Mayor Mamdani said Friday he is vetoing a controversial bill that would have enabled the NYPD to set up “buffer zones” around schools and universities during protests. Mamdani said he was letting a ...

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. New York City Mayor ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed one and vetoed one of the controversial "buffer zone" bills aimed at handling safety around places of worship and education. The bills — Intro 1-B and Intro 175-B — were ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed a controversial City Council bill on Friday that would permit the NYPD to set up “buffer zones” around schools and educational facilities during protests, ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued his first veto Friday, rejecting a City Council bill that would have instructed the NYPD to establish anti-protest buffer zones at schools and education ...

Israel is creating what it calls a buffer zone in southern Lebanon for a prolonged military occupation, with low expectations that direct talks with Lebanon will lead to quick action on disarming ...

The New York City Council approved legislation Thursday that would require police to publish plans to establish buffer zones at schools and houses of worship during protests. The move places Mayor ...

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, March 26 - Israel has said it will seize a chunk of southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone" against Hezbollah militants, stoking fears among Lebanese of Israeli military ...

A bill that passed on Thursday was a watered-down version of what the New York City Council speaker vowed to pass after an intense protest outside a synagogue last year. By Dana Rubinstein and Sally ...