Lucy Yang  | ABC7 WABC News Team
Lucy Yang has been a general assignment reporter with Eyewitness News since 1993.

She has covered such stories as the subway firebombing, the scandal surrounding Princess Diana in London and the Central Park murder.

Prior to joining ABC7, Lucy spent four years as a reporter with WPVI-TV's Action News in Philadelphia. Before that she reported for WGLI-TV, The Long Island Report, and wrote and produced for the ten o'clock news on WNEW-TV in New York.

Lucy is a graduate of Princeton University with a B.A. in sociology.


Lucy's Stories
New York Restoration Project giving away thousands of free trees to make a greener NYC
Every weekend in the spring, the New York Restoration Project hands out free trees to New Yorkers. 3,500 saplings are ready to sink roots into backyards and frontyards, making the city a little greener one tree at a time.
Hundreds of young trees vandalized at Kissena Park in Flushing, Queens: NYPD
For the last two years, volunteers have planted about 2,000 trees, in attempts to re-forest the urban oasis in Kissena Park. Except sometime last week, police say vandals destroyed at least 300 newly-planted saplings.
Paterson hosts international women's soccer match between Colombia and Guatemala
Paterson, New Jersey was kicking with pride Tuesday night as Colombia faced off against Guatemala in a soccer match at an historic stadium.
10-year-old cancer survivor hits the ice with former New York Rangers hockey players
Some former pro hockey players took to the ice Tuesday night to help raise money for kids fighting cancer, in a lesson that goes far beyond skating and playing hockey.
Gov. Hochul lays out $45 million plan to fight back against organized retail theft
As retailers continue to suffer from organized theft, Gov. Hochul lays out a $45 million plan to assure merchants that Albany is not tone deaf to ongoing issue.
64-year-old man kicked onto subway tracks in unprovoked attack in Penn Station speaks out
A man randomly kicked onto the subway tracks in Midtown on Sunday says he is lucky to be alive.
As dragons embody power and intelligence, these dishes celebrate prosperity for Lunar New Year
While medieval folklore portrayed the mythical creature as a monster to be slayed, in Asia, the dragon was embraced by emperors for several reasons.
Lucy Yang shares her mother's dumpling recipe for Lunar New Year
Eyewitness News reporter Lucy Yang shares her late mother's dumpling recipe.
Girl Scouts of Harlem, past and present, reunite for Apollo Theater's 90th birthday
The Girl Scouts of Harlem, past and present, gathered under the marquis of the Apollo Theater on Monday to salute the famed theater's 90th birthday.
History archives reveal identities, stories of formerly enslaved people of Brooklyn's Lefferts House
The 18th-century property, plus 300 surrounding acres, was once owned by the Lefferts family in Brooklyn.