Michael Wallace

WCBS Newsroom Anchor

New York City, USA

About Michael

Michael Wallace is a veteran news anchor with over 20 years of experience in television news. He has worked for WCBS News 2 in New York City, covering a wide range of topics including politics, crime, and social issues. Wallace has won several awards for his reporting, including multiple Emmy Awards. He is known for his calm and authoritative demeanor on live television. Wallace has also worked as a correspondent for CBS News, reporting from around the world. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

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Witness Accounts: Volume 33

Somewhere in the Skies•Oct 28, 2024•43:25•guest

Gov. Murphy officially appoints replacement for Bob Menendez, Mayor Adams faces press after being subpoenaed for second time, and New juvenile human trafficking court opens on Long Island

WCBS 880 All Local•Aug 16, 2024•4:34•host

Michael Wallace

About Michael

Associated Podcasts

Somewhere in the Skies

WCBS 880 All Local

Connect

Key Topics

Recent Appearances

Witness Accounts: Volume 33

Gov. Murphy officially appoints replacement for Bob Menendez, Mayor Adams faces press after being subpoenaed for second time, and New juvenile human trafficking court opens on Long Island

Colleges brace for renewed protests, Two teenagers slashed and stabbed in Times Square, and Gov. Murphy announces free NJ Transit rides for a week

NYPD add 100 officers to patrol Central Park amid rise in crime, MTA to add more security guards at subway stations to stop fare evaders, Nassau County sign mask ban into law

Judge rules jury in former long Island Congressman George Santos's fraud trial next month will remain anonymous, With crime on the rise in Central Park NYC Mayor wants to launch drone patrols, More politicians in NYC join the push to shut down illegal ca

WCBS 880 will come to an end at 12:01am on August 26th, Businessman Robert Tucker has been appointed NYC's fire commissioner, NYPD arrests 2 migrants wanted for a knifepoint rape last night in Coney Island, New report finds ghost license plates are cost

Gov. Hochul declares state emergency ahead of storm, Heavy delays and cancellations at local airports, and Brooklyn man freed from prison after 16 years for a murder he didn't commit

Former firefighter saves family from a flooded car, Homeless man arrested for stabbings in Queens, and Review begins of raid on Randall's Island migrant shelter

Outcry over plans to build casino in Nassau, MTA subway accessibility project goes ahead despite pause in congestion pricing, and Body found in Yonkers

NYPD make arrest after fatal shooting at birthday party, Dozens of gang members indicted in the Bronx, and Police raid migrant shelter on Randall's Island

Two police officers shot on Lower East Side, NJ man indicted in crash that killed 7 people, and Man accused of drunk driving that killing 4 people pleads not guilty

The MTA is facing a deficit of more than $400 million, Uber and Lyft have reached a deal over driver lockouts, NYC shuts down over 700 illegal marijuana shops across the city.

Mayor Adams signs executive order suspending parts of new law limiting solitary confinement in NYC jails, Family of Black man killed by NYPD say his killing was unjustified, and Three injured when a car crashed into a house in East Babylon

Custody battle leads to murder-suicide, NYPD testing weapon scanners at subway stations, and Environmental activists and Expanding access to Harlem River waterfront to low income families

Supporters of congestion pricing filed two new lawsuits today, New York City's ballot this November could include questions about how much power the city council and mayor should have, The theater union is fighting a proposed casino in Times Square

Someone left a possible explosive device outside an NYPD precinct house in Harlem, President Biden has granted New Jersey Transit's request to intervene in the potential strike by its engineers and trainmen, A Long Island judge may change the sentence for

NJ Sen. Bob Menendez announces plan to resign, NYS rejects plans for cellphone tower on Long Island, and Investigations underway for deadly plane crash at MacArthur Airport

Endorsements roll in for Kamala Harris, Hochul plans affordable housing for formerly incarcerated people in Chelsea, and A new approach to preventing lithium battery fires

Most local governments recovering well from worldwide global IT outage, Airlines hit hard from IT outage, and Harvey Weinstein trial delayed due to IT outage

Nassau County's Planning Commission approves a plan to build a casino resort, Brooklyn Councilwoman Susan Zhuang speaks after her arrest for allegedly biting a police deputy chief, The Transit Workers Union claim the MTA has illegally cut its bus service