The Update with Brandon Julien

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, there's a surprise exit from an unexpected person. Less than a year after Meisha Porter became the first black woman to take the helm of the New York City public school system, the born and bred New Yorker from a family of educators is stepping down from the job. She told NY1 she'll leave the school chancellor position at the end of the year and take a new role as the...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, it's time to mask up once again. Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi are now urging people to wear masks in indoor public settings such as grocery stores and offices as scientists work to learn more about the newly identified omicron varient of the COVID-19 virus. Scientists have detected a rare species of whale southeast of New York City,...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

Boy that was one hell of a Thanksgiving holiday weekend, wasn't it? Hope you had a good holiday with those you love and care about. On #TheUpdate this Monday, the stage is finally set. Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury was being picked here in New York City to determine a central question on the long-running sex trafficking case: Was his longtime companion, Ghislaine Ma...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

While many of us are shopping, there's a new COVID-19 varient of concern called "Omicron". So yeah. Let's talk about that.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, it was a rare case of man vs. wrestler on Raw Monday at Barclays Center. Spectators got an unexpected bout when a man got past a metal barricade and tackled Seth Rollins to the ground. Video posted to social media showed fans reacting in disbelief as the man rushed Rollins, bringing him to the ground and grappling with him before Rollins pushed him off and referees he...

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, it's the first warning sign that things are going back in the wrong direction. Masks are again required indoors in Erie County because of a spike in COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations in the region. Starting today, anyone age 2 and older must wear masks at all indoor public locations: from bars and restaurants to grocery stores, to gyms, fitness centers, and e...

On #TheUpdate this Monday, there's been another deadly attack on the subway. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on a northbound 2 train at Penn Station, stabbing the victim in the neck in an unprovoked attack. The NYPD needs your help looking for a suspect. In Albany, the state Assembly's investigation into former governor Andrew Cuomo bae concluded that the Democrat's administration mis...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On #TheUpdate this Friday, this is a case of truly taking life for granted. A 15-year-old boy has died suddenly while at a tryout for his high school's basketball team on Long Island. Newsday reports that Carmyne Payton died Wednesday after collapsing during tryouts for his high school's basketball team in Copiague. His father says he died of an apparent heart attack. With Thanksgiving less than a...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, we're righting a historic wrong. Two men- Muhammad Aziz, now 83, and the late Khalil Islam, who died in 2009- who for decades steadfastly maintained their innocence in the 1965 assassination of civil rights icon Malcolm X will be exonerated. Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr.'s office is expected to join attorneys for the two men in asking a judge to toss out the convictions. T...

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Mayor De Blasio says that the crowds will once again fill Times Square this New Year's Eve, but with a twist. They mayor said that proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person. Governor Kathy Hochul says that New Yorkers in upstate communities that are seeing upticks in COVID-19 cases could again face more pandemic r...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!