Danielle Leigh
Her reporting on government corruption and mismanagement has led to new laws and policy changes. She's also helped viewers tricked by unscrupulous business practices recoup thousands of dollars.
Prior to joining Eyewitness News, Danielle worked as a consumer investigative reporter at KING5 in Seattle. While there, her reporting exposed a landlord violating fair housing laws, uncovered safety concerns within Seattle's vehicle-for-hire inspection process, caused the state to alter a confusing system of toll bills, and achieved policy changes in a federal rural housing program offered by the USDA to prevent county government from taking advantage of participants through unfair fees.
Danielle strongly believes in supporting her community. She has worked to increase awareness about diabetes, helped raise money for uncompensated care for children experiencing debilitating illnesses and served on the board for Runway to Freedom, an organization supporting domestic violence victims.
In her free time, Danielle loves traveling, trying new restaurants, enjoying live music, snowboarding, relaxing beach side and cuddling up with her dogs, Sasha and Diego.
You can follow her on Facebook.
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Hundreds of protesters are expected to gather Monday night for a vigil in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to protest the sacrificial use of chickens during a religious ritual called Kaporos.
The NYPD said officers responded to calls about several males who had apparently overdosed on K2 around 9 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Broadway and Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick.
As New York City grapples with the challenges of educational inequality, one principal says she may have found a solution in the public high school she founded six years ago.
A Metro-North rider who uses a motorized scooter says a trip to buy groceries turned into a nightmare commute because of a broken elevator at the Glenwood station in Yonkers.
Residents at a public housing complex in the Melrose section of the Bronx were awoken by severe flooding in the building Thursday for a fifth straight day.
