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The NYPD says it was able to arrest 27-year-old Jermain Rigueur with the help of a Queens resident’s security footage. Plus, WNYC’s Samantha Max provides an update on Daniel Penny, the man charged with fatally choking Jordan Neely on an F train last year. Lastly, as the special election in New York’s third congressional district approaches on February 13th, WNYC’s Brigid Bergin discusses the pivot...

The National Weather Service says to expect 2-3 inches of snow in the New York City region on Friday. Meanwhile, pregnant migrants staying in New York City shelters during their third trimester will now be allowed to stay until their babies turn 6 months old. Plus, New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is launching a multi-year study on the long term outcomes among people affecte...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The NYPD says charges have been filed overnight against 27 year old Jermain Rigueur in connection to 5 stabbings in Southeast Queens over the last couple weeks. Meanwhile,City and state officials demand federal action to improve conditions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. New York City, under a Code Blue adv...

A Manhattan judge has denied a request to dismiss charges against Daniel Penny, the man accused of fatally choking an unhoused man, Jordan Neely on an uptown F train last year. Also, both Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams released their budgets. Plus, this week we’re looking at 10 years of Vision Zero in New York City. The program aims to eliminate traffic deaths through redesigned streets. WNYC’s S...

In his proposed budget, Mayor Adams is pulling back from the deep cuts to education. Also, police are investigating after a woman was fatally struck by a pickup truck in Brooklyn Tuesday night. Finally, WNYC is spending the week examining Vision Zero, the street safety initiative launched by former Mayor Bill de Blasio a decade ago. WNYC’s Michael Hill spoke with Janette Sadik-Khan, the former com...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: New data shows faulty e-bike batteries caused nearly 270 fires in New York City last year, an increase from 2022. Meanwhile, with a special congressional election to fill ex-congress member George Santos's seat is less than a month away. WNYC's Brigid Bergin says so far, it's been a lopsided campaign for voters. Plus Go...

Governor Kathy Hochul wants to end a longstanding policy that guarantees New York public schools get at least as much state money as the year before. Plus, State Senator and stand up comic Jon Bramnick says he’ll run for governor. Finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson talks with Jessie Gómez of Chalkbeat Newark about the historic ruling allowing Newark teens to vote in school elections as early as 16 years...

Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the infamous Gilgo Beach serial murders now has been charged with killing a 4th woman. Meanwhile, Governor Hochul wants New York State to contribute more than $2 billion dollars to help cover the costs of caring for recent migrant arrivals. Plus, this month marks 10 years of New York City's Vision Zero policy. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his intention to imp...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: New York City schools are open despite snowfall, while Jersey City and Montclair schools in New Jersey are closed. Several other schools, including those in Yonkers, White Plains, Tarrytown, Newark, Passaic, and East Orange, are operating on delayed schedules. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez says...

Blood banks say there’s a shortage in New York. WNYC Host David Furst talks to Dr. Christopher Hillyer the CEO and President of the New York Blood Center to learn more. Happy Martin Luther King , Jr. Day. And remember what the doctor said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See h...

Governor Kathy Hochul is on board with the decision to seek the death penalty against a man who killed ten people at a Buffalo grocery store. Plus, the Department of Buildings is ordering emergency work around a historic synagogue in Brooklyn. And finally, former Governor David Paterson and his cover band made their debut this week at a corner bar in Albany. WNYC’s Jon Campbell checked it out. Hos...

Residents of Midtown East are voicing their opposition to a proposed casino in the neighborhood. Meanwhile, the Bryant Park Winter Village is now offering its "Bumper Cars on Ice" until March. Plus, on this week's installment of On The Way, WNYC transit reporter Stephen Nessen and editor Clayton Guse discuss the impact of Wednesday's F train derailment in Brooklyn. It was the second subway derailm...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Mayor Adams is reversing cuts to sanitation and parks... one day after restoring police and fire funding. Meanwhile, New York State is working to reduce vaping among young people with a confidential texting service that supports them through the quitting process. Plus, the Whitney Museum is launching its new free Friday...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reversing budget cuts to the NYPD and the Fire Department. Plus, F train service is back in Brooklyn after Wednesday's train derailment on Coney Island. And finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson and David Brand discuss the New York City Council’s plan to sue the mayor and social services agency if they block housing aid to more low-income New Yorkers. Hosted by Simplecast,...

