Dan Krauth

1 week ago | abc7ny.com | Dan Krauth

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In the coming days, weeks and months, investigators will be digging into the helicopter company at the center of Thursday's deadly crash on the Hudson River. Eyewitness News has found the company has a fairly strong safety record with just two NTSB reports in over 30 years of operation. The most recent incident dates back to 2015, when a helicopter makes a hard landing. It was previously owned by a foreign company and had a part on it that had been incorrectly repaired.

1 week ago | abc7ny.com | Dan Krauth

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Local and federal investigators are rushing to find out what caused a tourist helicopter to crash in the Hudson River on Thursday, in order to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again. The helicopter, a Bell 206, was on its sixth trip of the day when it went into the Hudson. Video obtained by Eyewitness News shows the inside of the same helicopter that crashed, on the same tour, months before Thursday's tragedy.

1 week ago | abc7ny.com | Dan Krauth |David Paredes

ByDan Krauth and Dan Krauth and David Paredes, viaFriday, April 11, 2025 12:51AMNEW YORK (WABC) -- Ride the subway or walk the streets of New York City, and you'll see a tragic combination of two things on full display: homelessness and mental illness. Getting help is an endless cycle for these people in need, bouncing from the streets to the hospitals and often to the jails. Violence plays its part as well. Take the numerous incidents of people being pushed onto the subway tracks.

2 weeks ago | abc7ny.com | Dan Krauth

NEW YORK (WABC) -- After President Donald Trump further raised the tariff on Chinese imports on Wednesday, analysts say consumers can expect higher prices and lower supply. Trump abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days but raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%, seemingly narrowing what had been an unprecedented trade war between the U.S. and most of the world to a showdown between the U.S. and China.

3 weeks ago | abc7ny.com | Dan Krauth

NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than $7 billion of taxpayer money has been spent to house and care for undocumented immigrants in New York City over the past few years. The city is in the process of shutting down 50 shelters and hotels that house non-citizens. While the number of people the city cares for is decreasing, 7 On Your Side Investigates looked into why the cost to taxpayers remains high.