NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is allowing the robotaxi company Waymo to test a few of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn, officials said Friday as the technology picks up in popularity in other metro areas.

The self-driving car company received a permit to begin testing a limited number of autonomous vehicles in parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.

Waymo will be permitted to test autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn until late September, the city says.

A Legionnaires' disease cluster in the Harlem area of New York City has caused six deaths and sickened over 110 people. Here's what it is, symptoms and how it's spread.

Six people have now died from a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City’s Central Harlem, and another seven are currently hospitalized with the condition, the city’s health department said. The health department disclosed the updated numbers on Thursday and said there are now 111 confirmed cases.

The bribery scandal involving former top adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin doesn't seem to be slowing him down. CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo has the details.

Ingrid Lewis-Martin accepted more than $75,000 in bribes while serving as chief adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams, prosecutors alleged in four conspiracy indictments.

Mayor Adams defended his longtime advisers Ingrid Lewis-Martin and Jesse Hamilton on Friday on the heels of their corruption indictments, while his opponents in the mayoral election slammed the arrests as indicative of deeper problems with Adams’ leadership.