The Update with Brandon Julien

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, your money is safe from the MTA- for now anyway. New Yorkers won't be facing higher fares or service cuts on buses and subways for the time being. Governor Hochul and the head of the MTA said that the goal is to induce more people to come back to public transit, but pre-pandemic ridership levels won't return for at least a few more years. In the already crowded New York...

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 Monday, despite his suicide, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will still be put on trial in a sense in the coming weeks by a proxy: his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. A panel of 12 jurors and six alternatives will be picked just before opening statements start on the 29th at her highly anticipated trial. A program to help people obtain driver's permits during this pand...

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, federal prosecutors say that the operators of three doughnut shops in central New York were convicted of tax evasion after concealing nearly $3 million in cash sales from the government. The U.S Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York says that three Rome residents were convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the Untited States, seven counts of ta...

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!

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

On #TheUpdate this Veteran's Day, former governor Andrew Cuomo appeared pugilistic and paranoid at times during an 11-hour deposition that was made public Wednesday. His alleged victims detailed a "toxic" workplace in the administration where they were subjected to crude remarks, creepy questions about their sex lives, hazing and bullying. In a fragrance company's lawsuit against Jay-Z over breach...

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, America's commerical casinos are truly rolling in the dough. They're marking the industry's best quarter ever- $14 billion in the third quarter- and pushing U.S casino revenue past what it was for all of 2020. They're on pace to break the annual record of over $43 billion set in 2019. After months of negotiations, New York and our two neighboring states have finally a...

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, do you dare to look down? A new attraction gives thrill-seekers a unique perspective on New York City from almost 1,300 feet up. Participants of City Climb are equipped with specially designed safety harnesses that let them ascend to a platform near the top of the Empire State Building. A new report says that more than 100,000 New York City schoolchildren we're homeless...

On #TheUpdate this Monday, some motorists on Long Island are getting hit with $250 fines for a violation they're not even aware they're committing. A safety program that put cameras on school buses to catch drivers passing while the buses' stop sign activated lately, but some drivers say they've been surprised to receive violation notices for continuing to drive while a bus was stopped on the othe...

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, when New York City voters chose Eric Adams to be the next mayor and Alvin Bragg as the next Manhattan District Attorney, they elevated two black men into two of the city's most powerful elected offices. Itt a moment the city's African American officials say has been a long time coming. The current mayor, Bill De Blasio and four unions representing city workers have now r...

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy pulled out a squeaker, winning reelection over his Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli. It Soares the Democrats the loss of a second gubernatorial seat, and he also becomes the first Democratic governor to get a second term in nearly 45 years. The new mayor-elect of New York City, Eric Adams, is promising not just to be practical and...

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, for the first time since 1990 when David Dinkins was mayor, an African-American will be in charge of the nation's largest city as Eric Adams handily defeated Curtis Sliwa to become the next mayor of New York City. Across the river in New Jersey, the governor's race between Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy and the Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli was virtually de...

On #TheUpdate this Election Day, prosecutors say that millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst is in even more trouble with the law. He's been indicted on a murder charge in the death of Kathie Durst, his first wife who disappeared nearly four decades ago. The long-anticipated and long-delayed rail route from Long Island to Grand Central Terminal is nearing reality. More than 150,000 customers p...

On Monday's late edition of #TheUpdate, New Yorkers are set to go to the polls and make some important decisions in elections tomorrow to pick mayors, prosecutors, county leaders, and other local positions. Voters in NYC are picking a new mayor, while Buffalo has a mayoral race that has gained attention as the latest fight over how Democrats should beat tackle the plight of the poor and working cl...

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!