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New York State won't charge an entry fee for swimming pools at state parks this summer. In other news, New York City’s Community Food Connection program will continue helping hungry New Yorkers across the five boroughs after the city rolled back cuts. Plus, an upcoming disciplinary case against Jeffrey Maddrey, the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, is testing the power of New York City’s p...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is now barred from practicing law in New York State after a ruling Tuesday from the State Supreme Court. The suspension stems from allegations that Giuliani made “demonstrably false and misleading statements” while serving as former President Trump’s lawyer during the 2020 election. Meanwhile, the G train summer shutdown is here. WNYC's Charles Lane reports...

New York City ambulance workers are negotiating their contract, which expired two years ago. They argue low pay makes it hard to afford necessities. WNYC’s Matt Katz reports. Meanwhile, Queens Councilmember Francisco Moya introduces legislation to regulate massage businesses and combat brothels posing as massage parlors. Plus, during the G train line’s summer shutdown, workers with bullhorns will...

Starting this Monday, police are required to document low-level stops, including when an officer asks someone for their ID or where they’re going. Meanwhile, New York City is ushering in an 8.5% water bill hike for property owners, the largest increase since 2011, effective immediately. Plus, a new WNYC analysis shows ambulance response times in New York City have been the slowest since the 2020 C...

A 20-year-old man is in stable condition after being shot overnight in Greenwich Village as Pride festivities were wrapping up. Police are investigating. Meanwhile, congestion pricing may be on indefinite pause, but Governor Kathy Hochul is still showing her MTA pride. WNYC's Catalina Gonella has more. In other news, a ban on smartphones is likely coming to New York City public schools. WNYC’s Sea...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The New York City Council has adopted its $112 billion budget deal. Meanwhile, ambulance response times in New York City are getting longer, reaching the highest levels since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic four years ago. WNYC's Matt Katz reports. Plus, New Jersey Transit is raising its fares statewide for bus and t...

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New York City libraries are set to be fully funded again. Plus, Bill Tambussin, the lawyer for George Norcross, has been kicked off the Rutgers University Governing Board. Also, WNYC’s Tiffany Hanssen talks with reporter Samantha Max about legal concerns around a two-year-old federal ruling that may change the way police search for illegal guns on city streets. And finally, we close out Pride mont...

In New York, all eyes are on November now that the primaries are behind us. But as WNYC's Jon Campbell reports, Democrats may have a Joe Biden problem. In other news, the heads of Amtrak and NJ Transit say they’ll conduct more frequent inspections of trains and equipment on the tracks between New York City and Trenton after a series of train meltdowns along the Northeast Corridor in recent weeks....

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: New York City libraries will be fully funded again after last fall's cuts, thanks to a budget deal between the Mayor and City Council, sources tell WNYC. Meanwhile, while Mayor Eric Adams celebrates the reopening of Astoria Pool after $19 million in renovations, hundreds faced long lines on Thursday due to a lifeguard s...

New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate a new historic district in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Plus, employees of a city-run juvenile detention center are facing federal charges for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for smuggling in contraband. And finally, more than 4 million New York and New Jersey residents’ drinking water tested above a new federa...

City Council Member Susan Zhuang will hold a town hall on Thursday to address out-of-control littering and illegal vending in parts of her South Brooklyn district. Meanwhile, FDNY officials say a fire that broke out in Midwood, Brooklyn Thursday morning, injuring four people, involved a lithium-ion-powered e-bike. Plus, the MTA is reconsidering the future of the transit system after Governor Kathy...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The NYPD and the Queens DA’s Office are investigating claims that a group of migrants is using food delivery bags to sneak guns into city shelters. WNYC's Samantha Max reports. Meanwhile, a new report finds that a deepening housing shortage could be costing New York City roughly $2 billion in annual tax revenue. Plus, M...

Mayor Eric Adams says New York City needs to address gridlock by focusing on an age-old culprit…double parking. Plus, New York City Public School students bid farewell to the school year. And finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson and Jessica Gould discuss the stress parents endure while figuring out what to do with their kids this summer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.co...

The MTA board is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution to comply with Governor Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause on congestion pricing, with hopes to resurrect it later. Meanwhile, the NYPD has ended its search for two teenage boys who were swept into the ocean while swimming after hours at Jacob Riis Park in Queens. Plus, WNYC’s David Furst speaks with senior politics reporter Brigid Bergin to brea...

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: *Updated* Westchester County Executive George Latimer is poised to represent Southern Westchester and parts of the North Bronx in Congress after defeating incumbent Jamaal Bowman in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary. Meanwhile, a new City Council measure requires the Adams administration to disclose how often it remove...

Registered voters in New York are casting ballots for the U.S. Congress, the state legislature, and judges in Tuesday's primary election. In other news, Kevin R. Johnson, the founding pastor of Philadelphia's Dare to Imagine Church, will be the next senior pastor of Abyssinian Church in Harlem. Plus, a housing provider for previously unhoused New Yorkers says they’ve cut back on costly ER visits b...

Nassau County lawmakers approved a measure on Monday upholding a local ban on trans athletes participating in girls' and women's sports leagues. County Executive Bruce Blakeman says this will likely end up in court. Meanwhile, New York City is giving away 10,000 tickets for the Fourth of July Macy's fireworks show on a first-come, first-serve basis. Plus, this Tuesday is Primary Day. Registered De...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: City Schools Chancellor David Banks says many New York City schools will soon teach math using new curricula. The new materials aim to address chronically low proficiency rates. In other news, police are looking for a man they say assaulted a woman in Central Park around 1:30 p.m. on Monday. Also, if you're eyeing a dow...

A new survey shows that over 8-in-10 migrant street vendors in New York City say they can't find other work due to a lack of child care. In other news, critics of solitary confinement may see an end to the practice in New York state after a group of prisoners won a class action lawsuit last week. WNYC’s Matt Katz reports. Also, New York State’s insurance regulator is notifying all insurers license...

A Texas man faces federal penalties after the TSA says he tried to pass through security at JFK Airport with a loaded gun on Friday. In other news, New York City’s heat emergency plan is now deactivated, but officials continue to monitor for health and safety impacts from the recent heat wave. Plus, Tuesday is primary election day in New York. Voters will weigh in on a number of races, including c...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander argues congestion pricing is legally mandated to begin despite Governor Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause on the plan. In other news, Gov. Hochul says New York has the country's toughest protections for children on social media after signing a new bill into law. Plus, New York City sh...

A federal judge in Manhattan is rejecting nearly all the legal arguments against the MTA’s congestion pricing program and upholding the federal Highway Administration's approval of the tolls. Of course, the ruling doesn’t affect Governor Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause on the plan. In other news, Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg is asking a judge to extend major parts of a gag order against Donald Trump...

New York City data show heat-related emergency room visits have risen over the last several days. Meanwhile, New York State Attorney General Letitia James says UnitedHealthcare must pay for failing to cover birth control. Plus, there’s a proposal in Queens to to transform a large city-owned building in Long Island City into a permanently affordable, shared commercial space for artists, nonprofits...

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Manhattan families will soon have priority for competitive seats at a few of the borough’s top high schools. In other news, a plurality of New York State voters support Governor Hochul's pause on Manhattan congestion pricing tolls. But WNYC's Jon Campbell reports, they don't support her overall. Meanwhile, with New York...