyewitness News got an inside look at the lab where agents are making it a top priority. "The leading cause of death among Americans 18 to 45 is drug overdoses and poisonings," said Frank Tarentino, NY DEA Special Agent in Charge. Tarentino says fentanyl continues to be the most common deadly substance. He says less than a pinch, an example Eyewitness News saw in a vial, just 2 milligrams, could take a life.