Governor Hochul is pushing ahead with her plan to bolster mental health services in New York, especially in schools. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service says powerful winds and rain are returning to the New York region on Friday, following the storm from earlier this week. Plus, on Wednesday, the new head of the Department of Correction met with the city’s jail oversight board for the first ti...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Evictions are surging across New York City, and a WNYC review of city data shows the removal rate is starting to mirror pre-pandemic trends. Meanwhile, the city Health Department is recruiting 10-thousand people for a study on the long-term outcomes of New York City adults who've been infected with COVID. Hosted by Simp...

Five Hispanic voters are suing Mount Pleasant for violating their rights under New York's 2022 Voting Rights Act. Plus, correction officials are expected to face questions about detainees lack of access to laundry services. Finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson sat down with reporter Karen Yi to describe the scene of a migrant shelter after Mayor Adams began enforcing shelter stay limits. Hosted by Simplec...

The National Weather Service has extended a flood warning until 1pm Wednesday in the Bronx, and officials are warning people to avoid areas around the Bronx River. In New Jersey, some residents were evacuated near Crystal Lake and there are more than 100,000 scattered power outages reported. Meanwhile, a New Jersey Transit bus hit and killed a pedestrian on Wednesday morning in Fort Lee. Also, sch...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: People across the region are experiencing scattered power outages concentrated in Queens, Staten Island and farther out in Westchester County. Meanwhile, the NYPD says it arrested a dozen people after a fight over whether to seal an unauthorized tunnel beneath a Hasidic group's headquarters in Crown Heights. Also, five...

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s office is investigating how the mayor is implementing his policy to limit shelter stays for migrants. Plus, more than a hundred organizations are urging Governor Kathy Hochul to approve funding for more overdose prevention centers. And finally, WNYC’s Tiffany Hanssen and Jessy Edwards discuss overcrowding in both of New York City's juvenile detention facilit...

Some migrant families with children must look for new places to live as the Adams administration begins limiting their stays in city shelters to 60 days. Meanwhile two more arrests have been made in connection with a fatal stabbing at a migrant shelter on Randall’s Island over the weekend. Also, City Hall says they're moving the migrants who are currently staying at the relief center at Floyd Benn...

Governor Hochul is warning of coastal flooding and widespread power outages as the region braces for a storm starting late Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile A new poll finds nearly 80 percent of city residents support the city's right to shelter mandate, which requires officials to provide a bed to anyone in need. Plus, Governor Phil Murphy signs a new bill requiring all New Jersey fitness clubs to off...

Proposed citywide budget cuts have the NYPD set to freeze hiring and suspend the next five police academy classes. Also, Governor Hochul and Governor Murphy are both set to give their state of the state speeches this week. And finally, WNYC’s Tiffany Hanssen and Arun Venugopal discuss New York City’s turn away from a possible doom loop scenario. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https:...

Traffic is slowly improving after 50 pro-Palestinian protestors holding up traffic at the lower Manhattan entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge have made way. Meanwhile, Pastor Eboni Marshall Turman of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem is suing the church for gender discrimination. Plus, Governor Hochul wants to boost literacy across New York by aligning lessons with evidence-based reading instruction...

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Migrant families with children will have to leave their New York City shelters as the city starts enforcing its new 60-day limit on shelter stays. Meanwhile, New Jersey lawmakers are set to vote on easing restrictions for breweries, including lifting the ban on food sales and limits on the number of TVs. Hosted by Simpl...