City Island weather forecast provided by NOAA and shows the weather summary plus detailed sun, rain, snow, wind and temperature. The weather forecast extends out showing information for morning, afternoon and overnight. City Island is 20 ft above sea level at the distance of 11 miles from Manhattan.

Saturday Mostly sunny, high 68. Light and variable wind blowing west 5 to 8 mph for afternoon.
Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Northwest wind around 8 mph.
Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 14 to 16 mph.

Just as Congress sits down in a new bipartisan conference committee to the hard work of funding the future of the food stamp program, the benefits known as SNAP have dropped as stimulus spending dating from the 2009 recession expires.

The cut of $5 billion for fiscal year 2014 equals to a $5.00 a day per recipient 21 fewer meals a month for a family of four, or 16 fewer meals for a family of three, according to the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's three term and 12 year reign is finally wrapping up, with less than a week before election day. Some of Mike's laurels include 450 miles of bike lanes, the creation of seating areas at locations that once held only cars, a smoking ban in restaurants, as well as bars and the requirement of food chains to post calorie counts, also 311, control of the public school system... etc.

Plan ahead and vote. Speak up because your ballot is your voice and you must be heard.

Tuesday, November 5 is Election Day. Polls are open for registered voters from 6 AM to 9 PM.