They walked away

[skylanerg]

Plane landed on Major Deegan in the Bronx, NY 1 hour ago (3:20 EST). That's real close to Manhattan and only 1 very cold option.

 

[Jim Logajan]

No gas, no spinning prop.

NY Times story says officials had to remove fuel from the plane before they could remove the plane itself, so it doesn't appear to be a fuel exhaustion forced landing. At least not with that alleged bit of info.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/nyregion/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-bronx-expressway.html?hpw&rref=nyregion&_r=0

Edit:

"The pilot, whose identity was unknown, made the surprise landing because someone on the small flight “experienced an onboard emergency,” said Nancy Silvestri, deputy press secretary of the New York City Office of Emergency Management."
From:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/04/22179168-3-injured-as-small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-bronx-expressway