Ida Siegal is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for NBC 4 New York. She can be seen on weekday newscasts, starting at 4 pm and Sunday evenings, starting at 6 pm.
Siegal joined the NBC New York team in 2003 and has spent the majority of her career telling stories in the Tri-State area. She has braved hurricanes and blizzards, covered heart breaking fires and accidents, and smiles through countless feature stories shining a light on the best of the human spirit.
In 2012 she was part of the Emmy award winning team covering Superstorm Sandy. She has also covered the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the fatal Metro North Crash in Riverdale and the 2016 presidential election.
Siegal is also a children’s book author. In 2015 she published her first chapter book series with Scholastic, “Emma Is On The Air.” It is the story of an intrepid reporter, who at 8 years old is solving mysteries at school and broadcasting her news reports to all her friends. Siegal was inspired to write the series by all the curious children she meets in the community who want to know what it’s like to be a reporter.
Before working at NBC New York, Siegal was a reporter and anchor at News 12 The Bronx. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Public Policy. While attending Syracuse University, Siegal lived in Hong Kong where she interned at NBC Asia.
A life-long New Yorker who grew up in the West Village, Siegal is now a proud Bronxite where she and her husband are raising two children and a cat.
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Brooklyn woman's murder case takes a twist after husband's arrest
Maria Ines Granda’s husband, the prime suspect in her murder, was tracked down by her son.
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Man beaten to death in broad daylight with wooden plank in Queens park
Investigators are still searching for the suspect, who they believe grabbed the wooden plank from debris in the park.
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Woman killed in Times Square stabbing spree identified as 32-year-old banking exec from NJ
Jarring video circulating on social media showed the woman swinging two large knives before police shot and killed her in the middle of Times Square.
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Times Square stabber had mental health history with police before deadly attack
Jarring video circulating social media shows the woman swinging two large knives before police shot and killed her in the middle of Times Square.
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1 killed, another hurt by knife-wielding woman in Times Square stabbing spree; suspect dead
The woman, who police described as emotionally disturbed, had a knife in the tourist-heavy area Monday afternoon and used it to stab a man and a woman in the area of West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue, police said.
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Two brothers found shot to death in basement of Long Island home, officials say
Two brothers were found shot to death in the basement of a home on Long Island, leaving a family devastated and a community wondering what led to their deaths.
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Thousands in Queens mourn U.S. Army Sgt. Angel Rampersad, killed in Iranian airstrike
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul were among thousands flooding a Queens church and nearby streets Friday for a public funeral honoring Queens Army Sgt. Angel Rampersad, who, along with two other U.S. soldiers, was killed during the Iranian attack on Jordan earlier this month. Earlier this week, her tight-knit Ozone Park community held a candlelight vigil in...
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Chilling photo shows man practice strangling stuffie before killing sister-in-law: DA
In disturbing new developments in a case of a Long Island music teacher charged with killing his sister-in-law, prosecutors claim to have evidence the suspect practiced a chokehold on a stuffed animal minutes before the deadly crime.
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Vigil, funeral details announced for fallen Army Sgt. Angel Rampersad
Representatives for Rampersad’s family released details inviting the public to a candlelight vigil and funeral service this week.
